Joe Erpenbeck

ABCD in Life and at Work

A Caring Community

When You Live In A Small Village I live in a big city that can seem like a big city, but at times it also seems like I live i...

The Vital Role of Community Connectors

The Vital Role of Community Connectors A highlight for me from the recent ABCD Gathering in Chicago was a discussion I facili...

Getting Out of Our Silos

Getting Out Of Our Silos For 35 years I have spent time with people with disabilities and their families finding ways that we...

An Inspirational Living Library

The Living Library Last week I was honoured to be the Emcee and presenter at Making, a conference on Asset Based Community De...

“Joe has created a small team of people who are moving from providing service to building community. His work has radical implications for social service and he has the results to show it. Joe’s work is done with great compassion and courage. He directs a group that is applying the asset based principles of John McKnight in new ways. The results he is achieving are significant; his group is directly bringing those on the margin into community...Joe is creating a model for care and inclusion that sets the standard for what is possible.”

Peter Block

Noted Cincinnati Author & Consultant

"The nature of Joe's work is the most creative we have ever observed. The integrity and effectiveness of his efforts are models for the rest of the nation."

John McKnight

Co-Director The Asset-Based Community Development Institute

"Community development is a big idea, and a thing I’ve enjoyed so much about Joe’s work is that his approachable manner allows everyone to participate and see how they could have a role. I’ve been part of this conversation with groups who have been together for a long time, having the same old conversations, and its been a gift to watch Joe lead - not push - them into the potential of new ideas in an appreciative way. Like many, I did not enter those conversations easily, and, like many, I came to really appreciate his genius (I use this work carefully) for this work."

Joe Erpenbeck

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