I hope this is the appropriate community for this question, if there is a better community for this, I can post it there.

It’s been a bit over a week and I’ve had time to accept what has happened and what will happen as a result of America’s recent decision. Even though I am from Canada, the news has many direct and indirect consequences which still has me concerned for the near future.

I feel that right now is the time for me to start and build a local community. I just don’t know how to do that or where to begin.

I’m not the most social person so networking and leading will be a huge hurdle for me. I’m not creative enough with drawing or writing so creating flyers or propaganda would also be a challenge for me. I’ve always been more comfortable working and building things with my hands and have a pretty deep interest in land management and sustainability.

I also have the additional issue of being a person of colour in a mainly white town. Lifted trucks, SUVs, unwelcoming stares and plenty of entitled behaviours. The population in this town is mostly young families with younger children or old white folks which I doubt have any care for the future ahead of us. There’s not much in between.

Over the past couple years, I have been buying various types of seeds and collecting seeds from my garden as plants mature. I’ve been trying to create a seed library for myself. Lately I’ve been thinking of trying to start a local seed library as a way to start some sort of community. Maybe even use that as a way to teach more local, sustainable habits.

I just don’t know where to begin and starting feels quite overwhelming for one person.

I’m hoping to start a discussion or even brainstorm some ideas on what people can do, how to begin and how to follow through with building local communities.

Any idea outside of a seed library is welcome. It would help to have a nice, broad spread of ideas to draw from. I believe that would help keep the progress of the local communities adaptable as time goes on.