A small rural community bands together and fights a global ep;idemic.
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The Sounds of Community
In good weather, on Monday evenings along the Rondout in Kingston, NY, people just seem to emerge into a park called The Strand. All kinds of people. Some strangers, some old friends meeting each other. The only thing they have in common is that some of them carry musical instruments. They are here to sing…
It Takes a Community to Run a Race
In 2011, a few citizens of Pine Plains, NY, (population 5,000 humans, 3,000 cows) had a vision. They would organize and run a triathlon. Only one of them actually had any past experience in how to do it. But they all had enthusiasm to share and soon they had volunteers and participants. They organized…
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.
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: