The Utah Foundation’s project on social capital has included a series of reports on the idea and its potential application to communities in Utah. The project was guided by members of the Utah Foundation’s Board of Trustees, including Sandy City Council member Aaron DeKeyzer. He joins Utah Foundation President Shawn Teigen and Research Director Christopher Collard for a roundtable discussion.

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Over the past year, the Utah Foundation has published a series of reports looking at social capital in Utah – the idea, as expressed by Harvard Professor Robert Putnam, that our connections between individuals and the broader community improve not only our own well-being but that of the places we live and the nation as a whole. One key aspect of that is social mobility – improving each family’s station in life.

As the report on social mobility was being finalized for its release, the Utah Foundation held a roundtable discussion with staff and a member of its Board of Trustees, Carlton Christensen. The conversation also included Research Director Christopher Collard and Research Analyst Ashley Marshall-Cantor.

Michelle Crawford, Executive Director of Circles in Salt Lake City, joined the presentation of the report to Utah news media and talked about social capital as a key aspect of their work to help families lift themselves out of intergenerational poverty, and we’ll hear from her as well.

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