Postcard - How To Build Community

How To Build Community

Text: Members SCW community. Karen Kerney, watercolor. SCW©1998/updated 2024. Spanish version available.

Turn off your TV
Leave your house
Put Down Your Phone * Greet people
Look up when you are walking
Plant Flowers * Sit on your stoop
Be a Good Neighbor * Use your library
Play together *  Buy from local merchants
Share what you have * Help a lost dog
Take children to the park
Dance in the Street * 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
Offer to Help Those in Need
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 * Work Together
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