What is neighborliness?
Brent talks with David Docusen about the Neighborliness Center, a nonprofit hub that provides equitable access to education, employment, healthcare and housing to neighbors in Winston Salem, North Carolina in the States.
David has spent 20 years investing into communities as a pastor, speaker, teacher, advocate and speaker.
David’s book ‘Neighborliness: Love Like Jesus. Cross Dividing Lines. Transform Your Community’ is published by Thomas Nelson.
- (1:11) What is the Neighborliness Center? How do we love our neighbors?
- (2:05) What is neighborliness?
- (3:50) A loss of neighborliness in our communities;
- (4:15) How David's neighborliness journey started. A white middle class church and a diverse city. Engaging with our community;
- (6:40) The church preoccupied with white middle class people? Power and position;
- (8:17) Moving the church into a predominantly black neighborhood;
- (10:50) Gentrification and property development in the States. How has property development affected community? People pushed out of their community;
- (12:40) Helping networks in communities. Toxic charity;
- (14:10) How to outreach in local communities. Developing a better relationship with our communities;
- (15:30) Asset based community development. Don't try and fix problems we don't understand;
- (16:15) Working with local business community to do outreach. Developing housing with entrepreneurs and builders.
- (18:40) How God has transformed communities. Affordable housing;
- (21:00) Resources.
Links mentioned in this episode:
https://neighborliness.com
https://daviddocusen.com
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