Small US groups combat historic levels of social isolation

(18 Dec 2025)
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Pittsburgh - 4 December 2025
1. Kim Lowe, a Community Health Deputy and peer specialist with the Neighborhood Resilience Project, driving to clients apartment
2. Lowe walking to clients apartment
3. Lowe entering clients apartment
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tricia Berger, client of the Neighborhood Resilience Project: 
“We talk about things and our common interests, as well as her helping me get beyond my loneliness and concur my fear.” 
5. Tight of Berger
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kim Lowe, Community Health Deputy, Neighborhood Resilience Project:

“That’s my main thing, to leave my clients just a little bit better than they were.” 

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Akron, Ohio - 11 November 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vivek Murthy, Former Surgeon General and founder of the Together Project:   
“Loneliness is one of the most pressing challenges that’s facing our country, the United States, but also the world.”

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Pittsburgh - 4 December 2025
8. Lowe with client Berger and Berger’s grandson

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Akron, Ohio - 11 November 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Vivek Murthy, Former Surgeon General and founder of the Together Project:     
“Being disconnected from other people, either lonely or isolated, had implications for both our mental and physical health. It raised our risk of depression, anxiety, and suicide.”

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Pittsburgh - 17 December 2025
10. Drone views of the Hill District neighborhood near downtown Pittsburgh
11. Various exteriors of the Neighborhood Resilience Project

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Akron, Ohio - 11 November 2025
12.SOUNDBITE (English) Vivek Murthy, Former Surgeon General and founder of the Together Project:    
“If we want to address the challenge of loneliness, we need to build a movement centered around connection. And the good news is that that movement is already starting to build.”

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Pittsburgh - 9 November 2025
13. The Rev. Paul Abernathy performing a chrismation service
14. Congregants of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church worshiping

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Pittsburgh - 13 November 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (English) The Rev. Paul Abernathy, Neighborhood Resilience Project founder and CEO:  
“The Neighborhood Resilience Project is a ministry of the Orthodox Church dedicated to the pursuit of resilient, healing, and healthy community.”

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Pittsburgh - 9 November 2025
16. Congregants singing during service
17. New member of the church holding a candle during chrismation service

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Pittsburgh - 13 November 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (English) The Rev. Paul Abernathy, Neighborhood Resilience Project founder and CEO:  
“It looks like a trauma response team responding to homicides as a result of gun violence.”

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Pittsburgh - 17 December 2025
19. Trauma response vehicles outside of NRP

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Pittsburgh - 5 November 2025
20. Various of community members taking a class on becoming community responders

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Pittsburgh - 13 November 2025
21. SOUNDBITE (English) The Rev. Paul Abernathy, Neighborhood Resilience Project founder and CEO:  
“It looks like a free health center that gives free primary behavioral and dental care to the uninsured.”

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Clairton, Pennsylvania - 24 November 2025
22. Neighborhood Resilience Project staff prepping to paint a house
23. Staff member painting
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Justin Frigerio, Neighborhood Resilience Project: 
25. Staff painting a house

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Pittsburgh - 13 November 2025

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