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  <title>Resilience Circles / Common Security Clubs</title>
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       Resilience Circles are also called Common Security Clubs.  They are groups of people who have come together to support each other in hard times by offering mutual aid, taking social action, and learning about the economic forces that impact their lives. 
       
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    <title>What Makes Us Secure?</title>        
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    <title>In it Together: Organizing a Common Security Club</title>        
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    <title>Learning to Live on Less</title>        
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    <description>Connie Allen started a support group for friends adjusting to smaller incomes.</description>        
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    <title>Relearning the Skills of Community</title>        
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    <description>Without the support of others, we get drained, we burn out, we sit out elections, or we vote our fears. With it, we can make real change.</description>        
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    <description>As the price of college skyrockets, a new book looks to "edupunk" alternatives.</description>        
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