Immersed In a Culture of Connection
I was staying at a airbnb in a small town just outside of Cincinnati. Work commitments kept me busy most of the day during th...
Consultant and ABCD Institute Faculty Member
I was staying at a airbnb in a small town just outside of Cincinnati. Work commitments kept me busy most of the day during th...
I stopped my bike on the bridge to look at the ducks gathered on the ice and saw a man walking through the woods on the other...
“Good morning Pontiac!” was the enthusiastic greeting by Rick to one of the guys waiting in line at the neighbour...
These were the words of Dayton City Commissioner Matt Joseph at The ENACT Closing Ceremony at the Dayton Metro Library on Dec...
Neighbourhood Week was a festival of the people and places that make Brantford, ON a great place to be. There were community ...
Asset mapping is an intentional focus on the assets in a community. Many groups utilize this process to increase knowledge an...
A month or two ago I started a version of the Neighbourhood Zoo that I call the Gifford Street Animals. It has been interesti...
On a morning walk in St.Petersburg, Florida, I stopped by the baseball field where I knew there were games that included play...
“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.”
"Joe Erpenbeck is in my opinion one of the very best, if not the best community connector in North America."
"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."