Deborah Puntenney

Northwest University

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Community organizer and Associate Director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwest University's School of Education and Social Policy

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When an entire family tragically vanished from a house down the street, Peter Lovenheim realized he hadn't known them or his remaining neighbors either.

America's Loss of Community

When an entire family tragically vanished from a house down the street, Peter Lovenheim realized he hadn't known them or his remaining neighbors either.

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