<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Just a note: Our Rathbone Coffee is rejuvenated for whatever reason. Our coffee Friday was a happy reunion. We are doing well and safe here. <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ej<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 4, 2025, at 5:31 PM, Annie Warmke via Green <green@fuusm.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div><p>I am thinking about hosting a showing of this Netflix documentary
the week of Jan. 19th. It demonstrates a compelling argument for
what we are doing in the Philips Subdivision neighborhood, and by
passes so much of what we've been taught makes us "American" and
cuts right to the chase for the reason we must learn how to form
clubs and associations if we are to save our democracy. When I
first pitched the idea of the Neighborhood Group to ReImagine
Appalachia it competed with poor communities needing clean water,
or safer access roads and more. I thought everyone would think it
just didn't have enough importance to real cultural change for a
community. This documentary shows the science of what we are
doing, and it's re-affirming to see what's possible if we just
keep trying.</p><p>If you'd be interested in joining me to watch the documentary and
discuss how it might influence the work that each of us is doing
in different areas please let me know a date a time (could be in
daytime). I hope to have others from the neighborhood to join us.</p>
<div align="center"><font size="3">“A leader today needs to be one
who convenes people, who convenes diversity, who convenes all
viewpoints in processes where our intelligence can come forth.
So these kinds of leaders do not give us the answers, but they
help us gather together so that together we can discover the
answers.” –Margaret Wheatley</font> <br>
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<div><font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The <a id="usa-link" href="https://www.joinordiefilm.com/#about" target="_blank">feature
documentary "<b><i>Join or Die</i></b>" (2023)</a>,
illustrating the work of <b>Robert Putnam</b> (book <i>“Bowling
Alone”</i>), is now on <b>Netflix</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span> (This film is also
inspiring<b> <i>local</i> events</b>: Following this link,
scroll down to "upcoming <b>community screenings</b>" on this
<b> community-building film's</b> website.)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is “<b>a film about
why you should join</b> a 'club' -- and why the fate of
America depends on it.” <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> <br>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif"><span>America’s
decades-long <b>decline in community connections</b>
(including at parishes) could hold the answers to our
democracy’s present <b>crisis</b>. </span></font> </p>
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See the related and excellent book, highlighted in this
film, co-authored by Putnam “<b><i> <a id="usa-link" href="https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/upswing-how-america-came-together-century-ago-and-how-we-can-do-it-again" target="_blank">The Upswing: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>How America Came
Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again</a></i></b>”
(2020). <br>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%;">See also:</span></font> </p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%;">Film-maker’s book <i> <a id="usa-link" href="https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://classic.netaddress.com/tpl/https://www.simonandschuster.com/.../Pete.../9781797126500" target="_blank">Dedicated: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Case for
Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing</a></i> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(audio clip available).</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 107%;"><b> Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</b>:
(recent <a id="usa-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQV33d92n3c" target="_blank">2m video</a>) "...<i> Creating community
around you is one of the strongest, most powerful, and
also one of the most radical things you can do in an
environment like this.. </i>.." </span></font></li>
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<div> <font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif"> <a id="usa-link" href="https://www.grist.org/language/climate-change-culture-wars-depolarization" target="_blank">
https://grist.org/language/climate-change-culture-wars-depolarization</a>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Annie Warmke
Owner/manager Blue Rock Station LLC & Warmke Farm LLC
President, Women's Peacepower Foundation
(740) 252-6295
@bluerockstation
#anniewarmke
#warmkefarm
#womenspeacepower</pre>
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