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When community organizers face participation fatigue

Our neighborhood used to feel like a real community but over the past few years people have become more isolated and the few of us who still care are burning out trying to organize things that fewer and fewer people show up for.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A small group is carrying the emotional labor of maintaining community connection while watching engagement steadily decline.

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