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SUMMARY:Designing for Belonging: A Massachusetts Summit on Connection & Community
DESCRIPTION:Boston\, Massachusetts \nTogetherUp’s Founder and ED\, Nichole Argo\, and Director of Networks\, Kate Storm\, will join leaders from government\, health care\, business\, higher education\, philanthropy\, and community organizations to explore how Massachusetts can build a more connected Commonwealth—and shape the collaborations needed to make that vision a reality. \nLearn more → www.endlonelinessma.org 
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SUMMARY:Belonging is Structural\, not Sentimental: From Passive Acceptance to Active Co-Creation
DESCRIPTION:Nichole Argo\, a social psychologist and lead researcher on the Belonging Barometer\, argues belonging actually rests on three distinct pillars — social connection\, psychological safety\, and agency. That third pillar becomes the episode’s central idea: belonging without agency isn’t really belonging at all\, and communities that only extend a passive welcome — “the doors are open\, come on in” — without a credible path to real influence are offering something thinner than they realize. This episode also pushes back on a common assumption that hyper-local belonging is optional in a connected\, mobile world\, arguing instead that proximity and shared place remain essential because they’re what let people actually show up for each other\, and that diverse\, cross-difference relationships — not comfortable homogeneity — are what make people feel more at home\, not less. \nListen Here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7lORPrCnfOi2tnsoLMzKXH?si=785cb0f9216942af&nd=1&dlsi=3faf4d0c6eee4f00 \n 
URL:https://togetherup.org/event/belonging-is-structural-not-sentimental-from-passive-acceptance-to-active-co-creation/
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