Kaplan, Seth D.

Summary: "The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live. Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration, addiction, alienation, and despair. Even the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.14 KAP

Van Gelder, Sarah

Summary: "YES! magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder was worried about the current state of American society. Environmental destruction, growing poverty, urban decay, rural decline - it's a long list. Can we turn this around, she wondered? Are there answers we haven't found yet? She confided her fears to a friend, who said to her, 'If the universe could deploy the one small person that is you, what would...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361 VAN