Leveraging Human Assets for the Common Good

Communitarian programs control every facet of human life. The communitarian system is designed to dictate to every human being entered in their database. The New World Order is not some random idea that can not possibly be realized in our lifetimes. The coming police state is not only about robo-cops and FEMA detention camps. Not everyone will be arrested or achieve martyrdom... the communitarian system is designed for those who remain "free."

Neighborhood-community-communitarian programs and policies are designed down to the smallest human detail. The only glitch to the whole plan is it's a DATA DRIVEN SYSTEM. The most common complaint made by LA21 planning groups in the late 90's was the NEED FOR MORE DATA. It is impossible to plan who does what in a communitarian collective if you don't know who knows how to do it.

ABCD is always presented the same way all communitarian programs are. ABCD promoters assure us it's just a more moral, enlightened solution to global neighborhood problems. In this wiki article the description starts out reading like an ABCD Institute press release, but then in the final paragraphs we get an alternative viewpoint of ABCD, a view which is shared by people like me who were identified as problems when we attempted to contribute in local LA21 planning meetings. I'm reprinting this here because I plan to reproduce it in the book under the chapter about ABCD, and I want to use this exact version and save it in hard copy and online ... forever.

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Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a methodology that seeks to uncover and utilize the strengths within communities as a means for sustainable development. The basic tenet is that a capacities-focused approach is more likely to empower the community and therefore mobilize citizens to create positive and meaningful change from within. Instead of focusing on a community's needs, deficiencies and problems, the ABCD approach helps them become stronger and more self-reliant by discovering, mapping and mobilizing all their local assets. Few people realize how many assets any community has, for example:

• Skills of its citizens, from youth to people with disabilities, from thriving professionals to starving artists
• Dedication of its citizens associations — churches, culture groups, clubs, neighborhood associations
• Resources of its formal institutions — businesses, schools, libraries, community colleges, hospitals, parks, social service agencies

By the late 1990s, communities around the country were mapping and using these resources in imaginative ways, bringing them out of the closet and into creative synergy with each other, with dramatic results. Asset-based community development has provided leaders and institutions in all sectors with an approach that is relatively cheap, effective and empowering, that avoids paternalism and dependence — an approach that can be supported by all parts of the political spectrum and initiated at any level of civic life.

The first step in the process of community development is to assess the resources of a community through a capacity inventory ^[1] or through another process of talking to the residents to determine what types of skills and experience are available to a community organization. The next step is to consult with the community and find out what improvements the residents would like to make. The final, and most challenging step, is to determine how the residents' skills can be leveraged into achieving those goals.^{[1] {my emphasis and link}}

Using this model, the communities who hire ABCD speakers to influence their citizens are looking for an opportunity to create artificial community consensus. By creating farmed neighborhood associations they sideline actual community participants who often do not agree with the city policies. These artificial groups use the Delphi technique to block participation by real community members who raise points that are avoided by city-sponsored neighborhood groups. Under the guise of creating 'sustainable communities' neighborhood associations will be developed that are run by hand-picked city insiders who will rubberstamp city programs like redeveloping neighborhoods and redesigning streets. This visioning is supposedly community based but is not. They shut down any dissenting voices and marginalize, ridicule, attack, silence, and ignore those who do not agree.

'Mapping community assets' is a way of controlling and managing a group of people and directing them to use their skills in a pre-determined way to 'benefit' the community. Who decides what benefits the community? The hand-picked 'leaders'. By mapping a community are these groups determining who has something to offer the collective and who does not? What happens to those who do not contribute to the collective? How are they 'leveraged' into contributing? The Asset-Based Community Development Institute^[2] is located at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Its founders, John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, are the major proponents of this community development philosophy.

Contents [hide] 1 See also 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] See also

• Allotment gardens
• Community development
• Community-based participatory research (CBPR)
• Participatory rural appraisal (PRA)
• Searsolin
• Praxis intervention
• Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (PCHP)
• Democrats Against UN Agenda 21

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} McKnight, John; Kretzmann, John. "Mapping Community Capacity". Northwestern University. http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/papers/mcc.pdf.
2. ^ Asset-Based Community Development Institute

[edit] Further reading

• John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets (Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1993)
• From Clients to Citizens: Asset-Based Community Development as a Strategy for Community-Driven Development
• What is Asset Mapping? by John Emerson, 2004.
• PCHP Website
• Author Guidelines
• A Vision for Progress in Community Health Partnerships
• Inagural Issue Sample Reader
• Guidelines for Writing Manuscripts About Community-based Participatory Research in Peer- Reviewed Journals
• Beyond the Manuscript Podcasts
• Community Policy Briefs
• Editorial Board
• Access PCHP at Project MUSE
• Asset Based Community Development in a local community

[edit] External links

• Asset-Based Community Development Institute
• ABCD Asia Pacific Network
• Inspiring Communities ABCD in Australia and New Zealand
• Family Action Centre Australia
• Social Leadership Development Course, SEARSOLIN
• Nurture Development ABCD approach in Ireland
• KaBOOM! is the ABCD approach used to build playgrounds in the U.S.
• Asset-Based Community Development -- An Overview By Gord Cunningham and Alison Mathie, Coady International Institute
• Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action- The mission of the Journal is to facilitate dissemination of programs that use community partnerships to improve public health, to promote progress in the methods of research and education involving community health partnerships, and to stimulate action that will improve the health of people in communities. Communities, as defined by the Journal, may be based on geography, shared interests, or social networks. The Journal is dedicated to supporting the work of community health partnerships that involve ongoing collaboration between community representatives and academic or governmental partners. This area of research and evaluation may be referred to as community-based participatory research (CBPR). The W. K. Kellogg Foundation defines CBPR as a collaborative approach to research that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and has the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change to improve health outcomes and eliminate health disparities.
• NORC Blueprint -- a guide to community action for the development of effective NORC programs

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Building a Communitarian Planned Police State

