Excited to dive deeper into this RTP resource to discover how to incorporate better tools can support community organizers and block connectors to facilitate more/stronger relationships between nearby neighbors. The hyper-local, block level is where I believe the sweet spot is. Cities and even neighborhoods can be too large of a scale to take on for most organizations.
Similar to theory around Dunbar's number, most 100 (or 200 or 300) blocks of any given street might have around 100 people (and likely less than 150), which is the maximum number of stable social relationships any one person can maintain. This association with others on our shared street is a natural, practical and effective scale to organize around. By recruiting, empowering and supporting block connectors at this scale, we could activate and connect thousands of nearby neighbors by incorporating some of the tools that Deborah and Josh are building here.
Look forward to diving deeper, learning more and contributing ideas to this inspiring community. Thank you for your service!
Love this. Working on something along these lines with my startup. Creating digital infrastructure over physical to help people connect with each other.
Thanks for launching this project. I've been working in the Defense Department until this Administration, and resigned my position while working for the Deputy Secretary of Defense. I'm deeply concerned about the direction of our country for our domestic security and our national security. For the majority of my early career, I worked on an issue called Defense Support of Civil Authorities where DoD provided support to other Departments and Agencies. Early career it was primarily support to FEMA, then mid-career it jumped to supporting DHS. After COVID-19, I pivoted my career to focusing on China competition issues.
The current situation in our country with domestic instability and China's authoritarian rise, requires us to return to our foundation and build more civic relationships to create the unity required to preserve democracy.
I've been on a journey to find the place and the tools to build. I live in Virginia, and I've been supporting James Walkinshaw's election, who just won with a 50 point margin, and Abigail Spanberger's run for Governor of VA. Hopefully it's a large lead as well. As, I've been on that journey, I've been organizing neighbors in monthly dinners, and I'm looking for tools like you are offering, to help expand the ways we can communicate and engage with one another.
So excited for this work to be in the world!
Excited to dive deeper into this RTP resource to discover how to incorporate better tools can support community organizers and block connectors to facilitate more/stronger relationships between nearby neighbors. The hyper-local, block level is where I believe the sweet spot is. Cities and even neighborhoods can be too large of a scale to take on for most organizations.
Similar to theory around Dunbar's number, most 100 (or 200 or 300) blocks of any given street might have around 100 people (and likely less than 150), which is the maximum number of stable social relationships any one person can maintain. This association with others on our shared street is a natural, practical and effective scale to organize around. By recruiting, empowering and supporting block connectors at this scale, we could activate and connect thousands of nearby neighbors by incorporating some of the tools that Deborah and Josh are building here.
Look forward to diving deeper, learning more and contributing ideas to this inspiring community. Thank you for your service!
Inspiring work that I hope morphs into a wider movement.
Love this. Working on something along these lines with my startup. Creating digital infrastructure over physical to help people connect with each other.
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You seem to be using some of the same metaphors I’ve been using :) https://open.substack.com/pub/lydialaurenson/p/the-media-and-the-polycrisis
Thanks for launching this project. I've been working in the Defense Department until this Administration, and resigned my position while working for the Deputy Secretary of Defense. I'm deeply concerned about the direction of our country for our domestic security and our national security. For the majority of my early career, I worked on an issue called Defense Support of Civil Authorities where DoD provided support to other Departments and Agencies. Early career it was primarily support to FEMA, then mid-career it jumped to supporting DHS. After COVID-19, I pivoted my career to focusing on China competition issues.
The current situation in our country with domestic instability and China's authoritarian rise, requires us to return to our foundation and build more civic relationships to create the unity required to preserve democracy.
I've been on a journey to find the place and the tools to build. I live in Virginia, and I've been supporting James Walkinshaw's election, who just won with a 50 point margin, and Abigail Spanberger's run for Governor of VA. Hopefully it's a large lead as well. As, I've been on that journey, I've been organizing neighbors in monthly dinners, and I'm looking for tools like you are offering, to help expand the ways we can communicate and engage with one another.