This beautiful video, Neighbours Deepening Community, debuted last month at the 2015 Neighbours: Policies & Programs Gathering.
It inspired the 200 community-builders who came to Hamilton, Ontario last month to discover strategies for mobilizing neighbourhood action, policies that support neighbourhood strategies, stories of place, the value of community hubs, how to create an ecology of care, and how to use Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) to build strong neighbourhoods.
Created by a group of young artists who recently won a global United Nations Award for their earlier Deepening Community video, Neighbours Deepening Community follows a young boy and his family on moving day. Upon arriving on their new street the boy discovers that it lacks the strong sense of community and social reciprocity of his old neighbourhood which leaves him feeling empty and alone. The boy and his mother decide to take matters into their own hands and reach out to their new neighbours to build trust. They decide to throw a neighborhood party to create relationships and deepen a sense of community in their new neighbourhood.
This video's message is hopeful, "We can do this", say rappers Mathew Steinman and Michael Epp Born as a story of neighbourhood building unfolds.
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