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Our Shared Humanity As The Foundation For Equitable, Resilient And Cohesive CommunitiesFrom the provided article by Olivia Little on Healthy Places By Design website, a lot was learned on how to build effective communities. Firstly, the article discussed various efforts made by local leaders to promote restoration, recovery, and healing in their communities from the impacts of systemic racism, global pandemic, political divides, social unrest, and climate responsibilities. It is stated that building from the lessons of recent events would be very crucial while addressing the complex challenges. These lessons include; understanding that all of us are interconnected and actions of groups or individuals across different communities affect one another, economic and racial inequities are deep in our community and tend to worsen during a crisis and understanding that community-led efforts such as social movements are crucial in responding to a crisis. Therefore dealing with the challenges affecting the community requires collective and bold responses that bring people together, build trust, and utilize the strength of every asset in the community.Recognizing and embracing our shared humanity is deemed a very important factor while dealing with community issues. Taking a shared humanity approach while strengthening the connections between the people in