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Kretzmann, Norman

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“…Upon arrival, Fr. Marty began an assets-based approach, following the model of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) [18,19] for overcoming anger from congregants by generating a more positive town orientation. His hope was that, by first changing perceptions and attitudes through the Mother Maria Kaupas project, he could lay a foundation for the community to work together to creatively remake the economic foundation of the town.…”

Section: The Recent History Of Divine Redeemer Churchmentioning

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Re-Building Coal Country: A Church/University Partnership

Milofsky

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2016

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This paper describes a developing partnership between a church-based service learning center and a university initiative to build a field station in a low-income community in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania. It is a case study of how secular and religious institutions have been collaborating to achieve the shared goal of improving social conditions in specific communities. The theoretical focus of the paper is on how a change from a "glass is half empty" to a "glass is half full" perception of the community opens new possibilities for change. This paper concentrates on the story of one partnership as a case study demonstrating current trends in service learning both within universities and within the Catholic Church in America. Analysis centers on the basic question of why the project had symbolic power for both partners and on the institutional processes within both organizations that helped the partnership grow. We use the framework of Assets-Based Community Development (ABCD), also known as the "strengths perspective", to conceptualize the contrast.

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Section: The Recent History Of Divine Redeemer Churchmentioning

confidence: 99%