Community (communitarian) Oriented Policing plays a key role in building a new world. Community police are in almost every nation now, and they are directly involved in ALL Local Agenda 21 neighborhood planning efforts. The COPS suggest new laws that help them gather necessary data. The COPS have the database of every resident's personal information on laptops in their cars. Here's a nice video produced by the Sacramento Police Department that describes how the COPS program was first tested in government housing projects that were left to rot for years. When they introduced their communitarian solution to the police neglect, there were many residents who welcomed it. What the video doesn't tell you is how they expanded the COPS program into the private sector in 1999. http://www.sacpd.org/inside/history/cb02.aspx

In June 2000 I went to a meeting at Town Hall in Seattle, Washington where Jody Kretzmann spoke to a group of community "leaders" about a "new approach" to Rebuilding Communities. I've posted this before and some of my readers are already familiar with it. But since I have so many new readers who are as yet unaware of the process underway, I thought I'd go ahead and post it again. With all the interest in UN Local Agenda 21 now, it might help to know exactly HOW it's being implemented at the grassroots level, globally. http://www.abcdinstitute.org/capacity/

"My time at Public Allies also gave me the opportunity to work with John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann, who developed the Asset-Based Community Development approach to neighborhood development, and that really influenced how we worked with communities. Some of you may be familiar with this approach, but the approach acknowledges that all of us, every single one of us breathing in this community, in this planet, those of us serving and those of us who are being served, that we're all both half-full and half-empty. We all have skills and talents that make us good friends, family members, workers, and leaders, and we also have needs and shortcomings that come along with those strengths. We can't do well serving these communities, I learned with Public Allies, if we believe that we, the givers, are the only ones that are half-full, and that everybody we're serving is half-empty. That has been the theme of my work in community for my entire life -- that there are assets and gifts out there in communities, and that our job as good servants and as good leaders is not only just being humble, but it's having the ability to recognize those gifts in others, and help them put those gifts into action. Communities are filled with assets that we need to better recognize and mobilize if we're really going to make a difference, and Public Allies helped me see that." Michelle Obama, June 16, 2009

ABCD is the program Barack and Michelle Obama were trained in, and John McNight is the guy who signed Obama's Harvard Law School application. Jim Diers was Director of the Department of Neighborhoods when the Roosevelt Neighborhood Plan designated our homes as a pilot test for the COPS' COMPASS database. One primary goal of our pilot test was to find "innovative" ways around the 4th Amendment, identified by SPD Police Chief Norm Stamper as an "identified barrier to the program." Diers wrote a book in 2004 about his experiences there called Neighbor Power. It "describes Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods and its bold experiments in bottom-up neighborhood planning and development."

"Jim Diers has a passion for building neighbor power. Since moving to Seattle in 1976, he put that passion to work for an Alinsky-style community organization, a health care cooperative, and a community development corporation. Diers was appointed the first director of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods in 1988. He served under three mayors over the next 14 years as the department grew to become a national model for planning and development powered by neighbors. " http://www.neighborpower.org/

So what kinds of gifts does Michelle Obama expect us to share? When we are all "mapped and mobilized," these are the things good citizens must perform for the common good:

The Capacity Inventory
http://www.abcdinstitute.org/resources/

This copyright material may be reprinted with the following attribution: "Reprinted with permission of John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, pp. 19-25, from Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets, Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research (1993)."

Hello. I'm with (local organization's name). We're talking to local people about their skills. With this information, we hope to help people contribute to improving the neighborhood, find jobs or start businesses. May I ask you some questions about your skills and abilities?

Part I -- Skills Information
Now I'm going to read to you a list of skills. It's an extensive list, so I hope you'll bear with me. I'll read the skills and you just say "yes" whenever we get to one you have. We are interested in all your skills and abilities. They may have been learned through experience in the home or with your family. They may be skills you've learned at church or in the community. They may also be skills you have learned on the job.

