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ABCDRN: The Asset-Based Community Development Religious Network. This network of faith-based community builders began in 1997 after an ABCD seminar at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. The week-long ABCDRN Ghost Ranch seminar now is an annual offering with a new subject focus each year. The ABCDRN also has an informational directory of participants, a newsletter, and a listserve discussion group for members. Eliza Carney is the volunteer coordinator for the ABCDRN. Ms. Carney was Director of WHEAT (World Hunger Ecumenical Arizona Task Force) from 1982 to 1995, and now ably represents ABCDRN at national gatherings, such as that of the National Community Building Network and Call to Renewal. She focuses her activities on helping people active in church life to understand the asset-based community development approach and adopt it to their "mission." The ABCDRN has received significant financial support from the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Regional ABCD Networks: Over the last five years, regional networks of people involved in and committed to strengths-based approaches to rejuvenating communities have developed in California, Chicago, Connecticut, South Carolina, andWisconsin. These groups have each developed independently. They serve various functions as discussion forum, action group, and/'or technical assistance and training consortium.
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