# Community Support **Domain:** Community / Human Development **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Community Support** is the organized provision of encouragement, safety, knowledge, recognition, and practical assistance through which people increase one another's capacity to act and recover. ## Mechanism and Practice Environments shape behavior. A community turns that influence toward growth when digital or physical attention becomes repeated acts of welcome, practice, service, repair, and mutual aid. ## Relationships - **Related concepts:** [[wiki/Social Capital|Social Capital]] · [[wiki/Generosity|Generosity]] · [[wiki/Social Support|Social Support]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Communities can reverse the power of the situation. Environments shape behavior powerfully, and a safe, supportive space can turn that power toward healing and growth. Creating such spaces is a deliberate act of leadership.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Democratic Dignity and the Power of Human Capital - Livestream (Jan 2016)* [[reminders/Leadership/Supportive Spaces Turn Environment Toward Growth by Bryant McGill|Supportive Spaces Turn Environment Toward Growth by Bryant McGill]] > “Social media comes fully to life when digital attention becomes embodied capability: people meet, practice, encourage, serve, build, and return. The highest achievement of an online community is the real-world kindness it produces. Making the best of a rocky start is itself part of that practice.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream (Jan 2019)* [[reminders/Social Capital/Online Community Succeeds Through Real-World Kindness by Bryant McGill|Online Community Succeeds Through Real-World Kindness by Bryant McGill]]