Community = relationships

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Communities are created when at least two people begin to feel concern for each other’s welfare.

Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging

Relationalists prioritize those actions that deepen commitment, build relationships and enhance human dignity: giving, storytelling, dance, singing, common projects, gathering, dining, ritual, deep conversation, common prayer, forgiveness, creating beauty, mutual comfort in times of sadness and threat, mutual labor for the common good.

David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto

To succeed, a community usually needs a structure of some kind.

Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships

I’ll be real here for a sec. Community building is hard. Community builders are project managers, designers, consultants, customer support specialists, researchers, event planners, marketers, networkers, writers, recruiters, strategists. But above all, community builders are people people. They have their finger on the pulse of the group. They have... See more

Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging

David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto

Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships

Connection Engine • Build it and they will come - or will they?