How to Build Community

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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 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