Tom Sander

Harvard University's Saguaro Seminar

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Executive Director of the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, a program of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government

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In the days after 9/11, Americans felt a sense of national unity unseen since World War II. Within six months, it was gone, except among the Middle Class young.

September 11 and Young People

In the days after 9/11, Americans felt a sense of national unity unseen since World War II. Within six months, it was gone, except among the Middle Class young.

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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.

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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.

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