How Detroit Neighbors Turned a Vacant Lot Into Common Ground

Group photo of the participants in the vacant lot reclamation project

We talk a lot about bringing people together. But what does that actually look like? There’s a science behind it: contact theory. Developed by social psychologist Dr. Gordon Allport, contact theory describes the conditions that support people in building connections across differences. Here’s the basic idea: if you know, work alongside, and do something meaningful…

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