Peer Counseling Techniques http://www.ehow.com/list_7191724_peer-counseling-techniques.html

Empowerment Through Peer Counseling http://www.icdri.org/DSB/empowerment_through_peer_counsel.htm

DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/html/interpersonal_effectiveness_ha.html

Center for Nonviolent Communication http://www.cnvc.org/

Practice Nonviolent Communication http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Nonviolent-Communication

Active Listening Skill http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm

Activist Resources http://planetthrive.com/2009/07/activist-resources/ (Planet Thrive may be hard for many people to access; it may take quite a while.)

The Five-Fold Path of Productive Meetings by Starhawk http://starhawk.org/pdfs/Empowerment_Five-Fold-Path.pdf

Creating and Facilitating Peer Support Groups http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1180.aspx

MCS activism: How to be represented in an unsafe place http://planetthrive.com/2011/05/e-i-jane/ (Planet Thrive may be hard for many people to access; it may take quite a while.)

How to Be Politically Active when You are Disabled Poor & Pissed Off http://planetthrive.com/2008/05/how-to-be-politically-active-when-youre-disabled-poor-and-pissed-off/ (Planet Thrive may be hard for many people to access; it may take quite a while.)

Transition Network http://www.transitionnetwork.org/about

Books

Creating Community Anywhere by Carolyn Shaffer

People and Permaculture by Looby MacNamara

Where to Draw the Line by Anne Katherine

The Loneliness Workbook by Mary Ellen Copeland

Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities by Diana Leafe Christian (This will get the stars out of your eyes and your brain at work)

The Empowerment Manual:A Guide for Collaborative Groups by Starhawk

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements by Bill Moyer, JoAmn McAllister, Mary Lou Finley, Steven Soifer

The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. Scott Peck