How do you help your community?

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

I've been donating to and volunteering at a food-bank and thinking of what else I can do to help. What do you do to support your community?

[Sir Comradical]

I planted trees last Sunday.

[Stephen Colbert]

I went to a local union strike and pumped em up and brought cookies :cool:

Oh and I go an mingle at the local farmers markets

[Ele'ill]

I can't tell you.

[leftace53]

I've pretty much only planted trees, done clean up efforts, and raised awareness on environmental issues. Also I don't beat people to a pulp, I reckon that helps.

[Peace on Earth]

Food drives and helping at the local food bank, and other odd "drives," like tree-plantings or cleaning up buildings around town.

[Invincible Summer]

How extended from one's home is the "community?" Because around where I live, there's not much to do except help kids at summer camp or do gardening. But if I go 30-45 mins (by bus) away, I get into the Downtown Eastside where all sorts of terrible poverty is happening and lots of social work is done. Haven't really done any of that though... but I should seeing as how I'm a sociology student.

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

How extended from one's home is the "community?" Because around where I live, there's not much to do except help kids at summer camp or do gardening. But if I go 30-45 mins (by bus) away, I get into the Downtown Eastside where all sorts of terrible poverty is happening and lots of social work is done. Haven't really done any of that though... but I should seeing as how I'm a sociology student.
By community I generally meant how you help people in general around you , it could be locally or distant. It does'nt matter.

[Adi Shankara]

I go with a local catholic charity (as they're the ones I am most comfortable with, as they don't preach or attempt to convert) who feed the homeless, and allow them to sleep in church property while helping them get GEDs and jobs etc.

I don't know, but I notice Catholic charities are usually more reliable than any other christian charity in my opinion, because they really don't deny help to anyone, nor will they attempt to "save you" while you're starving, or needing help. They don't see you as a "soul to be saved", but rather, as a human being who needs material and mental saving first and foremost.

I was homeless for a while, and bless/long life to Father Dura at St Patrick's San Francisco. really, that man has advocated for me when no one else would.

[pastradamus]

I've been donating to and volunteering at a food-bank and thinking of what else I can do to help. What do you do to support your community?

Thats how you help your community comrade. By doing that you've made an exceptional addition to the quality of living of those who need it most. Well done my friend. :thumbup1:

[Ele'ill]

Thats how you help your community comrade. By doing that you've made an exceptional addition to the quality of living of those who need it most. Well done my friend. :thumbup1:


Is this sarcasm?

[pastradamus]

I went to a local union strike and pumped em up and brought cookies :cool:

Oh and I go an mingle at the local farmers markets

My kind of Union meeting :thumbup1:

[pastradamus]

Is this sarcasm?

Fuck no! Im very rarely sarcastic.

What that poster is doing is spot on in my opinion.

[Veg_Athei_Socialist]

Is this sarcasm?
Why would you think that was sarcasm?

[Ele'ill]

Why would you think that was sarcasm?


Because there are a lot of assholes on this forum.

[pastradamus]

Because there are a lot of assholes on this forum.

Indeed there are! We call them Anarchists! :D

[Ele'ill]

Indeed there are! We call them Anarchists! :D

:rolleyes:


This isn't an emote only reply. <---

[Bitter Ashes]

I've been donating to and volunteering at a food-bank and thinking of what else I can do to help. What do you do to support your community?
Ask them, not us. That'd be the first thing to try really :P

Other than that there's lots of things you can do to make the place tidier, safer, etc. A few ideas we've had are litter picking, clearing snow, and I also had an idea to do a different take on youth clubs, which is on my blog. Most of the stuff we go for is revolved more around getting communities to help each other rather than reinforcing the idea that you can sit on your butt and somebody else will fix it. Very important that

[ellipsis]

food not bombs, community farm (http://www.thefreefarm.org), other assorted activism, free lance litter pick up, reduce waste by dumpstering

[Autumn Red]

Farmer's Market, donating food, church food drives, ect.

[Blackscare]

I spit my gum on the sidewalks.