Building Community - SyracuseCulturalWorkers.com

Thinking about what I would like to write to you today.  And I am feeling a bit at a loss for my own words.  It has been a long week trying to catch up at work from the two days off and today is my sister's memorial service - life celebration.  So...I would like to share something that I am finding really beautiful and really challenging.  I have listed the author's website in my title so as not to infringe on their copyright.  Enjoy.

How to Build Community

Turn off your TV

Leave your house

Know your neighbors * Greet people

Look up when you're walking

Sit on your stoop * Plant Flowers

Use your library * Play together

Buy from local merchants

Share what you have * Help a lost dog

Take children to the park * Honor elders

Support neighborhood schools

Fix it even if you didn't break it

Have pot lucks * Garden together

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.