We were really part and parcel of the cultural community of Carmel.

When you had a bookstore and that's where you bought books, that's where everybody came. But when you have so many choices -- Borders, the Internet -- it's diffused.

One person's slum is another person's community.

We're trying to create a community where women feel safe speaking out against street harassment. I think that's been exceptionally empowering for a lot of women.

A lot of people in the business community are questioning what this is all about.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.