Much has been written about the joy and hope that lit up the Democratic convention. Little, however, has connected the festivities in Chicago to a basic human need to which the speeches, the music and, yes, the “vibe” touched off within us.
One of our most fundamental longings as social beings is to belong, especially to a community. Community is “our survival,” Francis Moore Lappe, author of Democracy’s Edge, has written. “It isn’t a luxury, a nice thing; community is essential to our well-being.”
