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CityBlog's Unofficial Book Week Continues!
Submitted by saraneppl on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 12:28pm
In honor of our upcoming program with Susan Hildreth, Seattle's new City Librarian, our unofficial book week continues with a book review contributed by guest blogger and CityClub board member Jennifer Giltrop from the Seattle Public Library. At her very first meeting as a member of our board, Jennifer suggested this book as required reading for the rest of our board members!
Before we get there, however, let's talk book clubs. We may not have an official book club, but we'd love to meet yours. Is your favorite book club interested in coming as a group to our conversation with Susan Hildreth? Grab one or two friends and join us for cookies and coffee on Friday, April 10! Contact Sara Neppl at 206-682-7395 to learn about our special book club rate for this program.
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Before we get there, however, let's talk book clubs. We may not have an official book club, but we'd love to meet yours. Is your favorite book club interested in coming as a group to our conversation with Susan Hildreth? Grab one or two friends and join us for cookies and coffee on Friday, April 10! Contact Sara Neppl at 206-682-7395 to learn about our special book club rate for this program.
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If you are reading this CityClub blog, chances are you’re already engaged in your community. You care about your community. You want to help make a better reality for yourself, your family, and future generations.
Whatever your degree of engagement or connection, Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block shares ideas for community building that will inspire you to action.
As our our world becomes more
connected and the pace of life picks up speed, knowing your neighbors
face-to-face is becoming exception to the rule. Work consumes our lives, which
seem increasingly disconnected, and making a meaningful contribution to
community can seem impossible.
Nonetheless, Block shows us how. He talks about turning our conversations from problems to the potential for building community. “Citizens,” Block tells us, “become powerful when they choose to shift the context with which they act in the world.”
Block, a partner in Designed Living, shares ideas to construct a cohesive community.
You will learn:
- Why communities are fragmented
and how various sectors work against one another
- How to build a community based
on inclusion and belonging
- How to develop local leadership
and grassroots based ideas
- What the steps are to transform
a society into one based on accountability
The Seattle Public Library has copies of the book available for check-out. Place a hold now! I hope this book will inspire you and give you new ways of thinking about community and what we can achieve together.
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Have you read this book? Do you have other suggestions for great books about community and civic engagement that CityClub should review?
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