Table of Contents

Foreword by Peter Block
Preface
1. Our Need Today for Deeper Community
2. Three Options for Community in Challenging Times
3. Turning Away from Fear
4. Options for Deep Community
5. Sharing Our Stories
6. Enjoying One Another
7. Caring for One Another
8. Working Together for a Better World
9. Making the Choice for Deep Community
Appendix: Five Hundred Voices
With Thanks
Sources Cited
Index
About Paul Born
Join the Deepening Community Campaign
Reading Circles

About the Author

Paul Born is the cofounder and President of Tamarack-An Institute for Community Engagement, a global leader on issues of place, collective impact, and community innovation. The author of four books, including the Canadian bestseller Community Conversations, Born is internationally recognized for his community-building activities that have won awards from the United Nations and as a senior fellow of Ashoka, the world's largest network of social innovators.

Reviews

“For many years now, Paul Born has been among the most trusted, tender, and practical voices about how to create community. This beautiful book embodies each of those qualities and is a work to be used well and treasured for years to come.”
—Margaret J. Wheatley, author of seven books including Leadership and the New Science and, most recently, So Far from Home

“I listen to Paul Born when I want to know how people get together for the common good. He is a master practitioner and storyteller. If you want to know what lies beyond the radical individualism and collective incompetence that plagues our modern lives, read this book.”
—John McKnight, Codirector, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, and coauthor of The Abundant Community