Health
Caring for the Elderly ________
Caring for the Mentally Ill ________
Caring for the Sick ________
Caring for the Physically Disabled or Developmentally Disabled ________
Now, I would like to know about the kind of care you provided.
Bathing ________
Feeding ________
Preparing Special Diets ________
Exercising and Escorting ________
Grooming ________
Dressing ________
Making the Person Feel at Ease ________
Office
Typing (words per minute) ________
Operating Adding Machine/Calculator ________
Filing Alphabetically/Numerically ________
Taking Phone Messages ________
Writing Business Letters (not typing) ________
Receiving Phone Orders ________
Operating Switchboard ________
Keeping Track of Supplies ________
Shorthand or Speedwriting ________
Bookkeeping ________
Entering Information into Computer ________
Word Processing ________
Construction and Repair
Painting ________
Porch Construction or Repair ________
Tearing Down Buildings ________
Knocking Out Walls ________
Wall Papering ________
Furniture Repairs ________
Repairing Locks ________
Building Garages ________
Bathroom Modernization ________
Building Room Additions ________
Tile Work ________
Installing Drywall & Taping ________
Plumbing Repairs ________
Electrical Repairs ________
Bricklaying & Masonry ________
Cabinetmaking ________
Kitchen Modernization ________
Furniture Making ________
Installing Insulation ________
Plastering ________
Soldering & Welding ________
Concrete Work (sidewalks) ________
Installing Floor Coverings ________
Repairing Chimneys ________
Heating/Cooling System Installation ________
Putting on Siding ________
Tuckpointing ________
Cleaning Chimneys (chimney sweep) ________
Installing Windows ________
Building Swimming Pools ________
Carpentry Skills ________
Roofing Repair or Installation ________
Maintenance
Window Washing ________
Floor Waxing or Mopping ________
Washing and Cleaning Carpets/Rugs ________
Routing Clogged Drains ________
Using a Handtruck in a Business ________
Caulking ________
General Household Cleaning ________
Fixing Leaky Faucets ________
Mowing Lawns ________
Planting & Caring for Gardens ________
Pruning Trees & Shrubbery ________
Cleaning/Maintaining Swimming Pools ________
Floor Sanding or Stripping ________
Wood Stripping/Refinishing ________
Food
Catering ________
Serving Food to Large Numbers of People (over 10) ________
Preparing Meals for Large Numbers of People (over 10) ________
Clearing/Setting Tables for Large Numbers of People (over 10) ________
Washing Dishes for Large Numbers of People (over 10) ________
Operating Commercial Food Preparation Equipment ________
Bartending ________
Meatcutting ________
Baking ________
Child Care
Caring for Babies (under 1 year) ________
Caring for Children (1 to 6) ________
Caring for Children (7 to 13) ________
Taking Children on Field Trips ________
Transportation
Driving a Car ________
Driving a Van ________
Driving a Bus ________
Driving a Taxi ________
Driving a Tractor Trailer ________
Driving a Commercial Truck ________
Driving a Vehicle/Delivering Goods ________
Hauling ________
Operating Farm Equipment ________
Driving an Ambulance ________
Operating Equipment & Repairing Machinery
Repairing Radios, TVs, VCRs, Tape Recorders ________
Repairing Other Small Appliances ________
Repairing Automobiles ________
Repairing Trucks/Buses ________
Repairing Auto/Truck/Bus Bodies ________
Using a Forklift ________
Repairing Large Household Equipment (e.g., refrigerator) ________
Repairing Heating & Air Conditioning System ________
Operating a Dump Truck ________
Fixing Washers/Dryers ________
Repairing Elevators ________
Operating a Crane ________
Assembling Items ________
Supervision
Writing Reports ________
Filling out Forms ________
Planning Work for Other People ________
Directing the Work of Other People ________
Making a Budget ________
Keeping Records of All Your Activities ________
Interviewing People ________
Sales
Operating a Cash Register ________
Selling Products Wholesale or for Manufacturer (If yes, which products?) ________
Selling Products Retail (If yes, which products?) ________
Selling Services (If yes, which services?) ________
How have you sold these products or services? ________
Door to Door ________
Phone ________
Mail ________
Store ________
Home
Music
Singing ________
Play an Instrument (Which one?) ________
Security
Guarding Residential Property ________
Guarding Commercial Property ________
Guarding Industrial Property ________
Armed Guard ________
Crowd Control ________
Ushering at Major Events ________
Installing Alarms or Security Systems ________
Repairing Alarms or Security Systems ________
Firefighting
Other
Upholstering ________
Sewing ________
Dressmaking ________
Crocheting ________
Knitting ________
Tailoring ________
Moving Furniture or Equipment to Different Locations ________
Managing Property ________
Assisting in the Classroom ________
Hair Dressing ________
Hair Cutting ________
Phone Surveys ________
Jewelry or Watch Repair ________
Are there any other skills that you have which we haven't mentioned?
Priority Skills
When you think about your skills, what three things do you think you do best? Which of all your
skills are good enough that other people would hire you to do them? Are there any skills you
would like to teach? What skills would you most like to learn?
Part II -- Community Skills
Have you ever organized or participated in any of the following community activities?
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts ________
Church Fundraisers ________
Bingo ________
School-Parent Associations ________
Sports Teams ________
Camp Trips for Kids ________
Field Trips ________
Political Campaigns ________
Block Clubs ________
Community Groups ________
Rummage Sales ________
Yard Sales ________
Church Suppers ________
Community Gardens ________
Neighborhood Organization ________
Other Groups or Community Work? ________
Let me read the list again. Tell me in which areas you would be willing to participate in the
future.
Part III -- Enterprising Interests and Experience
Business Interest
Have you ever considered starting a business? Yes _____No _____
If yes, what kind of business did you have in mind?
Did you plan to start it alone or with other people? Alone _____Others _____
Did you plan to operate it out of your home? Yes _____No _____
What obstacle kept you from starting the business?
Business Activity
Are you currently earning money on your own through the sale of services or products?
Yes _____No _____
If yes, what are the services or products you sell? Whom do you sell to? How do you get
customers? What would help you improve your business?

Part IV -- Personal Information
Name_____________________________
Address _____________________________
Phone _____________________________
Age _____________________________
Sex: F_____ M_______

Is Obama an Israeli Asset Based False Flag Operation?

I found a picture of Etzioni with Obama.

It's looking more and more like Obama is another Israeli false flag operation.

There's a lot of people writing about Obama's civilian branch of the military, and speculation about how that would actually work is ongoing. Too bad most people won't make the connection between community economic development and a civilian military corps. The communitarians have been mapping people's skills and abilities for 50 years already. When the call comes to "serve" the common good, our callers already know what assets we have to contribute to the cause. They've also already identified the potential for problems.

Update on radio interviews

I've been invited back to Constance's radio show next Tuesday at 4pm Alaska time (8pm Eastern). Sorry about the mix-up on the showtime in my previous post, not many people realize Alaska is on its own time zone, an hour behind Pacific. Used to be 4 time zones in Alaska, and it was a real pain to try to call our government offices in Juneau when I lived in Fairbanks. I think that was also when I gave up bothering to vote in national elections because the national news would announce the winners before most Alaskans had gone to the polls. As for listening to it now and the 20 bucks a month fee, Pete commented that he has a recording that we can somehow download, and I'll work on that. Actually I've been asked more than once to create a better list of direct links to mp3s of all my interviews.

I'll also be a guest on Dr. Stanly Monteith's radio show on Thursday, January 8 at 3pm AK time. http://www.radioliberty.com/

Skinny Legs and All....

My veils arrived and they're so pretty. I made a video last night that Nordica won't let me put up. Heh. She said I can't read from 2020 with a veil on, period, end of discussion. I would've posted it if she hadn't called to say Merry Christmas and I told her about it. So then I started doing some research on Etzioni for a new ACL article and decided instead to make a video of him. I'm pretty excited that I figured out how to use Windows MovieMaker. Producing and writing video documentaries was my college journalism focus (not print), but that was way back when the cameras were so heavy I couldn't lift them myself, and editing, even though we taped in beta, was very complicated. I watched her make our gertee video and she's so fast at everything on the computer that I was sure I would always have to depend on her to make them for us (like website design). But I learn more watching than I realize.

