From sarena@u.washington.edu Thu Aug 7 09:19:47 1997 Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (root@jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA22042 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 09:19:46 -0700 Received: from homer17.u.washington.edu (sarena@homer17.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.1]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA32854 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 09:19:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (sarena@localhost) by homer17.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id JAA98318 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 09:19:44 -0700 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 09:19:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Sommers To: ccp@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: approaches to community development Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII We have used Putnam's ideas in various conferences and workshops, more so than McKnight. One of our staff members has used a Putnam video as the leadoff for a 2-hr. workshop discussion format in small town strategic planning sessions. Talk to Hal Fossum about that.616-1638 or foss@u.w ... -------------------------------------------------- Paul Sommers, Executive Director Northwest Policy Center/IPPM-GSPA-UW Phone: 206 685-0307 FAX: 206 616-5769 For information about the Center, see our WWW page: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~npcweb -------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Sarena Seifer wrote: > > Hello everyone - I'm sorry I was unable to make last week's > Community-Campus Partnerships seminar and business meeting. Catherine > Brozowski will be posting notes from the meeting when she returns from her > vacation next week. I understand the discussion centered around the topic > of community development. I saved the following from another listserv and > thought it might interest you. I'm most familiar with John McKnight's > asset-based approach to community development - have any of you applied > this or the other models below in your community-campus partnerships? > John McKnight was the closing keynote speaker at our conference earlier > this year - we are now collaborating with him on an article about health > professional schools as community-building assets. > > Sarena > Community-Campus Partnerships for Health > UW Department of Medical Education > > Tue, 22 Jul 97 16:38:47 CDT From: steve larrick > > (1) ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- based on the philosophy that > "communities cannot be rebuilt by focusing on their needs, problems, and > deficiencies. Rather, community-building starts with the process of > locating the assets, skills and capacities of residents, citizens > associations, and local institutions." > > A key book describing this approach is: > > Kretzman, John and John McKnight. BUILDING COMMUNITIES FROM THE INSIDE > OUT: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. (Chicago: > ACTA Publications, 1993) > > (2) FIXING BROKEN WINDOWS -- based on the belief that when we ignore > broken windows, trash and other signs of disorder in our neighborhoods, > people passing by sense that nobody cares about the area and that it must > not be very safe. Gradually, the sense of disorder grows into increasing > levels of anti-social behavior and crime. Preventive measures can help > maintain a higher quality of neighborhood life. > > A key book describing this approach is: > > Kelling, George L. and Catherine M. Coles. FIXING BROKEN WINDOWS: > Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities. (New York: The Free > Press, 1996). > > (3) SOCIAL CAPITAL: Robert Putnam wrote an important article on "social > capital" entitled "Bowling Alone", that appeared in the JOURNAL OF > DEMOCRACY. The article describes the diminishing level of civic > involvement (social capital) in the U.S., as illustrated by the increasing > number of Americans that bowl alone, rather than on teams in bowling > leagues. He gives many other examples as well. He later wrote a more > comprehensive book on social capital in Italy. The book is: > > Putnam, Robert. MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. > (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993). > > Putnam argues that political life in northern Italy is healthier than in > the south because of the proliferation of civic groups that create a > healthy web of social interaction. > > (4) NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS: This is an approach that seeks to build > communities "one neighbor at a time." The following book is a starting > place for an argument about how "neighborliness" can help solve many of our > social ills: > > U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS: A > New National Strategy for the Protection of Children. (Washington, D.C.: > U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993). > > What began as a strategy for protecting children is now growing into a > broader strategy for re-weaving the fabric of communities and strengthening > the social networks that promote healthy communities. A leader in this > approach appears to be the Institute for Families in Society at the > University of South Carolina. > > > > .