April Doner

Advisory Circle Member (Network Weaving)

April Doner is the steward for the ABCD Institute and is advising our network in the area of network weaving and storytelling.  April is a community-builder, storyteller, artist and connector who blends ground-level practices of asset-based community-driven development with writing, photography/video, teaching, and network-building. She has provided trainings, coaching and consulting to a variety of organizations, and most recently served as Project Director of the ABCD Coaching Team for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)’ national 5-year Community Catalyst Initiative. April is passionate about cultivating equity, justice, and healing by centering the efforts, gifts, and voices of people who are most often marginalized. She has long felt that neighborhoods and cultivating hyper-local collective action and relationship-building among neighbors are key to preserving democracy as well as individual well-being.