Of course now I've spent hours scouring the internet for pictures and new quotes and I've got a lot of new info to sift through before I can write just a basic outline. Spent about eight hours studying the history of the Israeli Hagana, Palmach, Irgun and Stern Gang. Read through chronologies of events from the creation of the Hagana in 1940 to 1946, when some say he joined, through the terrorist activities of mid 1947 when he says he joined the underground. I found numerous conflicting, detailed historical accounts of the massacre at Dier Yassin and 2 other Palestinian massacres I never heard of before, plus I learned a lot more about all the Arab attacks on the Jewish settlers. I haven't even got to Etzioni's education under Buber starting in 1950.

Along the way I stumbled on Christopher Bollyn http://www.bollyn.info/home/articles/middleeast/.
He asks what it means to the U.S. to have so many "former" Hagana soldiers and the sons and daughter of Irgun terrorists in such highly significant political places. He doesn't appear to have anything on Etzioni (or communitaianism), but his research on the Israeli connection to 9/11 opened my eyes to a whole other aspect to Etzioni's ties to the Mossad and Israeli intelligence services.

Etzioni has other ties too. He's written a lot about the "need" to build more moral communities and how people need to share more of their time and efforts:

""We" as a noun is used much more than "I" by the young sabras. But "always we" is not a slogan of their conformity for conformity's sake. It is taken from the hymn of the underground commando units (the Palmach). The entire line reads: "To orders--always we"; meaning, we are always ready to obey the orders of the nation. Riesman shows how the nouns of an ethos of production are replaced by the neutrality of abundance. The background in Israel is different. Therefore the norms around which conformity is crystalized are different. They are mainly: service to the collective goals of the nation, often at the expense of individual goals and individuality." AE, "The 'Sabra' in Israeli Literature," with Eva Etzioni, Jewish Frontier (October 1958), pp. 16-19., http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/etzioni/E1.html

So then I went back and looked up the Maping and Mobilizing Community Assets program.

"John 'Jody' Kretzmann, co-director of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, was the keynote speaker for this year’s conference. ABCD is a research project of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University working with community building leaders across North America as well as five other continents to conduct research, produce materials, and support community-based efforts to rediscover local capacities and to mobilize citizens’ resources to solve problems. Focusing on organizing the community based upon its strengths and assets is a guiding principle of the NORC supportive service paradigm and led to a fruitful presentation and discussion on common themes, practices, goals, and aspirations." http://www.ujc.org/page.aspx?id=93158

I didn't realize Michele Obama worked for them too.

"And then she started working for Public Allies, which was an organization really that had just recently started. And it was informed by the policies of a guy named Jody Kretzmann and John McKnight, who—I’ve been working with Jody for a long time, and he is an excellent community activist with a theoretical bent that focuses on assets. He goes to communities, and rather than look at the deficits of the community, he maps out the assets—him and John McKnight, their program that they started at Northwestern University. They map out the assets of the community and find ways to strengthen and embolden and reinforce those assets.

"And so, they hired Michelle. She became one of the first—I think the first executive director of Public Allies. And they do a magnificent job in hooking in promising college students into nonprofit organizations that are community-oriented and then—you know, and empowering work—attempting to empower parts of the community. And she really excelled there. A lot of people couldn’t understand why she would bring all those credentials, Harvard and Princeton, to such a lowly or community-oriented group, when she had such potential to make a lot of money in the corporate structure. And she really performed well at Public Allies." http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/26/michelle_obama_delivers_keynote_address_on

The Obama Victory, Asset-Based Development and the Re-Politicization of Community Organizing, By Susan B. Hyatt

"Abstract: In this commentary, I argue that Obama’s victory in the recent Democratic primary was largely a consequence of his early experiences as an Alinsky-style community organizer in Chicago. I compare the nature of the broad-based organizing that Obama was trained in to a newer model of “community building” called Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). ABCD promotes the belief that communities suffering the effects of economic restructuring, such as abandoned housing, crime, and deindustrialization among others, can “heal themselves” by looking within for resources—or “assets”—rather than by making demands on the state, a stance its proponents stigmatize as evidence of a “client” mentality. I argue that however chimerical its promises of redemption are, ABCD illustrates an important shift in
contemporary understandings of citizenship, away from the possibilities for collective action that characterize Alinsky-style organizing and toward a view that is both radically neoliberal and potentially totalitarian in its homogenizing notions of its two key concepts—“community” and “assets.” I suggest that the grassroots nature of the Obama campaign may have the potential to reanimate an interest in broad-based organizing toward the end of creating a more just distribution of resources.
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:No4nojSDiiMJ:sananet.org/NAD/NADOct2008.pdf+jody+kretzmann+israel&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Here's how it all goes global:

Asset Based Community Development - National Train the Trainer Courses
http://www.bankofideas.com.au/Newsletter/Newsletter_0806.htm
A unique opportunity exists for 30 people with an interest in asset based community development.

Led by Jody Kretzmann and two of his colleagues (Mary Nelson from Bethel Green Project) and Jim Diers, Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle), the courses will be run in:

* Sydney (30 November - 1 December, 2006)
* Melbourne (5 - 6 December, 2006)

For more information on the Melbourne event contact Peter Palmer - pp@bankofideas.com.au,and for the Sydney event Judi Geggie - Judi.Geggie@newcastle.edu.au.

So Jim Diers is a colleague of Kretzman's now, eh? He was the ONLY Seattle city employee who NEVER responded to my Public Disclosure Requests for documents. The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods was the lead organization gathering our personal data for the COMPASS program. Diers helped create the "new" city department after a short career as a "community activist" on Capitol Hill.

Who IS Jody Kretzman? I met him in 2000 when he gave an ABCD presentation to Seattle Neighborhood "leaders." He denied being a communitarian and denied any association with them. He lied. His co-founder of ABCD signed the Communitarian Platform. I wrote about my meeting him in our book, 2020, but not about how much he seemed like a military man. He's very tall and fit, and he was super polite and friendly when I was asking my questions in front of the group. He also tried to tell me the community maps were not "real" maps. He was less than friendly when I approached him afterwards and tried to buy a copy of his ABCD workbook. He actually said no, which was kind of a relief since I was really too poor to blow the cash, but then I realized he HAD to be lying when he said he had no copies with him. I mustered all the courage I could find in me and told him flat out, "I'm on to you guys." (Constance told me the other day she had experience with community asset building in Chicago in the 1960s, and from this vita on Jody I see he was there doing his thing way back when..uh huh.)

