Cormac Russell is Managing Director of Nurture Development (www. nurturedevelopment.org) and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at DePaul University, Chicago. He is the Director of ABCD in Europe. He is the author of ‘Asset Based Community Development (ABCD): Looking Back to Look Forward’ and the forthcoming book ‘Rekindling Community: Democracy Redefined’. [email protected]