Why is community important? Wine and words.

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by Rachel Kassyk1 view·Updated Jan 9, 2022
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  1. Welcome.
  2. My name is Rachel,
  3. and my Ted talk will be about the importance of community and what it means to me.
  4. Yeah.
  5. When we think of community,
  6. typically we think about where we live and where we've come
  7. from geographical and cultural things that make up our identities.
  8. We think of the streets. We walk, shop,
  9. frequent
  10. people we know
  11. all comfortable, familiar things.
  12. Yeah,
  13. but there are other types of communities.
  14. Author and community cultivator. Richard Wellington
  15. defines five different types of communities.
  16. Think about what each one might mean to you.
  17. First off his interest,
  18. then we've got action
  19. place,
  20. practice
  21. and circumstance.
  22. I think that what is probably the most
  23. relatable to everyone is not necessarily place,
  24. but more communities that we can carry within
  25. us communities that can sometimes go unacknowledged.
  26. Wherever we find ourselves.
  27. We can cultivate communities of common interest
  28. in our technological age of connectivity.
  29. Online communities flourish.
  30. Read it, for example, has millions of members
  31. each members pulled into topical communities.
  32. A personal favorite
  33. from a former linguistic student
  34. is linguistic humor.
  35. Yeah,
  36. this is my favorite niche, but fun.
  37. Yeah.
  38. These communities give people the opportunity to share
  39. to listen
  40. and to be heard where they might not otherwise be.
  41. Journalist Hannah and your address interviewed adult psychiatrist. Doctor.
  42. Well, answer
  43. that. Who said in 2000 and 15
  44. being able to share experiences and receive online support has the
  45. benefit of making people feel less alienated and more connected?
  46. Yeah,
  47. what's my version of that
  48. book club?
  49. We were brought together by mutual interest
  50. in talking about books while drinking wine.
  51. It moved online because of covid,
  52. where it had previously been an in-person book club.
  53. But why is it important to me?
  54. Because it's not rooted in a place or to a cause or to a job.
  55. There is no exclusivity to this community.
  56. Friendships have been built because of it.
  57. Alienation has been reduced in connectivity increased.
  58. Yeah,
  59. our community of book readers and wine drinkers
  60. makes me feel part of a whole.
  61. And every person deserves a community like that.
  62. Thank you for listening