Our neighborhood is gentrifying rapidly and our community garden has become this weird symbol of the changes - some longtime residents feel like it represents the 'improvements' while others see it as part of what's displacing people. Every garden meeting now feels loaded with tensions we can't name directly.
More people experience this than they realize.
Your shared space is carrying the weight of larger structural forces that divide your community.
“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.