Anonymous
06/09/2022 11:49
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
gentrification is the word you're looking for.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 11:32
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:*noise pollution
I would actually like a little more noise pollution in some circumstances (music with dining). The city restaurants are so quiet and boring.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 10:02
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
I keep some plastic gloves in the stroller so I can pick up trash when my kid is playing in the park. Small steps, but I feel it makes a difference.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 09:16
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Buy from local businesses whenever you can, even if the prices are higher than what you would pay at a chain.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
Can you define hate speech?
I’ll give you the best resource I can, which are the words of one of my favorite law professors, Frederick Lawrence. He’s written several books and papers on the topic, here’s one that is easily accessible:
https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Practicing-Vigorous-Civility-Lawrence.pdf
Anonymous
06/09/2022 09:14
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:Buy from local businesses whenever you can, even if the prices are higher than what you would pay at a chain.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
I agree with this list but one frustration I have is that a lot of the rich people in my neighborhood do the bolded ones above, none of the others, and then act superior because they can afford to buy all their books at the local bookstore and not Amazon, and they give a few thousand dollars to Martha's Table every year. Those are laudable things but not MORE important than the other stuff, and people need to not pat themselves on the back so hard for being financially generous when it's something they can easily afford to do.
I'd really like to see people do more of the other stuff, like learning the names of neighbors and workers they see often, smiling and making eye contact with people in the neighborhood, being patient and tolerant in public spaces instead of demanding and rude.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 09:13
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:Buy from local businesses whenever you can, even if the prices are higher than what you would pay at a chain.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
Can you define hate speech?
Anonymous
06/09/2022 09:07
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Not creating unnecessary loud noise with vehicles and machines and drumming is one way to be polite.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 09:01
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
This^. Just basic common sense, don’t litter, do clean up. Keeping neighborhoods clean is not a class or race issue, everyone benefits and everyone can pitch in.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 09:01
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Buy from local businesses whenever you can, even if the prices are higher than what you would pay at a chain.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
This^. Just basic common sense, don’t litter, do clean up. Keeping neighborhoods clean is not a class or race issue, everyone benefits and everyone can pitch in.
This. I would also add: pick up litter and recycling and put it in the bin when you see it on the sidewalk/at the park/in the playground. (Since OP mentioned cleanliness as well. Fortunately, DC has many public trash cans so this isn't super onerous.)
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:55
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:Buy from local businesses whenever you can, even if the prices are higher than what you would pay at a chain.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
This. I would also add: pick up litter and recycling and put it in the bin when you see it on the sidewalk/at the park/in the playground. (Since OP mentioned cleanliness as well. Fortunately, DC has many public trash cans so this isn't super onerous.)
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:52
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
*noise pollution
Anonymous
06/09/2022 08:52
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
If you take away Ouse pollution caused by all sort of vehicles, including ATVs, ambulances, police cars, choppers, etc., city population’s mental health can increase dramatically.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 07:47
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Buy from local businesses whenever you can, even if the prices are higher than what you would pay at a chain.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
Make brief eye contact and nod and smile or give some human acknowledgment, if you feel safe to do so.
Take the Metro or walk instead of drive when you feel safe to do so.
Financially support homeless shelters, animal shelters, soup kitchens, rehab centers and any other organization that does good work in your neighborhood or in DC.
In any situation where you can choose to be patient, kind or simply turn away from someone acting up, do so instead of confrontation if you feel safe to do so, unless it is racist or hate speech, in which case speak up if you can.
If you pass by people that become familiar faces, say hello and introduce yourself and learn their name. Greet them by name.
If you see something, say something.
Anonymous
06/09/2022 07:46
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
Anonymous wrote:What are the easiest things DC residents can do on individual and communal level to make their neighborhoods cleaner and friendlier?
Clean and be friendly?
Anonymous
06/09/2022 07:42
Subject: 🏡🎼LET’S MAKE DC A SANCTUARY🚴🏻♀️🧘🏽♀️
What are the easiest things DC residents can do on individual and communal level to make their neighborhoods cleaner and friendlier?