This is the html version of the file http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/people/kretzmannvita.pdf.
Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web.
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VITA
JOHN P. (JODY) KRETZMANN
Co-Director
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Research Associate Professor
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Birth Date: December 6th, 1944
Family: Married to Ingrid Christiansen. Children: Katherine, Marcus
Education
B.A., English, Princeton University (Magna Cum Laude).
M.A., English, University of Virginia.
Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University.
Professional Employment
Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, School of
Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1996-present.
Research Associate Professor, School of Education and Social Policy,
Northwestern University, 2001-present.
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University,
2004-present
Senior Research Associate, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern
University, 1990-2004.
Project Director, Neighborhood Innovations Network, Center for Urban
Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1990-1996.
Research Staff, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern
University, 1984-1989.
Director, Urban Studies Program, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, 1984-
1989.
Co-founder and faculty member, Urban Studies Program, Associated
Colleges of the Midwest, 1969-1998.
Instructor in Media and Public Affairs, Christ College (Honors Program),
Valparaiso University, 1968-1969.
Community Organizer, Garfield Organization, Chicago, 1968.
Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Virginia, 1967.
Stringer, then reporter, Time and Life magazines, 1965-1966.
Chairman, The Daily Princetonian, 1965-66.
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Other Professional Activities
University Lectures and Speeches (partial list)
Michigan State University, lecture, 2006.
University of Illinois-Chicago, urban planning conference presentation, 2006.
Fordham University, lectures 2005-2006.
Allegheny College, Scholar in Residence, 2005.
DePaul University, Steans Center for Service Learning, lecturer and
consultant, 2005-Present.
University of Newcastle, Australia, keynote addresses at national
conferences, consultations, 2001, 2003, 2004.
Monmouth College, Fall Symposium, 2004.
Ohio Wesleyan University, Midwest conference on technology and the
community, keynote, 2004.
University of Chicago, Panel on the University and the Community, 2004.
University of Illinois-Chicago, School of Public Health, lectures, 2003, 2005.
University of Michigan, School of Social Work, lecture, 2002.
University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, lecturer and consultant, 2002-
present.
Emory University, The Church and Community Development, keynote,
2002.
Loyola University, “The University and the Community,” keynote address,
2002.
Illinois Campus Compact, keynote address, 2001; Midwest Campus Compact,
keynote, 2003.
Cornell College, keynote address, annual symposium, 2000.
St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, lectures in community
development, 2000.
University of California, Riverside, keynote address, symposium on
community development, 2000.
University of Kentucky, Extension Conference, keynote address, 2000.
University of Pittsburgh, speeches, 1995, 2000.
Campus Compact, Brown University, speeches and consultation 1997-
present.
North Park University, Master of Arts in Community Development, annual
lecture, 1997-present.
Valparaiso University, numerous lectures, 1968-present.
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, speaker and
member, Executive Seminar on Indigent Defense, 1999-2002..
New School for Social Research, Milano School of Social Science, speaker,
1999.
Colorado College, The Daniel Patrick O’Connor Lectures in Social Justice,
1999.
Concordia College, Annual Symposium, keynote address, 1999.
Michigan State University, University Outreach Partnerships, keynote
address, 1999.
Princeton University, lecture on community service, 1999, Alumni day
lecture, 2003.
Rutgers University, Boggs Center, University Affiliated Lecture on
Community Health, 1999.
University of Salford, England, Public Health lecture, 1999.
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Wright State Center for Child and Adolescent Violence, keynote address,
1999.
Washington University, speaker, Annual Symposium of George Warren
Brown School of Social Work, 1997.
Campus Outreach Opportunity League, keynote addresses, 1996-97.
Relating to State and Federal Government (partial list)
Corporation for National and Community Service, speeches, technical assistance,
provider.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University-
Community Partnerships, Annual Conference of Community Outreach
Partnership Centers, keynote, 2005.
New York Department of Health, keynotes, 2004, 2005.
Mass. Dept. of Health, keynotes and trainings, 2002-present.
North Carolina Association of Non-Profits, keynote, 2003.
Iowa Department of Public Health, lectures and consultations, 2002-present.
Minnesota Department of Public Health, lectures and consultations, 2001-
present.
Minnesota Department of Human Services, keynote, 2001.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, rural development lecture, 2001.
National Association of Community Action Agencies, 1997-present.
South Carolina Department of Health, Community Development, speaker,
consultant, 1996-present.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, speaker, consultant,
1993-present.
California Department of Health Services, speaker, 1999.
Illinois Council for the Prevention of Violence, 1998-99.
U.S. Department of Justice, Weed and Seed Program, speaker (4 occasions)
1996-99.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaker, 1997, 2001.
Relating to Local Government (partial list)
Chicago Public Library, co-publication, The Engaged Library. Presentations:
CPL Board of Directors, Urban Library Council’s national conference,
2005-2006.
Westchester County Summit on Vital Aging, keynote, 2006.
Indianapolis Police and Sheriff’s Departments, presentation, 2005.
Chicago Police Department, Community Policing Leadership Development Institute,
speeches and trainings, 2004-present.
Saginaw, MI. Celebration of Neighborhoods, keynote, 2005.
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC), speeches, trainings, 2004-
present.
Chicago Dept. of Public Health, speeches, consultations, 2003-present.
Batavia, IL, “Future of Western Suburbs,” speech, 2004.
Raleigh, NC, City Neighborhoods Conference, keynote, consultant, 2003,
2004.
Chicago, Union League Club, “Hope for Chicago’s Neighborhoods,” 2002.
Portland Dept. of Parks, keynote, 2002.
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, keynote, 2002.
