The Change Handbook, 2nd Edition

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CHERYL HONEY

Community Weaving

Unless local communal life can be restored, the public cannot adequately resolve its most urgent problem, to find and identify itself.

—John Dewey

Good Neighbors

Community Weaving emerged from the experiences of a small group of neighbors who created their own social support system. It was sparked by a mother’s desire to meet the needs of her children and thrive. Frustrated by the way local agencies treated her—as if she was broken and needed fixing—she gathered her neighbors together and started a social support network. After cutting through a lot of red tape to hold gatherings at a local school, the neighbors ...