Repairing America's Social Fabric, One Community at a Time
Our system approaches low-income parents as liabilities rather than as assets.
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Our country’s social fabric is badly frayed by distrust, division and exclusion. But across America, people are quietly working to end loneliness and isolation and weave together inclusive communities. Meet some remarkable ordinary Americans who are “weaving” every day — swimming against the current of hyper-individualism and doing their part to put trust, empathy, connectedness, and community well-being at the center of American life.
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Alejandro Gibes de GacFounder of Springboard Collective -
Joshua JohnsonHost of NPR’s “1A” -
Asiaha ButlerCommunity strategist -
Dylan TêteExecutive Director of Bastion Community of Resilience -
Sarah HemmingerCEO of Thread -
David BrooksChair of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute
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