Whole System Transformation From Within by Jamie

'Lead from within' - Why the Anseye Pou Ayiti team in Haiti recognizes community as the unity of change

givinglab — 2026-01-22 19:39:15 UTC

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"I used to speak on behalf of marginalized communities. Now I create space for them to speak for themselves."
— John Caulker, Fambul Tok

givinglab — 2026-01-22 19:56:26 UTC

We need to think about resources more broadly, and we need to use one resource - money- to serve and support the activation, creation, and flow of new resources, or resouces that were previously unseen, When we are as willing to recive as we are to give, to be transformaed as wre to transform, we carete the channel for the greater flow of good in the world, in our own communities, and in the communities we seek to serve.
— Libby Hoffman

givinglab — 2026-01-22 20:28:46 UTC

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley

Navigating systems change: 5 approaches for impact

givinglab — 2026-01-29 14:53:45 UTC

Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)

givinglab — 2026-02-18 22:06:43 UTC

Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is an approach to working with and in communities that counteracts the prevailing focus on community needs and deficits. The approach begins by recognizing the assets of the community, including volunteer groups and associations, and shows how organizing to mobilize those assets is key to asserting the power and agency to bring about change...By recognizing the inherent strengths found in every community and individual, ABCD revitalizes local initiatives and helps to recast relationships between institutions, associations, and residents so that communities are built from the inside out, rather than the outside in, and resilient in the face of the turbulence of our times.