Making Sense of Community

"Let’s start at the beginning. Sense of community is a legitimate thing. Or at least it was, until people like me got ahold of it.

"To explain: In 1986, social psychologists David W. McMillan and David M. Chavis published their theory on what they termed 'sense of community' — the feeling we experience when engaged in the meaningful pursuit of connection with others. Here’s how they summarized it:

"Sense of community is a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to be together."

Doyon goes on to talk about how the marketers' spin took over and misapplied the term. And where we go from here.

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