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Presenter in Grand Rapids urges neighbor-to-neighbor engagement to strengthen democracy
Summary
A presenter in Grand Rapids City told attendees that strengthening democracy starts with building community: getting to know neighbors, taking the extra step to connect, and resisting habits that isolate people, like excessive phone use.
Speaker 1, identified in the transcript only as a presenter, told an audience in Grand Rapids City that making the city "a really great city" depends on strengthening local democracy by rebuilding neighborly ties.
"How do we make Grand Rapids a really great city? Part of the answer to that, I think, is how do we make our democracy work really well?" the presenter asked, framing the talk around civic…
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