Little Village had one of the lowest rates in the city with 4 heat-related deaths per 100,000 residents. Timebanks offer the possibility of strengthening ties within communities, (re)building trust and relationships, and creating support systems to help meet daily needs and recover from crises (political, natural, or otherwise) - without relying on money, markets, or the state.įollowing the 1995 heat wave in Chicago that claimed hundreds of lives, Eric Klinenberg researched the disparate death rates between neighborhoods. history, with another potential shutdown ahead. Meanwhile, people are still dealing with the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. We strive to respect where people are in the moment, not where we hope they will be at some future point.Ĭurrently in the U.S., many people are concerned about seemingly increasing social and political division.
(Source: “Cincinnati Time Store”, Wikipedia)