Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods

This resource will help you build a team and think through all the elements needed for your project.

A block party is more than just a party. Bottom-up actions, like block parties, can transform your community.

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Transform your church property into a vibrant community hub

A block club is the backbone of an organized neighborhood

You want more. You want to belong to a community that looks out for each …

How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community

Sharing stories about reweaving the connections between place, the built environment, and the mission of God

Block Clubs are one of the pillars of safe and healthy communities. That is why we’re doing all we can to support leaders starting new block clubs and block club presidents that need help reinvigorating their block.

Survey examples and best practices for listening to and learning from your community

While creating social connections may not be as easy as it used to be, a special kind of place makes it more likely.

Why do some populations thrive and prosper while others struggle and suffer? The Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being is a framework that addresses this question in a way that is at once understandable, relatable, and actionable.

Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods

A film about why you should join a club… and why the fate of America depends on it

Lessons Learned From a Man Left for Dead

The purpose of the Night Walks is to touch and transform lives for Christ to the Glory of God through witnessing, evangelism, and discipleship.

Traditional block clubs are groups of people who have homes and families on any given …

So, what makes community possible? Three core elements: relationships, service, and purpose. And one core …

A podcast about the intersection of race, place, and poverty

How communities can transform public spaces to prevent violence

Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door

The way you frame an issue determines who can embrace your cause.

How to Make Your Church Invaluable to the Community

Communities of faith stand in an important position to support vibrant, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods. And in recent years, some have stepped up to the challenge at a variety of different scales.

The Neighboring Movement Podcast shares stories, interviews, and resources about the power and importance of neighboring. It is hosted by the staff team at The Neighboring Movement.

“Asset Based Community Development” or ABCD looks for, and starts from people’s gifts and strengths (assets)

Low-status neighborhoods in the US are often stuck between stagnating assistance from the government and gentrification at the hands of real estate developers.

The Shape of Our Urban Future

Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods

A community-led initiative that unites Chicagoans from all walks of life to address historic disinvestment, work toward healing our communities and make all of Chicago safe for everyone.

Michael Tubbs is the youngest mayor in American history to represent a city with more than 100,000 people — and his policies are sparking national conversations.