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Archive
John
Mcknight
Biography
John
McKnight is Director of Community Studies of the Institute for
Policy Research at Northwestern University where he has conducted
research and written in the fields of community development,
neighborhood policy, social service delivery systems, health
policy and institutional racism.
McKnight is currently Co-Director of the Asset-Based Community
Development Institute, a national research and training program
focused on neighborhood revitalization. The Institute has an
international faculty of 32 trainers and has published North
America's most used guide to community development titled, Building
Communities from the Inside Out.
McKnight's collected essays were recently published by Basic
Books in a volume titled, The Careless Society.
Before joining Northwestern University, he worked as an organizer
in Chicago's neighborhoods and then directed the Midwest Office
of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
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