How to do it:

You’ll need a property owner willing to host, someone to build the neighborhood center, and at least one person willing to compile news regularly. Here’s what each person does:

• the host identifies a place to install a small structure where passerbys can access it. The Little Free Library movement has tips. (Don’t register it a as a little free library, though.)
• the builder/s create the structure. The front should be a single pane of clear glass sized to hold an 8.5×11 sheet of paper (vertically or horizontally.) Make sure it’s easy to tape the paper to the glass. Here’s one set of instructions that includes a flat shelf for papers, where you could leave copies of the current newsletter.
• The editor should create an email address for tips (we recommend Proton email) and then compile the news on a schedule they can stick to. What you cover and how is up to you!

Make your neighborhood news center into a Little Free Library with a cover sheet, or go overtly political and stock it with whistle resistance, spill the tea packs. Build a tiny resistance Zine library, or trade seeds in the spring. Put out sealed, shelf-stable snacks for kids headed home from the bus stop, or leave toiletry kits for less fortunate neighbors. Do something that makes sense for where you live, and what you’re interested in. A project like this is a great way to build your squad!