Chattanooga Department of Neighborhoods, keynote address, 2000.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, speaker, consultant, 1998-2000.
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Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement, speaker, consultant, 1997-
2002
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnerships, speaker, consultant, 1998-
99.
City of Dubuque, speeches and consultations, 1996-99.
Lake County Area Planning Council, keynote address, 1999.
Atlanta Project, speaker, consultant, 1997-98.
Chicago Board of Education, consultant, 1996-98.
Chicago Park District, consultant, speaker, 1994-2004.
Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale Departments of Neighborhood, keynote address,
1998.
Kansas City Department of Neighborhoods, speaker, consultant, 1995-98,
2002.
Peoria, IL, speeches and workshops, 1996-2003.
Florida League of Cities, keynote address, 1997.
National Association of Counties, speaker, 1997.
Active participant, numerous political campaigns, 1968-present.
Chair, Housing Policy Committee, Evans for Mayor, 1989.
Chair, Policy Review Committee, Washington for Mayor, 1986-87.
Chair/facilitator, Department of Economic Development/LISC conference on
Neighborhood Economic Development, 1985.
Initiator/consultant, Affirmative Neighborhood Information Program, City
of Chicago, 1983-1985.
Consultant/facilitator, Development Subcabinet Formative Retreat; and
Department of Planning Reorganization Retreat, Chicago of Chicago,
1983.
Contributor, Blueprint of Chicago Government and Toward a Prosperous,
Compassionate and Efficient Chicago, 1983.
Chair, Neighborhood Planning Subcommittee, Mayor Harold Washington
Transition Team, 1983.
Contributor, Washington Papers, 1983.
Relating to Neighborhoods (partial list)
City Year Chicago, Presentation, 2006.
Perspectives Charter School, presentations and consultation, 2005-present.
United Jewish Appeal, New York, speech and workshop, 2006.
Yonkers Elder Friendly Initiative, speeches and consultation, 2004-present.
Active member and consultant, numerous neighborhood organizations in
Chicago, 1968-present.
Jewish Council on the Elderly, Chicago, speaker-consultant, 2004, 2005.
North Carolina Neighborhood Conference, keynote, 2004.
Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, speaker and trainer, 2002-present.
Leadership Evanston, keynote, 2003.
Chicago Area Project, speaker, consultant, 2002-present.
Imagine Chicago, speaker, 2002.
Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center, speaker, consultant, 1998-2003.
Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety, speaker, 1998-99.
Neighborhoods USA, annual conference speaker, Portland, 1998.
Consultant/facilitator, Chicago Innovations Forums, Center for Urban
Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1988-1996.
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Consultant, Local Development Issues Working Group, Community
Workshop on Economic Development, 1988-1989.
Evaluator, Neighborhood Vouchers Program, National Center for
Neighborhood Enterprises, Washington, D.C., 1985-87.
Co-designer/developer, Affirmative Neighborhood Information Program,
1983-85.
Co-founder and Steering Committee, Community Workshop on Economic
Development, 1979-1983.
Leadership Conference, Organization of the North East, 1974-1980.
Relating to Philanthropy (partial list)
Battle Creek Community Foundation, community congress keynote, 2005.
Annie E. Casey Foundation, consultation on intergenerational funding, 2006.
Evanston Community Foundation, conference on funding sustainable communities,
presentation, 2006.
Neighborhood Small Grants Network, national audio-conference speaker, 2005.
Kellogg Foundation, speaker, consultant, 2004-present.
Northwest Council on Foundations, keynote, 2004.
Grantmakers in Aging, keynote, 2004.
Southeastern Council on Foundations, keynote, 2004.
Indiana Association of Grantmakers, keynote, 2004.
Northwest Area Foundation, speeches and trainings, 2003-2004.
W. T. Grant Foundation, consultant, 2002.
Michigan Funders Network, keynote, 2002.
Synergos, (Ford Fndn.), speeches, consultations, 2002-present, including
Mexico border initiative.
United Ways of Rochester, Chicago, San Antonio, Mesa, Evansville,
Indianapolis, Greenville (SC), Philadelphia, etc.—speeches and
consultations, 1991-present.
Duke Endowment, North Carolina, speech and consultation, 2000.
Blandin Foundation, Minnesota, consultations, 1992-2002.
Council on Foundations, 4 speeches and workshops, 1995-present.
Kinship Fund, Chicago, consultations, 1996-present.
Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Fund, speaker, consultant on parks and libraries
initiatives, 1997-2001.
Grantmakers in Health, speech, consultations, 1997-99.
New Mexico Community Foundation, speeches and technical assistance,
1994-99.
California Endowment, speech and consultations, 1997-98.
Maine Community Foundation, speaker, 1998.
St. Louis Metropolitan Association for Philanthropy, speaker, 1998.
Points of Light Foundation, National Community Service Conference, 1997.
Southeastern Council on Foundations, keynote address, 1997.
Community Foundations: speeches and consultations, including East
Tennessee, Jacksonville, Greater Memphis, Winston-Salem, Montana,
Denver, Tucson, Central New York, 1992-present.
Los Angeles Urban Funders, speaker, workshops, 1996.
United Way of America, speeches, consultations, 1993-2003.
Relating to Professional Organizations (partial list)
Coalition for Community Schools, presentations and training, 2004, 2005.
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Minnesota Healthy Aging Conference, keynote, 2003.
Goodwill Industries, keynote, 2003.
American Society on Aging, keynote, speeches, consultations, 2002-present.
National Community Building Network, speaker, 2002.
YMCA, speaker and consultant, national and local gatherings, 2002-2004.
Rural Development Association, keynote, 2002.
American Academy of Pediatrics, presentations and consulting, 2002-2004.
City Cares, keynote, 2002.
Public Allies, keynotes and trainings, 1993-present.
Kaboom, keynotes yearly, 2001-present.
South Carolina Association of Non-Profits, keynote, 2001.
Voices for Illinois Children, keynotes, 2001, 2002, consultant, 2001- 2004.
Habitat for Humanity, frequent speaker,1999-present.
Search Institute, speaker, consultant, 2001-present.
American Library Association, speaker, 2000, 2002.
Executive Service Corps, Chicago, keynote address, 2000.
Health Care Forum, speaker, consultant, trainer, 1995-2003.
Urban Libraries Council, speaker, consultant, 1998-present.
Vera Institute of Justice, New York, speaker, consultant, 1998-2001.
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, speaker, consultant, 1997-99.
American Academy of Pediatrics, consultations, 1998-99, 2003-04.
Daughters of Charity Hospitals, speaker, consultant, 1995-99.
Kentucky Community Development Society, speaker, 1999.
Indiana Public Health Association, keynote address, 1998.
