Category Archives: People Who Inspire Me

C4C (2.1): Power & Patriarchy in the Community-Building Movement

There’s a list of solid reasons why the blog I’m about to write is just now being born, despite ts presence in my craw for over a week. Among them—sickness, great developments in my neighborhood, house duties and other jobs. … Continue reading

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Gallery ~ Connecting4Community, Day 1

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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

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“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

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Encountering Cave ~ A “Blogella” in Three Parts (Pt. 1)

Last Monday night, I had the experience of a lifetime–seeing my favorite living artist, the three-decade strong, genre-transcending, brilliant singer-songwriter Nick Cave perform live with The Bad Seeds at the Chicago Theatre. Exceeding my hopes and fears, the experience left me buzzing, … Continue reading

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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

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Neighbors Build Community in the Village of the Arts

[originally published on the neighbor-created site, villageconnectors.com) Last week, a small group of neighbors in the Village of the Arts invited the wider community to join their conversation about how to improve their community.  Here is the story of that gathering. … Continue reading

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Why Tango? Conversation with my neighbor, Albert Rombold

Interview: Albert Rombolt Owner and Instructor, Tango & Salsa Dance Studio Gillespie Park/Rosemary District Neighborhood 6/15/12   April Doner (TWIS): One of the things I noticed about you before I ever me you was that you’re always sitting outside in … Continue reading

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Circling back: A year of Dial Tones

Originally published in This Week in Sarasota   When I heard that this month’s End of the Dial Tone would take place upstairs at the Gator Club, I got a particular kind of excited. Aside from the fact that the antique … Continue reading

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