Community
Mo Shafieeha and
Community
There’s one other thing related to the questions of civic life and democracy that we have been talking about. If democracy is this challenge of people coming together to figure out the kind of shared lives they want to forge, then the behaviors that they use to negotiate difference are going to flow from the commitments they have to each other. So... See more
Sam Pressler • Building societal structures to hold the messiness of our relationships
The Five Senses of Gentrification
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"Social bonds were reinforced during disasters, and that people overwhelmingly devoted their energies toward the good of the community rather than just themselves" (p.52) - sarajevo war example, post 9/11, trapped miners examples..."Disasters create a community of sufferers that allows individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connecting to
... See moreI say you have to learn how to be with and a part of something in order to know how to be alone. I think it is only out of a deep anchoring in community that one can ever be free to explore the solitary.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
The hard truth is that no one gets to be in community without effort.
Ann Friedman Weekly
The Handbook of Handbooks for Decentralised Organising - HackMD
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Resource by Richard Bartlett
When you have a densely connected network like that, not only are the friendships more rewarding, but everyone else also becomes more important to each other for mutual support, like Metcalfe’s Law. A densely layered quilt is much stronger than a seam sewn by a single string.