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News About the Creative Community Building Program:

CCB Exploring Living/Learning Community in Willimantic
CCB began to realize that by residing in the community, especially in a space open to community members for meetings or workshops, students would both learn at a deeper level and be able to engage more fully and collaboratively.
Group Encourages Creative Cooperation
“For me, creativity is often a way to get people engaged in something interesting and relevant to them,” said Steven Dahlberg, head of the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination. … The conference also focused on helping communities “transform challenges into opportunities for creative action.” (The Chronicle, 23-24 August 2008)
UCONN Creative Community Building Team Contributes to Special Issue on ‘Unboxing Democracy’s Magic’
University of Connecticut faculty Len Krimerman, Phoebe Godfrey and Steven Dahlberg, along with Gus Jaccaci, have contributed articles to a cooperatively-produced issue of New Village Online, which has has just been released on the theme of “Unboxing Democracy’s Magic.” (New Village Online, August 2008)
The four articles explore creativity, communities and democracy: