This book talk by Putnam demonstrates how much work is to be done in the community development realm. Many of the issues he discusses are extremely relevant to the communities in which I have lived. My interest really piqued when he mentioned a few issues that I work with on a daily basis. Those are “Goodnight Moon” time (the time spent reading with your children) and pay to play in schools. There was so much more in this talk.

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