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How Engaging With Stories Can Help Us Reclaim Local Power - streets.mn

I’ve been hosting neighborhood gatherings for about 16 years, sometimes in paid engagement work, more often as a volunteer. The central focus in traditional community engagement is usually asking residents what they want. But people are often too busy to have given the question much thought. They save their visionary thinking for their kids or their work. Consequently, the trend has been to ask where people struggle—with housing, transportation and getting needs met. But we Americans are a proud people. We generally do not acknowledge our deepest struggles, even to ourselves. And we certainly aren’t ready to share them with a stranger.

streets.mn     Dec 19, 2023