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![Good Talk celebrates a year of structuring spaces to build community Two people holding notes in a coffee shop address an audience that is out of frame.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/05/27/good-talk-2801.jpg)
Good Talk celebrates a year of structuring spaces to build community
The Good Talk Collective is set to celebrate a year of small events that explore what it means to be a leader and work to heal loneliness, disconnection, and division.
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![How Metro Cinema puts community on the screen A marquee for Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre reads, "Where Community Meets Cinema."](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/02/07/metro-community-programming.jpg)
How Metro Cinema puts community on the screen
As Metro Cinema opens its annual call for community programming applications, the non-profit society expects to review roughly 70 proposals and commission up to 15 community-produced series and events — all to reach more people.
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Councillor seeks big ideas at new speakers' event
Coun. Michael Janz is piloting a speakers' series that aims to fulfill a need once met by Pecha Kucha Night.
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![Participatory budgeting program funds up to 18 projects A large group of people is seated on chairs inside a white-and-grey space with large windows.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/08/13/community-based-budgeting.jpg)
Participatory budgeting program funds up to 18 projects
A library showcasing Tamil culture, an art project enlisting kids to decorate trashcans, and a rock art workshop are among the community-based projects a city councillor's office will be funding in Karhiio this year.
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![Ex-pastor Dan Taylor finds new way to serve calling Dan Taylor takes a self-portrait in front of a mirror, wearing a pale blue button-down shirt, blue pants with white pinstripes, and clean Adidas sneakers](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/b051d3c8-7519-e56e-1750-b2b52e8d723e.jpg)
Ex-pastor Dan Taylor finds new way to serve calling
Dan Taylor's decision to retire from Christian ministry wasn't about a crisis of faith or a personal scandal, despite the way leaving this kind of position often goes. Rather, it was about the job not matching his personal mission.
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![Podcast pick: The Well Endowed Podcast Cover art for The Well Endowed Podcast, featuring a stylized microphone made up of the initials of the podcast's name](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/stories/2021-the-pulse/the-well-endowed-podcast.jpg)
Podcast pick: The Well Endowed Podcast
Get a dose of insight and inspiration from our podcast pick, The Well Endowed Podcast, which tells stories about people working to make Edmonton a better place.
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![Spontivly and Rainforest Edmonton partner to build more community-led companies Anthony Nagendraraj](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/967fe88a-e0d8-4943-8720-0b271b362a23.png)
Spontivly and Rainforest Edmonton partner to build more community-led companies
Spontivly is aiming to help build more community-led companies through a newly announced partnership with Rainforest Edmonton.
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