A gray diagram illustrating five zones of community building, each represented by a yellow circle labeled with the zone number and description, organized along axes of influence of ideas and influence of partners, with the purpose at the bottom left and community building at the top.

Zones of Community Building

Now more than ever, communities need to come together. The last few years have taught us all that global and local challenges can only be addressed collectively-  crossing disciplinary and organizational boundaries.  Silos must be broken down. 

The Zones of Community Building model, emphasizes not just transformation that happens to individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities as they learn and build and grow together.   As these connections happen, we understand each other better, and can weave stories of experience and apply them in new ways, we can integrate, not duplicate lessons. 

Community building has a thousand forms, but we aim to cultivate this process of community building for the greater good.