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Meg is out of town this week and we couldn't get a podcast in before she left so it seemed like a good opportunity to share a chapter of the book Bad Neighborhoods.

This week, Meg and Alex sit down with long time community activist Ajamou Butler.

For over 10 years we have been trick or treating in the same neighborhood outside of ours. Each year, we leave the inner city along with 300 or so of our neighbors and drive roughly 3 miles to an affluent neighborhood just outside of the city. This week we discuss the changing climate of the city as it pertains to inclusiveness and the changes we have seen over the last decade.

This week Meg an Alex share the first chapter of the book, Bad Neighborhoods, which is available to listen to for free on the Bad Neighborhoods podcast feed.

This week Meg and Alex talk about a pretty cool opportuntiy Meg received from a well known flower farm and speak about the shifts in cultural awareness around how we view areas of concentrated poverty.

This week Meg and Alex talk about what's been going on in the neighborhood and share a couple of stories of opportunities to be empathetic.

It's easy to miss opportunities in life to help someone else on their journey. This week Meg and Alex talk about that dynamic and give an update on the book, Bad Neighborhoods.

This week, Meg and Alex talk about the interconnectedness of life and it's implications on how we interact with tragedy.

Each of us has the capacity to make a contribution to the world. This week Meg and Alex share some thoughts on how to figure out what your contibution could be.

This week Meg and Alex talk through three things that help a school or an organization get the best out of the kids from their neighborhood.