In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
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Detroit has a rich music tradition and is known for its role in the development of house.
Small towns and villages have become places of both abundant investment wealth and social poverty.
The idea is to create a new culture in which passive compliance with racketeering and extortion is not the default.
Cinema buildings provide exactly what many faith groups need: space for congregants to take part in communal ritual and worship.
There is a long history of the UK government failing to adequately provide for Gypsy and Traveller communities’ needs.
A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.
Online Ramadan content has boosted Muslim voices and empowered people to to speak for themselves and on their own terms.
Skateparks show how the built environment can be transformed if communities, and the DIY cultures they give birth to, are allowed to flourish.
The Therigatha, a collection of poems written in Pāli by Buddhist nuns, reveals that women’s enlightenment may not necessarily require renunciation of domestic life.
In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
Ending discrimination against the Osu has been difficult because identifying an Osu is relatively straightforward for Igbos.
Grassroots activism can drive governments to take action. The recent decision to ban disposable vapes in the UK hinged on creative collaboration between communities, councils and decision-makers.
Even in a moment of extreme partisanship, ‘we’ still exist if ‘we’ can witness something together. Researchers are exploring how shared attention can build connection.
As communities across the globe struggle with mounting social, ecological and economic crises, creating conditions for collaboration and connection in and across communities can build resilience.
A sociologist of religion explains how atheist churches are helping people find meaning and community – serving many of the same purposes as religious churches.
Prepping is fast becoming mainstream, but new government advice fails to address inequality, and could cause division between the haves and have-nots.
The film asks how individuals and communities can tackle disaster while embracing an ethos of mutual aid that sidesteps yearning for nationalist policies that lead to even more harm.
Dealing with climate change requires us to address not just our carbon emissions but also the disconnection with ourselves and our planet which fuels ecological destruction.
Nurturing your gut microbiome can go hand in hand with nurturing your social community, with health benefits all around.
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