Come to the Woods Hole Public Library on Saturday, January 4, at 3pm for a special screening of the documentary film Join or Die, a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it. As we begin a new calendar year and look ahead to changes on the horizon, it is a good time to reflect on the importance of our own community connections and how we can foster those connections in a productive way. In Join or Die, Robert Putnam (author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community) is joined by influential fans and scholars — from Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Eddie Glaude Jr., Raj Chetty, and Priya Parker — as well as inspiring groups building community in neighborhoods across the country as he explores three urgent civic questions: What makes democracy work? Why is American democracy in crisis? And, most importantly… What can we do about it? This screening is free and open to the public and will be held in the Library’s lower level Community Room.
