Start with

Gifts

Assets and strengths, not deficits and needs, are the true building blocks of healthy communities. 

Build Relationships
For Mutual Support

ABCD believes that relationships are the core of flourishing communities. Relationships create trust and activate gifts and power.

Value 
Small

ABCD values small, grassroots, resident - driven approaches that use stories as the basis for learning, sharing and acting for change.

Nurture Community 
Led Action

When people in a community act together, they demonstrate their own power and leadership and can bring about positive change.  

Work for Equity
and Justice

ABCD fosters a world where all people thrive. ABCD helps people use their gifts to work in their communities to disrupt systemic oppression and regenerate power in new, creative and equitable ways.  

Believe in
Possibility

ABCD is rooted in hope. People in communities, even in extreme situations, can use their gifts to imagine ways to create change.

Lead by 
Stepping Back

ABCD shines a light on residents' power to contribute to and make decisions in their communities.    

Include 
Everyone

ABCD does not just invite people to the table but builds a new table where everyone has a true place. ABCD celebrates and values diversity.