{"id":146712,"date":"2026-03-24T07:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146712\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T07:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:07:06","slug":"scranton-foundation-hosts-free-join-or-die-film-screening-to-spark-civic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146712\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton foundation hosts free Join or Die film screening to spark civic engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 The Scranton Area Community Foundation&#8217;s Women in Philanthropy initiative hosted a free community screening of the documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/joinordiefilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cJoin or Die\u201d<\/a> on Monday as part of the foundation\u2019s 2026 Civic Health Documentary Series.<\/p>\n<p>The film, inspired by social scientist Robert Putnam\u2019s \u201cBowling Alone\u201d research, explores the importance of civic engagement in America while highlighting community involvement and the role clubs, service organizations and community groups can play in strengthening democracy and connection.<\/p>\n<p>President and CEO of the foundation, Laura Ducceschi, said research continues to show how connectedness can improve quality of life, helping people feel less isolated and more like they are part of a group, which is why the foundation hosted the screening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about the importance of connectedness, and we\u2019re featuring it because one of our priority areas is what\u2019s called civic health connectedness. Making sure people have the ability to participate in their communities, that they have spaces to do it, that they get access to information that matters, and that they feel that sense of social connectedness,\u201d said Ducceschi.<\/p>\n<p>Following the film, the foundation hosted a brief community conversation about ways to build connection and civic engagement across Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Women in Philanthropy Civic Health Documentary Series continues with upcoming screenings focused on survivors and the justice system, media portrayals of women and reform in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Upcoming films include \u201cLoud Enough \u2013 Surviving Justice\u201d on April 13, \u201cMiss Representation\u201d on Oct. 19 and \u201cUncharitable\u201d on Nov. 16. For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/safdn.org\/events-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visit the Scranton Area Community Foundation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 The Scranton Area Community Foundation&#8217;s Women in Philanthropy initiative hosted a free community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-146712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}