Educational Posts

Our Gift to You: Our Favorite Learning Conversations of 2021

This year, we were gifted many opportunities to gather virtually to share our stories, bring new friends into our network, and fuel the ABCD movement across the globe alongside some amazing collaborators. We are always astonished by how much there is to learn from one another and by how much wisdom… Read More

Power Shift: Supplemental Training Videos

Participating in an upcoming Empowered Communities Network sponsored Power Shift learning cohort?The videos below are referenced in the Power Shift training guide in the order they appear below. Hillside Story: As told by Lindsay Gullette-LeeBrookland Park Story: As told Laverne Winfree (aka Mamma… Read More

Insights from An Other Kingdom

I am so thankful that John McKnight and Peter Block teamed up with Walter Brueggemann to write An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture.   If you appreciated Block and McKnight’s book  The Abundant Community, with its thorough assessment of what makes communities work, or Brueggemann’s book… Read More

Learning Cohorts: The Power of Peer to Peer Groups

For years, I was the only asset-based community development practitioner in my region. It was a lonely experience. In 2016, I launched Embrace's first Regional Learning Cohort. This grew out of a desire to support leaders who were applying ABCD in their own neighborhoods across the region. Every… Read More