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A sset B ased C ommunity D evelopment

The Leadership Practice

• Who We Are
  • The Leadership Practice is a collaboration between Public Allies

and the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute

at Northwestern University.

• We are a national consulting network that works to strengthen

communities by discovering and mobilizing the full range of

local community assets. As the official training and technical

assistance provider of Community Strengthening for the

Corporation for National and Community Service, we are

convinced that the active involvement of local citizens in the life

of a community is a powerful force for the common good.

Personal Assets

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Make a list of all those things you are good at with your brain

Make a list of all those things you can do with your hands

Make a list of all those things you are passionate about

Make a list of important relationships in your neighborhood, community, and beyond – people you can ask to get things done

HEART HUMAN

HAND HEAD

Needs Map :: Community

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Unemployment Housing Projects

Poverty

Uninsured

Illiteracy

Child Abuse

Truancy

Crime

Teen Mothers Gang Members

Mentally Ill School Dropouts

Homeless

Delinquency

Addiction

The Two Approaches

• Needs

– Services

– Consumers

– Programs

• Assets

– Connect & Contribute

– Citizens

– People

ABCD Principles & Goals

• Everyone has gifts

• For ABCD to work, everyone must give gifts

• Identifies and mobilizes the assets of individuals,

especially those who are marginalized

• Builds relationships among community members,

especially those that are mutually supportive

• Gives community members more roles and

power in local institutions; citizens lead efforts

Community Wheel

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Individuals

Physical Institutions

Associations

Stories Economy

Community

Wheel :: Associations

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Associations

• Animal Care Groups
• Veterans’ Groups
• Block Clubs
• Business Organizations
• Charitable Groups
• Environmental Groups
• Health Advocacy Groups

Wheel :: Economy

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Economy

• For Profits
• Chamber of Commerce
• Banks
• Foundations
• Corporations
• Merchants
• Development Corporations

Wheel :: Stories

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Stories

• Background & Personal History
• Like to Do
• Realizing & Engaging Skills
• Community Development
• Economic Growth
• Addressing Racism
• Including Those Who Are Marginalized

Wheel :: Individuals

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Individual Capacities

• Youth
• Older Adults
• Artists
• Welfare Recipients
• People with Disabilities
• Activists
• Ex-Offenders
• Parents

Social Capital Belief

• The more relationships someone has in their community,

more likely to:

• Be Employed
• Volunteer
• Participate in Political and Civic Activities
• Join Clubs
• Participate in Child’s School Life
• Be Honest & Trusting

Engaging Institutions

• Their Nature – legal / fiscal / political
• Who controls the Institutions?
• Institutional assets in your community
• How can community gain more influence with these

institutions?

• How can these institutions’ resources be put to use to

strengthen the community?

Engaging Institutions (con’t)

• What is your organization’s relationship to community

residents? How accountable is your organization to the

people and community it serves?

• How does your service define and engage constituents?

What power do they have?

• How does your service strengthen community

relationships and social capital?

• What can you do to make your service more asset-

based?