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Learn more about how you can foster goodness in the world with a variety of stories and articles about creating community.

Community

August 10, 2016

#Refugees welcome | responding to fear and guilt with faith and hope

If you are like me, you are listening and watching the reports of the world’s

byDanielle Strickland

Community

August 9, 2016

On neutral ground

It seems that there is a new story each week about the tensions between “black

Person with gym bag standing outside Olympic building

Community

August 1, 2016

Without a flag of their own

Are you watching the Olympics this summer?

house with wood walkway leading up to it at night

Community

May 29, 2016

Home

We put the building blocks of life together in the home

byBob Docter

Community

April 13, 2016

Advancing Good: Editor’s Note

“What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good

byChristin Thieme

Grand Park in Los Angeles (Photo by John McCoy)

Community

January 19, 2016

Can we build a better Los Angeles by 2050?

The role of community feedback in cultivating a more sustainable future What

byKristin Marguerite Doidge

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Community

June 20, 2015

Rags to resources

Youme Clothing has a collaborative, repurposing approach to affect community

byLauren Wallis

Community

June 3, 2015

A lemonade stand like no other

At 4, Alex made it her mission to end childhood cancer

byLaura Poff

Community

February 1, 2015

Editor’s Note

Since 1943, we’ve accepted that people are motivated to achieve certain needs,

Community

May 23, 2014

Jail alternatives

Salvation Army becomes home for low-level inmates in Modesto More than 60

byLisa Smith

Community

May 17, 2014

I Beg to Differ: Navigating Difficult Conversations With Truth And Love

At a point in time when civility both within and outside of the community of

byKevin Jackson

Community

April 28, 2014

Compassionate relationships

I’ve heard it said that The Salvation Army is “compassion in action

byBob Docter

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On neutral ground

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