American communities are fragmenting in this time of civic turbulence, with dissolving bonds of social trust causing an accelerating crisis of loneliness and isolation among citizens. Award-winning author and speaker Seth Kaplan will be in Tallahassee on March 5th as a guest of The Village Square for an urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble and how to fix it — starting with the places we call home.

Johns Hopkins University’s Seth Kaplan is the author of the recently released “Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society One Zip Code at a Time.” Kaplan, who has traveled worldwide in consultation with the World Bank and the U.S. State Department, as an expert on fragile states, is now focusing his expertise on strengthening America’s weakened communities. Tallahassee residents will have an opportunity to meet Kaplan when he joins The Village Square for the 17th year of the “Dinner at the Square” series.

Richard Florida, bestselling author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” calls “Fragile Neighborhoods an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation at large.”