FoundationsEssay
Belonging to a Place
On the responsibility that quietly follows from staying in one neighborhood for a long time.
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Mentorship, correspondence, and the civic work of belonging to a place.
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Mentorship as Community Work
Why teaching one person well is among the most generous things a community can offer.
- CorrespondenceReference
The Annual Letter
On the discipline of writing a yearly letter to readers — what to include, and why.
- CorrespondenceFAQ
Reader Correspondence: A Selection
A periodic selection of reader questions and the answers that sharpened the work.
- CivicEssay
Working With Local Schools
Notes on partnering with local schools, vocational programs, and the students inside them.
- CivicCase Study
The Texas Roof Guardians Origin
Where the idea came from, what it has had to defend, and where it is going.
- CivicCase Study
Community Response After Storms
How a network of operators and neighbors can mobilize after major weather events.
- CollaboratorsReference
Field Collaborators, Profiled
Short profiles of the operators, educators, and researchers who contribute across projects.
- MentorshipEssay
Apprenticeship in the Neighborhood
Why the future of apprenticeship is local — and what that demands of small operators.
- FoundationsEssay
Civic Trust and Small Operators
How small, trusted operators quietly hold the social trust of a town together.
- FoundationsEssay
The Quiet Work of Showing Up
On the unromantic, repeated work of being present where you are needed most often.
- CivicReference
Annual Service Report
A yearly public accounting of community work performed — and lessons drawn from it.
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