C4C’s Executive Director Kellen Klein was recently featured on JOIN 101’s podcast series, “What Are You Doing Alone That You Could Be Doing Together? (WAYDATYCBDT).”
The episode focuses on “Leading,” and highlights C4C’s work bringing local leaders, neighbors, and community groups together in Sisters Country through our Community Builders Meetings and other people-centered initiatives.
Hosted by the team behind the documentary Join or Die, JOIN 101 is a Substack-based newsletter that “shares tools for the next American joining revolution.” Its WAYDATYCBDT podcast spotlights civic innovators across the country working to combat our crisis of social connection and rebuild community life.
In the episode, Kellen and hosts Pete and Rebecca Davis reflect on the role that local relationships can play in addressing larger societal challenges. The conversation also explores the unique opportunities and tensions facing Sisters as a rapidly changing rural community, from growth and tourism to wildfire resilience and economic inequality. Kellen shares how C4C’s monthly gatherings create space for collaboration, mutual support, and problem-solving to address these challenges, and emphasizes the importance of inviting stakeholders into the community building process.
We’re grateful to JOIN 101 and hosts Rebecca and Pete for featuring C4C’s work, and for helping to highlight how sometimes, just getting together is enough to make magical things happen in your community! You can listen to the episode on their Substack.