"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring out them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away." - Shoshone

Building Communities from the Inside Out - by John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight

Community Building: What Makes It Work - by Paul Mattessich, Barbara Monsey

Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age - by Michael H. Shuman

The Art of Facilitating Participation - by Shirley A. White (Editor)

Collaboration Handbook - by Michael Barry Winer, Karen Louise Ray