BYU News’s Jenna Knaupp reported on James and Deborah Fallowses’ forum address to the campus on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. In their reporting, which developed into the “Our Towns” book and HBO documentary, the Fallowses remain firm in their hopes for America, and they proposed a new type of optimism: conditional optimism, which is the belief that a community can become better through individual contributions and civic engagement.

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