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Category Archives: Neighborhoods
Roving Notes 1.25.14: “Return / Neckbone / Bubble / Care”
Still whirling from the thrill, flurry, million-feeling core connections and life-altering epiphanies of my trip to New York, I’m back home in my neighborhood… for me, the stage of my work and of my own heart’s greatest learning. Even … Continue reading
Roving Notes (Chicago): A Forgotten Gift / El Tata
after packing up and double, triple-scanning the hotel room to make sure I got all stray earrings and socks, I headed back to my dear friend Arturo‘s in Pilsen neighborhood. We shared delicious leftovers from the Thai restaurant I … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCD, asset-based community development, chicago, gifts, music, neighborhoods, Pilsen, roving
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Wednesday at Broadway: Tacos, Art, Abundance
Being a freelance has unusual perks–like being able to choose your office space for the day on a whim. Lately, I’ve been trying to plant myself in “third places” — spots that lend themselves to interaction among community members. I’m … Continue reading
Roving Notes (pt. 3): “Now that I know where you are”
Saturday, Sept 21 Walked for 30 minutes with my neighbor LaWanda today… so nice to just chat and get to know each other while achieving both our goals to get more exercise each day! Before she came to meet me … Continue reading
Roving Notes (pt. 2): “Scavenger Reunion, Porch-Time, and Spiderman”
Friday, Sept 20 I woke up determined to walk some more and see who I could meet. But first I wanted to clean the floors… I didn’t know who I might go see and was going over ideas in … Continue reading
“Just Do It” Roving Notes (pt.1)
Ever since the big epiphany, after poking me from various angles, finally sank in last week that, regarding my writing and my neighborhood roving, the answer to my endless “analysis paralysis” was to “just do it,” I’ve been kicking … Continue reading
“Love the Life I’m Livin'”… Danny’s Meal
Last Friday, I attended an incredible dinner hosted by Danny Comacho, a natural roving listener in the Broadway neighborhood. The gathering underlined for me the power of hosting, and the importance of keeping hold of “mystery” as we practice community. This would … Continue reading
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C4C: Harnessing & Harvesting “the ignorant perfection of ordinary people” (Pt. 1)
Last week, I drove with friends and colleagues from Indianapolis to Cincinnati to attend the three-day Connecting for Communities (“C4C”) conference, “a powerful gathering of master and apprentice change agents and social entrepreneurs across sectors and communities, from around the world.” … Continue reading
“From Below, Not Above” (a block story)
Home home home… Just a few hours ago, I arrived home from the Connecting for Community gathering in Cincinnati. I’m still buzzing with gratitude for the richness of soul, experience, insight, passion, courage and both raw and polished talent I encountered in … Continue reading
ABCD Workshop in Sarasota!
I’m just now coming off the buzz of an incredible workshop I had the pleasure of co-hosting together with ABCD Institute Faculty member Dan Duncan and Mary Butler, a local ABCD Neighborhood Organizer and my good friend. Here is the … Continue reading