How to Set Up a Shared Pantry in Your Apartment Building
How to Set Up a Shared Pantry in Your Apartment Building
I live well below the poverty line, so I live in a cheap, slummy apartment building where everybody else is poor, too. For the most part, I like this setup. I grew up in poverty, and I’m not …
I suspect many of the people reading this will think "this is not relevant to me because I don't live in an apartment building" or "because I don't know my neighbors" or "because greedy people will just steal from it" or "because food pantries are the government's job" or "because I'm not poor enough to need this so reading this won't benefit me".
If you see the title and think you don't need to read it, that's a sign you need to read it. Because it's not just about the practicalities of setting up a shared pantry - it's about how to think about poverty and community and charity and mutual aid.
It's a wonderful article. Read.
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Love this thank you for sharing. Mutual aid!