Making Connections: 10 Great Ways to Feel Connected to Your Community

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Here are some radical ways to contribute to your neighbourhood, meet people in your community, and build community-binding traditions that do some good. 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Sharing books means sharing ideas, and when books are free, ideas are free. The best part about this is that people can drop off books too, so you get to share what you've read, which is very intimate. This means making connections through words. 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It's a great way to promote the kind of economy that's based on giving, and saving. You never know what the person down the street needs, and a community free store is the best way to share and save the environment (oh, and save money!) 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Advertise with posters and promises of fun. Tell everyone you see on the street. Another great thing you can do is organize a local [Food Not Bombs](~/AACi8wA~/RgRbOa2oP0EIAKyqrywflnhXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQlnZW5lcmFsXzFgDDUyLjI3LjQ0LjE5MEIKAAKrKFdZcj-fe1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODZAZ21haWwuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQcaHR0cDovL3d3dy5mb29kbm90Ym9tYnMubmV0L0dmeyJsaXN0IjoiWFpDLW1ha2luZy1jb25uZWN0aW9ucy0xMC1ncmVhdC13YXlzLXRvLWZlZWwtY29ubmVjdGVkLXRvLXlvdXItY29tbXVuaXR5IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJ0b2RheSJ9) for events in your community. Food not Bombs is connected to grassroots movements and is very important to the idea of food availability/sovereignty for all. 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