Future Search - Prosperous Communities, Prosperous Nation

Resources

Here you'll find a collection of resources with information related to PCPN. Use can use these resources to learn more, get others in your community interested, and do something about poverty! Check back periodically for others that will be posted along the way.

Briefs (pdf)

Overview of Prosperous Communities, Prosperous Nation

This brief provides the vision, mission, goals, structure, and activities of PCPN, as well as the key points it addresses.

What Makes PCPN Different?

This brief tells how PCPN is different from most community development approaches.

Orientation to Future Search

This one-page brief provides an excellent overview of Future Search, including how the principles, structure, and philosophy.

Articles (pdf)

Poverty, Prosperity, and National Security.pdf

This conversational article makes the connection between poverty and national security. It describes how Future Search and Prosperous Communities, Prosperous Nation can address poverty systemically.

Human Services as Societal Capacity Builder: Discovering the Path to a 21st Century Model to Address Poverty.pdf

This article explores the history of social safety net programs, societal values, and the role of human services in addressing poverty.

Applying Future Search to National Poverty: A Healing Process.pdf

This article explores the healing nature of a Future Search-based approach to addressing poverty.

Presentations (PowerPoint)

From Vision to Action

Workshop presented at the Sojourners/Call to Renewal Taking the Vision to the Streets Conference, Washington, DC. June 2007.

Creating Prosperity for All

Workshop presented at the Northwest Area Foundation Grassroots and Groundwork Conference, St. Paul, MN. September 2006.

Academic

Gordon M. Fisher

"The Development and History of the U.S. Poverty Thresholds - A Brief Overview," [http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/papers/hptgssiv.htm]

"An Overview of Developments Since 1995 Relating to a Possible New U.S. Poverty Measure (plus a Summary of the Recommendations of the National Research Council's Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance)" [http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/povmeas/papers/fisher.html]

"Reasons for Measuring Poverty in the United States in the Context of Public Policy - A Historical Review, 1916-1995" [http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/papers/reasmeaspov.htm]

"Setting American Standards of Poverty: A Look Back" [http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc192.pdf]

"Enough for a Family to Live On?' - Questions from Members of the American Public and New Perspectives from British Social Scientists" [http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/povmeas/approaches.html]

"Some Popular Beliefs About the U.S. Poverty Line as Reflected in Inquiries from the Public," [http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/papers/beliefs.htm]

Links

We are in the process of collecting links to sites and organizations committed to creating prosperity for all and reducing poverty. Please be patient and check back. With all of the good work being done, it is unlikely that we will find them all or be able to link to every organization doing this important work, but we will do our best to be a mechanism of community for those interested in creating more prosperous conditions for all.