Join nonprofit organization Maybelle Center for a screening Robert Putnam’s film Join or Die, a documentary about why you should join a club and why the fate of America depends on it. Special post-screening virtual Q&A with the filmmakers. Tabling from nonprofit Maybelle Center will be present, along with an introduction from the organization’s Executive Director, Michelle Meyer.

Doors at 6:30 p.m.; Film at 7 p.m.; 30 min Q&A directly following. Tickets are FREE

ON SCREEN: Join or Die

2023. Directed by Pete Davis & Rebecca Davis . Runtime: 1hr 39m
 
This feature documentary follows a half-century of America’s civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking “Bowling Alone” research into the decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy’s present crisis. Flanked 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, join Bob 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?