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Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times

  • Written by Stephanie Malin, Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging timesMembers of the Forward Marching Band perform at a HONK! Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Oct. 7, 2017. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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