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How to refocus community groups when politics derail the mission

Our neighborhood group formed to address some safety concerns but now we spend most of our meetings arguing about politics instead of solving anything, and several people have stopped coming. I still believe in what we started but I don't know how to get us back on track without alienating the people who are left.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A shared purpose is being overwhelmed by the very divisions it was meant to transcend, leaving everyone questioning whether common ground still exists.

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