Asset Based Community Development Institute
Asset Based Community Development is a process, a set of principles, and a way of engaging with communities. The process opens with an understanding that every community member has skills, gifts, and talents that can transform the community when used productively and in concert with other community members. The principles are informed by the idea that focusing solely on deficits won’t yield creative solutions to communal challenges. The way of engaging is to accept that all people have dignity and must participate in community practices to achieve community well-being.
Fellow and Faculty Trainer
Storytelling & Narrative Shaping
A yearlong fellowship with the ABCD Institute led me to a lifelong commitment to ABCD principles and practices. I understand my skills and talents. I use them to lift others higher. As a fellow turned faculty, I joined the ABCD Institute as a trainer, facilitator, and organizational consultant. As a trainer, I provide a variety of workshops and training on dignity-driven storytelling, community relationship building, and organizational development.
Workshops & Trainings
Featured Speaker, Faculty Institute, Middlesex Community College, Virtual, May 2023
Lead Facilitator, Campus Compact AmeriCorps Vista Training, Virtual, May 2021
Keynote Address, Faculty Academy Winter Summit, Mount Wachusett Community College, Middlesex Community College, Berkshire Community College, and Fitchburg State University, January 2021
Co-Facilitator, Data and Community, All In: Data for Community Health Conference, October 2019
Lead Facilitator, Strengths Based Leadership, President's Weekend, University of Michigan, January 2019
Trainer, International Association for Community Development, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, February 2018
Featured Speaker, President Barack Obama's My Brother's Keeper Michigan Summit, Lansing Community College, October 2017
Fellow, Intercultural Communication Institute, June 2016-August 2016
Lead Facilitator, The Leadership Certificate Program, University of Indianapolis , April 2015
