April Doner

Reviving neighboring, citizenship and community

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

Breonna Taylor should be celebrating her birthday today.

Let's honor her life today, and every day and continue to call for #JusticeforBre. She was essential and her family needed her.

@louisvillemayor, fire the officers now! Dial Fischer at 844-298-2731.

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@CormacRussell Thank you ! Sending back!

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@Explora_NM @US_IMLS @LosRanchosNM this is such a great ABCD example!

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@US_IMLS so true! the ABCD Team has witnessed so many ways in which the #CommCatalyst libraries and museums are already great hubs of community and investors in / supporters of resident leadership. A focused conversation affirming that and thinking of how to grow that is so powerful

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@ALemoins @US_IMLS those are so irreplaceable and it's fantastic you are STARTING there. That's the core of ABCD and you all are rocking it.

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@US_IMLS what important and exhilarating work this is! We are so lucky to learn along with creative practitioners like yourself Valerie #CommCatalyst

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@meakilahb @beeclubforgirls EXACTLY! Beautifully put. You're doing that so well. I was so inspired by how you have built a clear structure for the girls in your club to grow into decision-makers and leaders themselves, and how you're matching assets you find in the school/community with theirs #CommCatalyst

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@US_IMLS in-person trainings are available, and infopeople is now offering a 2020 course on ABCD geared for library professionals: https://t.co/3MG5hDQGBS

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@US_IMLS Happy to share if on behalf of the ABCD Institute if anyone has questions! You can also connect with our online ABCD community https://t.co/8fdQ5Xbkoi #CommCatalyst

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@vprestige what a great motto!! so applicable #commcatalyst

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@US_IMLS well said! That will always be the case. Professionals can be great supporters of resident expertise and there is so much learning in how to do that well. But the payoff is immense!

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@ALemoins @IMLSDirector @US_IMLS yes!!! agreed. the sustainability piece I think you all have already (and is hard for many) is that of resident ownership of the process, and building in processes for connecting and using assets as you find them... there are layers to sustainability! It can take so many forms

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@ALemoins @IMLSDirector @US_IMLS @ALemoins - you all are such great pioneers of forming a structure of genuine neighbor-led engagement! love your paid "Neighborhood Ambassadors," "Neighborhood Consultants" roles and spirit to learn alongside residents

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@Explora_NM @IMLSDirector we've so enjoyed working with your team in experimenting with ABCD concepts! You've been so creative and thoughtful about ways to build authentic relationships and grow leadership within your collaborations, as well as how ordinary residents may lead the way!

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@EmoryRoseMARBL @IMLSDirector in working with the @EmoryRoseMARBL team, we were so impressed with their adaptability and courage in going out into community spaces without an agenda and made building relationships and trust their priority!

[IMLS @US_IMLS]

TODAY: Join us at 2 PM ET for a Twitter chat! We'll be joined by @IMLSDirector Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew to talk #museums, #libraries, and community transformation. #CommCatalyst https://t.co/Mj8aQdylaj

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@IVMFSyracuseU well said! We've enjoyed seeing how @IVMFSyracuseU partners with libraries and also how you've practiced including veterans themselves as leaders and decision-makers in the work.

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@AthensClarkeLib @US_IMLS Hi guys! Happy to see you here! You all are doing such great work.

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@LauraMcShaneCLE @US_IMLS very interesting!

[April Doner @AprilRoving]

@EmoryRoseMARBL @US_IMLS go @EmoryRoseMARBL !!!