Southern Rural Development Association, speeches and workshop leader,
1998.
Urban Parks Institute, speaker, 1997-98.
American Association of Retired Persons, speech, 1997.
American Public Health Association, speaker, 1997.
Public Health Institute, California, speech, 1997.
Relating to International Work (partial list)
Australia Federal Department of Family and Community Services,
presentation, 2006.
The Smith Family, Australian Philanthropy, day-long workshop, 2006.
United Way International Global Assembly, keynote, 2006.
England, Scarman Trust training, 2004.
Germany, bi-national consultation on immigration, 2003-2004.
Australia, speeches, trainings in four visits, across the continent, 2001-present.
Canada, Coady Institute, Saint Francis Xavier University, speaker, consultant,
2000-present.
Canada, Department of Environment, speeches and training, 1999-2000.
Canada—numerous speeches sponsored by government, philanthropies,
professional groups and community development groups, 1988-present.
Egypt, United Nations Development Program, week-long training in Cairo,
1999.
England, British Public Health System, lectures, 1998-99.
South Africa, Community Higher Education Partnership, 10 day visit, lectures
and training, 1999.
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Caribbean and Latin America, Peace Corps directors, speeches and training,
1997-98.
Relating to Religious Organizations (partial list)
Church World Services, National Conference on Disaster Relief, Princeton
Seminary, keynote, 2006.
Lutheran Services in America, annual conference, keynote, 2004.
Pendle House, Philadelphia, Peacemaking consultation, speaker, 2005.
Partners for Sacred Places, presentations and consultations, 2000- Present.
Colorado Summit on Hunger, keynote and workshops, 2000.
Diocese of Cleveland, speaker, 1999-2000.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, numerous speeches, ongoing
consultation, 1987-present.
Habitat for Humanity conventions, speaker, 1998-present.
Methodist Communities of Shalom, speaker, consultant, 1997-present.
Partners for Sacred Places, speaker, consultant, 1998-present.
Salvation Army, speaker (5 occasions) 1997-present.
Call to Renewal, speaker, 1999.
McCormick Seminary, visiting professor, African American Leadership
Program, 2002, 2003.
Trinity Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, keynote address and workshop, 1998.
Visiting Professor, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1988-1996.
National Co-chair, Justice Network in the Lutheran Church, 1988-1995.
Board of Directors, Clergy and Laity Concerned, 1978-1996.
Program Director, Holden Village Retreat Center, Washington State, 1986,
1988. Founder, Rainbow on the Mountaintop (Multicultural Celebration),
1987-1990.
Among other boards and consultancies: Conference on Inner City Ministries,
Lutheran Human Relations Association, Cleveland Metro Ministries, City
Lutherans in Action, Independent Lutheran Press.
Northwestern University Activities (partial list)
Service Learning Certificate, speaker, bus tour leader, 2003-present.
Oasis, speaker, 2005-2006.
Northwestern University Alternate Spring Break, speaker, 1999-present.
Northwestern University New Student Orientation, speaker, 1999, 2000.
Northwestern University Undergraduate Leadership Program, speaker and
consultant, 1994-present.
Northwestern University Alumni College, speaker, panelist, 1998.
Northwestern University Freshman Urban Program, opening speaker, 2000-
present.
Northwestern University DERU advance, 2002-present.
Northwestern University Civic Education Project, speaker, 2001-present.
Relating to Civic Involvement—Board Memberships (partial list)
Urban Libraries Council, Exec. Board, 2004-present.
Princeton Project ’55, Board, 2002-present.
Delta Institute (environment/economic development/non-profit), 1998-
present (Chair).
North Park University, Master of Arts in Community Development
Program, 1997-present.
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Public Allies, Chicago (also speaker, trainer), 1995-present.
Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education, 1965-present.
Wieboldt Foundation, Board of Directors, 1987-1997.
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Academic and Other Awards
Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award, Partners for Livable
Communities, Washington, D.C., 2006.
Outstanding Professor Award, School of Education and Social Policy,
Northwestern University, 2005.
Community of the Cross Award, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago,
1998.
Distinguished Community Service Award, Princeton Club of Chicago, 1995.
National Merit Scholar
Newspaper Fund Scholar
University of Virginia Fellowship
Northwestern University Fellowship
Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research Fellowship, Northwestern
University.
Subjects Taught
City politics, city economics, community development, social movements,
racism, dynamics of neighborhood change, mass media, ethics and politics,
the church and public life, public policy and human services, schooling in
communities.
Video
Kretzmann, John P., and McKnight, John L., Mobilizing Community Assets, Civic
Television Network, six-part series, 1995.
Books
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. Building Communities from the
Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s
Assets. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1994.
Workbooks
Kretzmann, John P., editor, The Engaged Library, Chicago Public Library, Urban
Libraries Council, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, 2005.
Kretzmann, John P., McKnight, John L., Discovering Community Power: A Guide to
Mobilizing Local Assets and Your Organization’s Capacity. Evanston, IL: Asset-
Based Community Development Institute in cooperation with the Kellogg
Foundation, 2005.
Kretzmann, John P., McKnight, John L., and Green, Mike, Hidden Treasures: Building
Community Connections, Evanston, IL: Asset-Based Community Development
Institute, 2005.
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Kretzmann, John P., McKnight, John L., and Sheehan, Geralyn; Building the Mercado
Central: Asset-Based Development and Community Entrepeneurship. Evanston, IL:
Institute for Policy Research, 2004.
Kretzmann, John P., McKnight, John L., and Rans, Susan, Asset-Based Strategies for
Faith Communities, Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 2003.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L., eds, Deborah Puntenney, A Guide to Building
Sustainable Organizations from the Inside Out, Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy
Research and Chicago Foundation for Women, 2002.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L; and Snow, Luther. The Organization of Hope:
A Workbook for Rural Asset-Based Community Development. Evanston, IL:
Institute For Policy Research, 2001.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Snow, Luther. Community
