Connective Tissue

Hollie Russon Gilman was quoted in Connective Tissue's framework about how different aspects of health are connected to civic life.

Any typology such as this one is an art, not a science, and the lines separating each of these strands from one another are porous. Economists, such as Anne Case and Angus Deaton, have waded into the waters of public health in publishing their foundational research on deaths of despair. Democracy researchers, such as Hollie Russon-Gilman, have argued for, “a stronger policy connection between civic, physical, mental, and social health.” Urbanists and democracy thinkers have joined forces, launching initiatives like Reimagining the Civic Commons to demonstrate that “transformative public spaces can connect people of all backgrounds, cultivate trust and create more resilient communities.”