Community building has come to refer to a variety of intentional efforts to (a) organize and strengthen social connections or (b) build common values that promote collective goals. Literally, community building means building more community (an interim goal) as a way of achieving some set of desired outcomes (safer neighborhoods, healthier children and families, better-preserved cultural traditions, more profitable businesses, and so forth). While specific meanings vary widely depending on context, community building emphasizes the beneficial aspects of key processes (actions) that shape relationships, values, psychological attachment, and other aspects of community. As such, community building bears important connections to community organizing and community development." (Xavier de Souza Briggs) This category is for groups which directly build community and for groups which enable community building and maintenance, through actions such as providing grants or feedback. It also includes sites which discuss, criticize, or study "community".
Top / Society / Activism / Community Building

Community Building

Sub Directory

  • Saul Alinsky
  • Relate Directory

  • On the Web / Online Communities
  • Sustainability / Community Sustainability
  • Urban and Regional Planning / Community and Economic Development
  • Lifestyle Choices / Intentional Communities
  • Religion and Spirituality / Community
  • Site

  • Shelterforce Online
    Online version the nation's oldest continually-published housing and community development magazine. A primary forum for organizers, activists, and advocates in the affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization movements.
  • The Citizen's Handbook
    Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group.
  • What is Community?
    Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America.
  • National Community Development Institute
    Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities.
  • The Community Organizing Toolbox
    A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources.
  • Common Focus
    A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.
  • Asset-Based Community Development Institute
    ABCD spreads its findings on capacity-building community development through interactions with community builders, and by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.
  • A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm
    Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building.
  • A Librarian At Every Table
    A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.
  • Community Development Exchange (CDX)
    The UK-wide community development membership organisation. Works to bring about social justice and equality by sharing information, experience and practice, and by representing the community development field in policy work.
  • Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO)
    Provides community organizations and community legal clinics in Ontario with tools (information and guidance) for organizing.
  • National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
    Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field.
  • Community Building Institute (CBI)
    Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia.
  • Conversation Cafe
    Includes the background of this structured form of conversation, with a list of existing cafe groups, and information and resources about how to start a new one.
  • Global Citizens Circle
    Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries, which focus on current global issues, with a goal of constructive change. Describes organizations history, with details of past program topics and leaders.
  • Berkana Institute
    This US-based nonprofit promotes "leadership development" projects based on community conversations on issues of interest. They provide much high-level discussion of their methodology.
  • The World Cafe
    This process for leading collaborative dialogue and knowledge-sharing, particularly for larger groups, is described, with a bibliography and resources for implementation.
  • National Park Service - Civic Engagement
    US agency offers resources and case studies for using historic sites as venues for civic dialogue on sensitive topics, along with calendar of events.
  • Tom Wolff and Associates
    US-based consultant offers services in collaboration-building and community planning. Provides overview of experience and philosophy, with client list, resource links, and description of areas of work.
  • The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC)
    A US-based research and development organization for community capacity building and social problem solving. They describe their methodologies, list recent clients, and provide research publications.
  • Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States
    This academic-style article characterizes community organizing in the US, describes the author's work in Jacksonville, Florida, and offers some general instruction for organizers. [English/German]
  • Streets Alive
    Bristol, England-based group that promotes car-free street events. They provide a detailed guide for a successful neighborhood street party, with photos, anecdotes, and discussion of community development.
  • Community Consultation: Best Practice
    Annotated listing of best practice community consultation, consumer participation, community development and qualitative analysis tools, practices and theories.
  • Web Search

  • Community Building Activism
    URL : www.iaswww.com/apr/Society/Activism/Community_Building
    Community Building Activism This category is for sites on organizations which ... Top: Society: Activism: Community Building: See Also: ...[2008/11/27]
  • White Dog Cafe - Community Activities
    URL : www.whitedog.com/community.html
    Community Building Programs of the White Dog Cafe ... in volunteer projects such as rehabbing houses or building community gardens. ...[2007/12/07]
  • Think Girl " Community Building
    URL : thinkgirl.net/?cat=91
    ... women through the website and community programs. With the website we hope ... Activism, LGBT Issues, Community Building, Empowerment, Gender, Feminism, ...[2008/11/28]
  • ENVIRONMENT, ANIMAL RIGHTS, PHILOSOPHY - TABLE OF CONTENTS
    URL : blogs.salon.com/0002007/stories/2003/05/13/...
    Activism: What Else You Can Do Personally . Building a Community-Based Society. ... The Challenge of Building Community (May 30, 2006) #1542 - Why we seem so ...[2007/03/11]
  • Kubatana - NGO Network Alliance Project - Electronic Activism
    URL : www.kubatana.net/html/htmlold/eact_cont070717.asp
    ... activism campaigns and home pages. Community building ... Give community building some thought. Visit our electronic activism campaign and be inspired. ...[2008/11/26]
  • Nonviolence Works Bookstore - Community Building
    URL : www.nonviolenceworks.net/NVWSite.htm/storecommunity.htm
    Nonviolent Action | Teaching & Parenting Resources | Activism & Organizing | Environmental Issues ... Community Building | Political Analysis. Community ...[2007/06/22]
  • activism: Definition from Answers.com
    URL : www.answers.com/topic/activism
    activism n. The use of direct, often confrontational action, such as a demonstration or strike, in ... Community building. Activism industry. Cooperative ...[2008/11/20]
  • Bomis.Com Society/Activism Home Page
    URL : www.bomis.com/tree/Society/Activism
    Bomis Society/Activism Home Page ... Society / Activism. Activism. Anti-Corporation/ (8) Anti-Media. Cacerolazo. Community Building. Consumer. Directories ...[2008/11/27]
  • Building community - Green Daily
    URL : www.greendaily.com/2008/09/13/building-community
    Building community. by Patricia Mayville-Cox. Sep 13th 2008 @ 8:38AM. Filed under: Home, Activism. Green Bean Dreams had a great post this week about building ...[2008/11/26]
  • community
    URL : www.geocities.com/commie00/community.html
    notes on activism, lifestylism and community-building ... into accord with one's revolutionary principals and community-building. ...[2002/01/27]
  • Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
    Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
    ©www.freeaq.net - 2008
    POWERED BY FreeBSD 7.0