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Weaving a Community Starts at Home
As of a month ago, I very rarely invited friends over to my house. It just felt like there was always a reason not to: I’m
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Sometimes It’s Better to Receive than to Give
Several years ago I had a friend who never let me do anything for her. Whenever we ate out, she insisted on paying. Whenever we went
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Taking a first step to being a Weaver of relationships
I’ve long studied the problem of loneliness and social isolation in the US. But when I started working with Weave: The Social Fabric Project, I quickly
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Why I started Weave, an interview with David Brooks
Q. David, you’ve spent most of your life as a journalist, an author and a columnist holding a mirror to society. What prompted you to join
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The Radical Act of Showing Kindness to a Neighbor
For as long as he can remember, Mack McCarter has felt a duty to serve. A former pastor in Texas, McCarter returned to his Louisiana hometown
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Weaving a Better Way to Live
Every once in a while, I meet a person who radiates joy. These are people who seem to glow with an inner light. They are kind,
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Pancho Arguelles
Growing up in Mexico, Pancho Arguelles learned to see his identity woven with that of his community. And he found his own dignity depended on seeing
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Asiaha Butler
Asiaha, her husband and daughter were set to leave Englewood for a safe suburb. But she couldn’t do it. She couldn’t just leave the kids playing
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Claudia Saavedra
At age 5, Claudia emigrated with her family from Chile to the United States, but the experience was hardly the American Dream. She lost her sister
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Bruce Bankes
Bruce Bankes lost his father in a work accident, then years later, his Marine son died in a motorcycle crash. Bruce lost interest in everyone and
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Katherine Hutton
Katherine Hutton always believed food expressed love, but never imagined her cooking would draw her New Orleans neighborhood together. She managed through homelessness, hurricanes and hardship
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