How To Build COMMUNITY
- Turn Off Your TV
- Leave Your House
- Know Your Neighbors
- Look Up When You Are Walking
- Greet People
- Sit On Your Stoop
- Plant Flowers
- Use Your Library
- Play Together
- Buy From Local Merchants
- Share What You Have
- Help A 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
Words by:
SYRACUSE CULTURAL WORKERS