title: The family Re-Union initiative: a springboard for family-centered community building, locally and nationally.
abstract: Family Re-Union is an ongoing conference series and family policy initiative launched in 1992 by Al and Tipper Gore. It has been the springboard for a new wave of family-centered community building efforts, including the development of an educational program to prepare a new generation of community builders. We summarize the history of this family-centered community building movement and discuss how it builds upon and differs from earlier approaches to community development. We describe Family Re-Union and some of the ongoing work it has fueled. And we suggest ways family professionals can take part in this work.
authors.affiliation: Children, Youth & Family Consortium, University of Minnesota, McNamara Alumni Center, Suite 270A, 200 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. cyfc@umn.edu
authors.forename: Martha Farrell
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Louv
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004517:Education, Professional; D005192:Family Health; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States