1.
Say hi to a stranger.
Discover one thing you
have in common with them.
while we’re waiting…

2.
building community:
who / how / why
@ninaksimon

3.
building community:
who / how / why

4.
Say hi to a stranger.
Discover one thing you
have in common with them.

5.
geography

6.
geography identity

7.
geography identity affinity

8.
geography
santacruzmah.org

9.
identity
median
income:
$63,000
78% white,
19% latino

10.
affinity
culturally curious
active & creative
nontraditional arts
participants

11.
62,000
17,000 (2011)

12.
62,000
52,000

13.
62,000
52,000
2,500

14.
building community:
who / how / why

15.
There are two kinds of social
capital: bonding and bridging.
Bonding occurs when you are
socializing with people who are like
you. Bridging occurs with people who
are not like you.
Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone (1995)

16.
bonding

17.
bridging

18.
Self-destruction of diversity is
caused by success, not by failure.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of
Great American Cities (1961)

19.
building community:
who / how / why

20.
The average scientist, so far as I
can make out, spends almost all his
time working on problems which he
believes will not be important and he
also doesn't believe that they will
lead to important problems.
Richard Hamming, You and Your
Research (1986)

21.
your turn
@ninaksimon