Building societal structures to hold the messiness of our relationships

We’re going to need to intentionally be with people who are different from us. We’re going to have to sign up, join, and take a seat at the table. We’re going to have to learn how to listen, have hard conversations, look for joy, share pain, and be more curious than defensive, all while seeking moments of togetherness.

Adam Bucko, founder of the Reciprocity Foundation, which provides disadvantaged young adults with “programs that combine contemplative, therapeutic, and creative tools for personal transformation with business skills,” found that the circular, consent-based, and process-oriented nature of the Occupy movement transformed some of its participants, pa

What values and practices can hold people together as the institutions in which they live fragment?