Transformation: Turning Threats into Opportunities. Evanston, IL: Institute for
Policy Research, 2002.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Turner, Nicol. A Guide to
Mapping and Mobilizing the Associations in Local Neighborhoods.
Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1999.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Puntenney, Deborah. A Guide
to Creating a Neighborhood Exchange: Building Communities by
Connecting Local Skills and Knowledge. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy
Research, 1998.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Sheehan, Geralyn. A Guide to
Capacity Inventories: Mobilizing the Community Skills of Local
Residents. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1997.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Puntenney, Deborah. A Guide
to Mapping and Mobilizing the Economic Capacities of Local Residents.
Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1996.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Puntenney, Deborah. A Guide
to Mapping Consumer Expenditures and Mobilizing Consumer
Expenditure Capacities. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1996.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Puntenney, Deborah. A Guide
to Mapping Local Business Assets and Mobilizing Local Business
Capacities. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1996.
Kretzmann, John P.; McKnight, John L.; and Puntenney, Deborah. (Eds.)
Newspapers and Neighborhoods: Strategies for Achieving Responsible
Coverage of Local Communities. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy
Research, 1999.
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. (Eds.), with Puntenney, Deborah,
and Moore, Henry. Leading by Stepping Back: A Guide for City Officials
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on Building Neighborhood Capacity. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy
Research, 1999.
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. (Eds.), with Puntenney, Deborah,
and Moore, Henry. City-Sponsored Community Building: Savannah’s
Grants for Blocks Story. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1998.
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. (Eds.), with Thomas Dewar. A
Guide to Evaluating Asset-Based Community Development: Lessons,
Challenges, and Opportunities. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy
Research, 1997.
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. Mapping Community Capacity.
Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1990.
(Booklet)
Articles and Chapters Published
Kretzmann, John P. “Congregations and Communities Working Together.”
In Edward L. Queen II (Ed.) The Management and Organization of
Religious Human and Social Services. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.,
2000.
Kretzmann, John P. “Opening up a Closed City.” In Harold Washington and
the Neighborhoods. Rutgers University Press, 1991.
Kretzmann, John P. “Co-Producing Health: Professionals and Communities
Build on Assets.” Health Forum Journal, January/February, 2000: 42.
Kretzmann, John P. “The Campus and the Community: Sharing Power for a
Democratic Future.” Third Annual Continuums of Service Conference
Proceedings, Campus Compact, July, 2000.
Kretzmann, John P. “Habitat for Humanity and Asset-Based Community
Development: Powerful Partners for Vital Communities.” Habitat for
Humanity Affiliate Update, October, 1999.
Kretzmann, John P. “Building Communities and Economies from the Inside
Out.” Community Action Digest. Spring, 1999.
Kretzmann, John P. and Green, Michael B. Building the Bridge from Client to
Citizen: A Community Toolbox for Welfare Reform. Evanston: Institute
for Policy Research, 1998. (Reprinted from Shelterforce,
November/December, 1997. 10-14.) (Booklet)
Kretzmann, John P. and Schmitz, Paul H. “It Takes a Child to Raise a Whole
Village.” Resiliency in Action, March/April, 1999. (Reprinted from
Wingspread Journal, 1994-95, The Johnson Foundation.)
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Kretzmann, John P. “Study the Successes—Don’t focus on Failure”
Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, April 20, 1997. E8. (Special Edition for
President’s Summit on Volunteerism)
Kretzmann, John P. “Rediscovering Community Through Parks,” Parks as
Community Places, Urban Parks Institute, August, 1997.
Kretzmann, John P. “What Every Parish Should Know About Itself.” Our
Family, September 1997. 37-39.
Kretzmann, John P. Vital Schools, Vibrant Communities, Cross City
Campaign for Urban School Reform, September, 1997. (Booklet)
Kretzmann, John P. and Green, Michael B. “Community Tool Box for
Welfare Reform: Building the Bridge from Client to Citizen,”
Shelterforce, November/December, 1997. 10-14.
Kretzmann, John P. “Community Includes Youth: 10 Commandments for
Involving Young People in Our Communities,” Wingspread Journal,
Autumn, 1995. 11.
Kretzmann, John P. “Building Communities from the Inside Out,”
Shelterforce, September/October, 1995. 8-11.
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. “Building Communities from the
Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s
Assets—An Overview,” Community Capacity Building from the Inside
Out, United Way of America, June, 1995.
Kretzmann, John P. and Schmitz, Paul H. “It Takes a Child to Raise a Whole
Village,” Wingspread Journal, Annual Report, 1994-95. 8-11.
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. “Mapping Community
Capacity,” Community News, (Michigan State University) Fall, 1993. 1-4.
Kretzmann, John P. “Community-Based Development and Local Schools: A
Promising Partnership,” Evanston: Institute for Policy Research Working
Paper, 1992.
Kretzmann, John P. School Participation in Local Community Economic
Development: Ideas for Getting Started. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban
Affairs and Policy Research, 1990. (Booklet)
Kretzmann, John P. “Popular Movements in Mexico City,” Christian
Century, 1990.
Kretzmann, John P. “Dawn of the Age of Fairness: Washington’s
Development Policies,” Chicago Enterprise, March 1987.
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Kretzmann, John P. “The Illinois Governor’s Race,” Chicago Enterprise,
November, 1986.
Kretzmann, John P. “Power and Information in the City,” Center for Urban
Affairs and Policy Research, 1985.
Kretzmann, John P. A Primer for a School’s Participation in the Development
of its Local Community. Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, 1988.
(Booklet)
Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L.
“Community Organizing in the 80s,” Social Policy, Winter, 1984.
Editorial
Editorial Advisory Board, Community Action Digest, National Association of
Community Action Agencies, 1999-2003.
Updated 8/06

Who is John McNight? (besides being the man who signed and edorsed Obama's Harvard Law School application)
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/people/mcknight.html