I recently discovered this video from Tim Hortons (a Canadian treasure). I find it a helpful example of what a first conversation with a neighbor can look like. Granted, the video was made pre-COVID, so we can’t sit this close together, etc. But I still find it inspiring!
Welcome to Episode 16, the first international episode of The Neighbor Next Door! For this episode, Jonathan Massimi, a supervisor of community centers in Kitchener, Ontario, joined hosts Adam and Matt on the front porch via Zoom.
Jonathan is an expert in Asset-Based Community Development, or ABCD, and has a ton of experience utilizing, and helping others utilize, an asset-based approach. In this episode, Jonathan explains how ABCD shapes his work supervising community centers, how real change occurs in communities through small connections that foster friendships, and how we must utilize what we have in the present in order to become architects of our own future.
We think this is a fascinating episode, and we are quite excited to share it with you all!
