A small group including leaders from education, business, nonprofit, government, and the faith community continued their conversation last Friday around major concepts in the Peter Block’s book, Community: The Structure of Belonging. We discussed possibility vs. problem thinking, gifts vs. deficits, how to change a community from the inside out, whether a vision and plan are necessary or limiting, how to apply inverted thinking, what might happen if we gave up labeling, and more.


When we meet in April, we will talk about:

+ Chapter 15 – The End of Unnecessary Suffering. This chapter is full of examples of how to implement Block’s thinking with youth, public safety, economic development, human services, and health care.

+ Ideas for how each of us might apply elements of this book to our work and to our efforts to build community.

+ Our commitment for furthering the conversation – with each other and/or with new groups.

+ Whether we would like to bring Peter Block to our area, and what we might hope to achieve by doing so.