neighborhood activism

Neighborhood activism is a form of community building.

Any attempt to bring a local community together for social, political or economic cooperation is a political action, in the sense that it works to undermine the status quo of individualism which pervades western society, and the economy based on such a worldview. As such, any seemingly benign organizing activity (starting a community garden, neighborhood literacy prorgam, etc.) can expect to encounter some opposition.

Various activist tactics can be undertaken at the neighborhood level:

• Community Safety Meetings
• Community Gardens
• Starting a lending program, so there doesn't have to be 25 lawnmowers for 25 houses, etc.
• Identifying a polluter in the area to organize around. Really anything that gets you in talking face to face and exchanging ideas about how to do creative problem solving.

This article is based on a GNU FDL Activism Wikia article: Neighborhood_Activism

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