https://ylcube.com/c/blogs/broadly-speaking-community-interests-vs-individuality/
Summary
I think that we have inadvertently prioritized only the individual and completely discounted the role of “community” in American life. We desperately need to rebalance.
Here you’ll find
6 “good news” posts on American trends
7 “good news” posts on Hamilton County, Indiana
2 posts on the Indianapolis metro area
3 posts on the religious dimension of community
An overview on Our American Community and links to Our Kids, Why We’re Polarized and Little Pink Houses.
Solutions such as community assets (Janesville Plan), school curriculum, civility pledges and candidate approval boards.
Historical overview of the critical role of community, how we have more in common, the role of morality and the conflict between “only the individual” and the community.
Good News 
so how does one make a difference? For me, my community service is through a service organization. I use that organization to catapult myself into volunteerism, and community service, leadership positions, and developmental opportunities. Through the leadership positions in the community, I have met so many wonderful people in the Civic community as well as the business world.
volunteerism is important. There are volunteers that will come and sign up for a shift and do their hour or two duty and then leave. Then, there are super volunteers. These are the volunteers that will stay all day long for a festival or an event or conference and work any job at any time to make sure that things run smoothly. Next, are the leaders. The leaders are the ones that work all year long to organize and put on a two day conference or festival. The leaders use their Rolodex to pull in connections for ideas, favors, and more resources to put on an event.
my sense of community is greatly expanded through my volunteerism over the years. Volunteerism, and raising money for charity are very important, and it’s easy to find people in need that are our friends and neighbors within our community, our county, our city, and our state.
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