Our Stories

It’s not about what we do, but how we show up in the world.

Weave shares stories, practical advice, and insights about what it means to be a weaver and build trust where you live.

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It’s Just Our Turn To Serve The World

A chef’s recipe for building trust

How a young volunteer learned to care for people with addiction

As church pews emptied, these congregations saw an opportunity

A young volunteer returned home to build better connection

Lessons on building trust, from a divided congregation

Work can be about people, as well as performance

For these teens, manhood is rooted in community

Hard times could have divided us

Reimagining the school bus

When the Baltimore bridge fell, weavers were ready

Taking hip hop back to its roots in community building

Why weaving often starts with food

Lean into community to find resilience

When does it pay to become a nonprofit?

Loving your city means loving your neighbors

Giving youth a stake in their hometown

Weaving heals us, and the community

How This NYC Teacher Helps Immigrant Students ‘Weave’ Community in a New Country

An Inner City Teacher Weaves Community Through Photography

Living and Learning Among Refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’

A Rural Teacher Challenges Students and Her Community to Wrestle With the World

A Former Journalist Reignites an Intergenerational Haven For Portland’s Youth

Educator. Mentor. Translator. How One Man Aided Immigrant Families Through COVID

Amid COVID, Closures & Zoom a Teacher Fights to Preserve School Relationships

How a Hawaii Teacher Supports Student Needs by Building Community Bridges

At a ‘Community School,’ This Educator Ensures All Kids Feel Known, Seen & Heard

Helping First-Generation Students Reach College — and Build Community on the Way

David Brooks Talks Education, Cultural Divides and How the Weavers in our Schools Will Help Heal America

Weaving a Stronger Society – Starting in Our Schools

A Rural Teacher Weaves Community to Keep Grads from Leaving

During Covid, this Band Teacher Kept his Students Connected

Grounding ourselves in a new year of uncertainty

The power that lies in a circle

Post pandemic, is home still home?

Let’s Widen Our Gallery of Black Heroes

A Socially-Distant Thanksgiving Bites, But That isn’t Stopping Us from #WeavingCommunity

Let’s show our children that elections make us better people

This is how healing begins…

Who would move to a struggling coal town?

Amid racial injustice and COVID-19, there’s still hope America will become a better place

5 Ways to Start Weaving Community Today

My Mother’s Advice for Living, Loving and Leading through Crisis

Weaving a Better Way to Live

Can We Build Trust in Online Communities?

Agnes McKeen

The Radical Act of Showing Kindness to a Neighbor

Why I started Weave, an interview with David Brooks

Bruce Bankes

Katherine Hutton

Weaving a Community Starts at Home

Pancho Arguelles

Taking a first step to being a Weaver of relationships

Sometimes It’s Better to Receive than to Give

Asiaha Butler

Bringing Radical Humanity Into Our Work Culture

Claudia Saavedra
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