A Framework to Strengthen Community Connection
Fostering connection within communities demands civic, cultural, and policy change. But what actions can government take to make this a reality?
Questions as a Doorway to Reducing Divisions
Even ardent proponents would agree that dialogue alone is not the antidote to toxic polarization or creeping authoritarianism. Yet, the coverage and commentary about dialogue as a facet of bridging work are incomplete.
Building Connected Communities: Seven Reflections for the Shared Work Ahead
Those of us focused on strengthening connection and ameliorating the effects of loneliness and isolation must widen the aperture by finding common cause with people working to solve adjacent but overlapping challenges.
A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of Social Connection
With a new advisory released in May, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is sounding the alarm about an issue that requires urgent, broad-based action: loneliness and social isolation.
Inspiration to Bridge Differences
While the animating idea behind Team Up is simple – shared service can bridge divides – the substance of the work is complex, and a challenge that constantly evolves depending on the context.
A Call to Think Big and Bold About Our Future
It is easy to see how a gloomy outlook on the country and a cynical view of humanity conspire to stifle our collective imagination. Yet that capacity to envision and work toward better futures is most needed in times of upheaval and rapid change; that is, now.
Philanthropy in Action: Local to Global
Our Building Strategy Lead Jonathan Gruber spoke on a panel with New Pluralists' Executive Director Uma Viswanathan and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Senior Program Officer Sharon Roerty at the Foundation for Social Connection's 2022 End Social Isolation and Loneliness Action Forum.
All the Lonely People: Why Americans’ Isolation Is a Threat to Our Democracy
In addition to toxic polarization, threats of political violence, the divisive effects of social media, and other oft-cited forces – loneliness is a lesser-known factor that subverts democracy.
Bridging in Action: A Relationship Forged Through Shared Work
Our Building Strategy Lead Jon Gruber and Sarah Ruger of Stand Together, who work closely as funder co-leads of New Pluralists, recently sat down to reflect on their partnership one year into the launch of the collaborative.
Stretching towards Hope in 2022
2021 brought forth many of the same challenges we’d already been grappling with as a country, along with new ones. Social upheaval, political unrest, and the continued impact of the pandemic aggravate our existing fear, anxiety, and loneliness.
