Community-Building Program Targets Division in Small Towns

Community-Building Program Targets Division in Small Towns

When Meredith Dean started the first Community Works chapters, she saw people reengaging in politics. “We were seeing more and more volunteers coming in who had been totally disillusioned with politics across the board, or had just been disengaged Democrats, or had never been involved, — and yet they were coming in through Community Works,” said Dean, the national director of Community Works. Community Works, a project under the Rural Urban Brid…

Addressing Political Discord in Rural Communities – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

"It's not a matter of persuading people to our political point of view, it's a matter of rebuilding trust with neighbors..."