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Celebrating 20 Years of ABCD

Celebrating 20 Years of ABCD. How is it radical and what difference has it made?. Two Paths to Healthy Communities:. Agency services Community associations. How is ABCD Radical?. Radical (adjective) : Very new and different from what is traditional or usual. -Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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Celebrating 20 Years of ABCD

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  1. Celebrating 20 Years of ABCD How is it radical and what difference has it made?

  2. Two Paths to Healthy Communities: Agency services Community associations

  3. How is ABCD Radical? Radical (adjective): Very new and different from what is traditional or usual. -Merriam-Webster Dictionary

  4. Labeling People as Clients is Radical • Homeless • Unemployed • Poor person • Non-English speaking • Single parent • Addict • Offender • Old person • At-risk youth • Disabled

  5. Vashon, Washington ABCD is about Inclusion

  6. WE ALL BELONG: PROJECTSRestorative Justice ProgramAmigos en VashonFerry Dock Welcoming SignsChallenge Day at Vashon High SchoolCheckers in TownBreakfast at Sally’sCross-Ability Friendship for StudentsKeep DancingWelcome WagonHire VashonTime BankHomesharingThe Wave CampaignStone Soup Gathering

  7. Stone Soup Gathering

  8. Turning Citizens into Customers is Radical

  9. ABCD is about Restoring Democracy 118th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta

  10. Whatever the question,community is the answer.-Margaret Wheatley

  11. POTENTIAL OF ABCD Care for the Earth Care for One Another Promote Health Prevent Crime Respond to Disaster Sustain Local Economy Create Great Places

  12. Too Much ABCD Practice is Pseudo -Creating an asset map, especially when done by paid staff -Using community volunteers to backfill for agency professionals -Starting with the agency’s agenda rather than the community’s -Focusing exclusively on the internal and not using the community’s knowledge and voice to hold outside agencies accountable

  13. We Need to be Radical Practitioners of ABCD

  14. www.neighborpower.org

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