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Nobody to Call
We interviewed 30 men without degrees. Most are almost completely disconnected, but they don’t want to be — they’re yearning to connect and contribute…
 • Connective Tissue, Sam Pressler, and Soren Duggan
An Invitation to a New Civic Future
We’re committed to a new civic future where people feel agency over their lives, where neighbors are connected through relationships of trust, and where…
 • Connective Tissue
"I'm just here, just passing by—and that doesn't sit well with me"
The Turnpike Troubadours, Zach Bryan, and a sea of isolated young men, openly expressing their feelings of hurt, yearning for connection, but not…
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Hello in there, hello
On failing to offer neighborly accompaniment
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Renewing a spirit of membership, participation, and experimentation within the YMCA
11 ideas and experiments for the Y’s new 10-year strategy to “create connected communities”
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Connection Grift
Expert gurus, tech companies, political saviors, and national nonprofits threaten to capture our generational moment of civic renewal. But we can push…
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
A simple act to strengthen civic life
What we learned from our neighborhood gathering experiment in Charlottesville – and how you can host a gathering of your own through our new $50…
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Not all men (are in crisis)
But men without degrees really are
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Introducing the Connective Tissue Membership Network
We’re launching Connective Tissue membership, a self-sustaining membership network to realize our generational project of civic renewal.
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Civic (Re)Alignment
How we can rebuild the positive feedback loop between membership, revenue, and governance — both within our organizations and across our communities.
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
Building a new rite of passage for high school grads
A new toolkit on “State Service Years” from the Democracy Policy Network and Connective Tissue
 • Connective Tissue and Sam Pressler
From Organic Community to Synthetic Connection
Our media ecosystem has been intentionally designed to shift our time, attention, experiences, and very humanity from the real world to the digital…
 • Connective Tissue, Sam Pressler, and Soren Duggan
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