My neighbors and I started a mutual aid network during the pandemic and it was beautiful, but now that things are 'normal' again, some people want to keep going deep with it while others just want to go back to polite waves, and we're not sure how to navigate the transition.
More people experience this than they realize.
Crisis-born intimacy doesn't easily translate back to ordinary time, leaving communities unsure how much interdependence they actually want.
“Where Are You with Ubuntu — I am because we are?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.