How to Build Community

-Turn off your TV
-Leave your house for awhile
-Know your neighbors
-Look up when you are walking
-Greet people
-Sit on your stoop or porch
-Plant flowers
-Use your library
-Play together
-Buy from local merchants
-Share what you have
-Help a lost dog
-Take children to the park
-Garden together
-Support neighborhood schools
-Fix it even if you didn't break it
-Have pot lucks
-Honor elders
-Pick up litter
-Read stories aloud
-Dance in the street
-Talk to the mail carrier
-Listen to the birds
-Put up a swing
-Help carry something heavy
-Barter for your goods
-Start a tradition
-Ask a question
-Hire young people for odd jobs
-Organize a block party
-Bake extra and share
-Ask for help when you need it
-Open your shades
-Sing together
-Share your skills
-Take back the night
-Turn up the music
-Turn down the music
-Listen before you react to anger
-Mediate a conflict
-Seek to understand
-Learn from new and uncomfortable angles
-Know that no one is silent though many are not heard
-Work to change this