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Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
In Wilmington, NC, one in four youth live in poverty while facing the 8th highest juvenile arrest rate in North Carolina, severe educational inequities with massive achievement gaps, and a mental health crisis where one in five teens consider suicide—compounded by the reality that many young people lack consistent access to caring adults who can
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Shannon Mattern • Library as Infrastructure
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On Finding Your People:
I’m told I have an unusual talent for finding wonderful people. Below is my strategy for having a rich social life in any large city
Disclaimer: This will require you acting in a way that is not normal. You may need to decide whether you want to be normal yet lonely or unusual yet connected
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Tyler Alterman • Tweet
We talk about how we can make events more accessible, and we absolutely need to be having that conversation more frequently and seriously than we already do. But aside from events, what does it mean to make your organization, Facebook group, or house accessible? What does that mean for those of us who are on a fixed income or have no income, or if
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