We Need to Talk!

There’s lots of speaking going on

But not much talking.

Or listening.

We need to talk

To each other.

Because if we don’t…

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Prompt: A photorealistic image of six frogs with human faces in a pot of water over a campfire.

What do we need to talk about? That is what this website is about!

Community Health
The local pharmacist organized some nurses and pulled together a volunteer team to vaccinate the community against Covid. They used the fire house… The most remarkable, perhaps the most important, is the discussion at towards the end of the film when people were able to ask questions about the science behind the vaccinations. All too...
M-Eating Places — Building Community Through Food
There are certain restaurants where people seem to come together. It’s a place to eat and to meet and make friends. Pardon the pun, but I like to think of them as meating places. Here is an example: They seem to have a bar in common, not limited to separate tables. when I was...
The Role of Art in a Dynamic Community
Not performance or festival, but engagement. Where everyone participates. Here is how it works: And put it together People playing for and with each other. Not a managed performance. That is the example of Wednesday Jam.
It Takes a Play to Make a Community
We watch how a community can emerge through participation in a group project — in this case we go backstage in a high school play.
The Enterprise as Community
Starting a company can grow social capital. A group of train buffs got together and wanted to run a railroad on some abandoned tracks in Kingston, NY. They knew that in order to fulfill the requirements of real railroad tjhey had to run it like a b business. This is a case where a...