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Yeah, but how? What is the actual step by step guide here? What does this even mean really, "organizing a community"?
It’s gonna be different for each area.
But you’re going to need to do:
Outreach: Make connections with local people, get them aware of you and what you’re wanting to do, get their input on what they would like to see.
Planning: Come up with things you want to see your community doing, maybe start with a small street party each year.
For example you might live in an apartment, so you knock on some doors and meet with your neighbours and they say they’d love a garden. Now you’ve gotta plan how to get it started, maybe a local council or vacant property could be converted. Once you’ve got an activity or place, you can get people to start using it and spending time together. Maybe your first harvest comes in and you all have a large picnic which you can advertise around to get more awareness and engagement, etc.
Okay that's helpful! Thanks.
I think all properties are owned by overseas landlords and investment megacorps though, finding housing is impossible, and the local council is powerless, they can barely even collect the trash piled up outside so space might be an issue. There are no public spaces here and those few that exist need explicit permission for anything, and I don't think that will be allowed if there's even a hint of politics, not that rich homeowners with a garden would be onboard for any such thing.
Also I think knocking on doors will result in a "what do you want?" followed by a "fuck off I'm not buying", rather than anything useful.
It's literally in the posted image. If you see someone unhoused offer them food or a blanket. Help your neighbors with tasks around the house or their yard. Ask around at work about your coworkers lives and if they need help offer it. Pick up trash you see around your neighborhood.
I have an honest question, why are you posting in this community?
Also, do you know the definition of willful ignorance?
Oh I've definitely done things like that for the homeless. But it doesn't really do anything about organizing or creating any sense of community, which is what I was asking about.
Those people are gone the next day, and a fresh batch replaces them. I don't think I've ever seen the same person twice.
If I ever even saw any neighbours or had any evidence to them existing, how does mowing their lawn bring about any political aims exactly? They're just exploiting my labour then, not that I'd know how to mow a lawn or do most other house tasks as I'm not a homeowner.
Besides, I think showing up to some house unnanounced to strangers and offering to help with "tasks" will be met with a call to the police because they'd suspect I'm either trying to rob them or sell them something.
As for coworkers, most people are outsourced contractors who either don't speak English, or do but live overseas. I think I've seen my direct coworkers twice IRL, they are all each from different countries.
I do know what wilful ignorance means, and this ain't it, because you've failed to explain anything that applies, so I am not being willfully ignorant, but I am completely ignorant to what you're talking about as you've failed to explain it, and what's worse you've decided to come back with insults etc.
I think as most people I am here to learn and interact with like-minded people, but as you can see by my upvote count, it is highly likely that I'm not alone in this situation, so if you want people to actually do any of this, you're gonna have to chill with the condescending tone and gatekeeping of being a public good and actually explain what you mean by any of this "community" or "organizing" shit or how any of this is meant to work in practice.