#knowyourneighbor

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Nothing is easy about this new life. And everything is new. The Nepali family that lived in the apartment next to me had two girls probably in 3rd and 4th grade. They came over to my apartment fascinated by everything in sight. They explored the keys on my laptop and the keys to my car. They ate my edamame and asked me about the “dots on top.” I explained, “its just salt and pepper.” They looked puzzled. I talked them through it and tried to help them remember it. Clearly they never had it before. I remember thinking, if salt and pepper are unknown territory–how are you surviving? I’m not sure if they don’t know of it because it is unfamiliar- they just don’t use it in Nepal or because its a luxury. Either way, you get the picture. It’s all new.

One time at my apartment, I received a list of notices about $50 fees that the landlord was about to implement for new things he declared were housing violations.These were for things like clothes drying on bushes and kids wearing clothes that weren’t bathing suits in the pool. It was only in English. I am pretty sure less than 10 people in our entire complex could read English. Families can’t afford the bathing suits to go in these pools, but don’t know they need to wear them to not get fined. These are everyday obstacles they face. They lost everything that they have ever known as normal. Not by choice. Sometimes there is a supportive community awaiting them in resettlement. Other times families are separated and they don’t have anyone from their culture in their new town.

Have you seen The Good Lie?! 

Please, just watch it. One of my boys from camp is in the film, also Reese Witherspoon! Families I know say that it is an accurate depiction of what many of their people have gone through. 

[davidhutch]

#letgofinds #jigsaw #saw #knowYourNeighbor #deargod https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCKAjnlkZn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=78ksp3lmzn81

[socialsf]

#saturdaylove when your #neighbors drop off #freshbakedbread and a bowl of #mandarins thanks @trevor.jude and Jamie #yourthebest #knowyourneighbor #quarantinediaries #shelterinplace #coronapocalypse #day13 #mydayjustgotbetter (at Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-TEPzyphDm/?igshid=8vp8q2pecdqn

[trippingvittles]

EATING LOCAL.... Day 1 National Crisis Lucky House in @westervilleohio. Best Sweet and Sour Pork I have ever had!! Order some to take out. We need to find ways to support the service industry in this difficult time! Remember if you have the means to tip your waiter, delivery driver, counter help, housekeeping, door person, taxi driver !! We as an industry are still showing up and working and making sure you eat, sleep have clean rooms in hotels, peanuts on the airplanes, get to the airport. This has us all worried but we can help #shoppinglocal #tippingthehelp #shoplocal #knowyourfarmer #orderingoutfordinner #localfoodscene #westervillefood #eatinglocal #sixonefork #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #asseeninwesterville #asseenincolumbus #nationalcrisis #nationalemergency #helpyourcommunity #sweetandsourpork #sweetandsourchicken #chinesefood #knowyourneighbor #luckyhouse #trippingvittles (at Lucky House Chinese Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9txbpEAd14/?igshid=1fv3lwrz21da

[shyamalathadevi]

#RAKChallenge Day 13 Today’s Random Act of Kindness: I love this Golden Rule of “Love thy neighbor as thyself”. So I bought a rose plant and gave it to this beautiful neighbor along with a little note and a chocolate :) Sylvia never misses to say ‘Ta-ta’ with a big smile from her window while I wait for my cab downstairs :) #randomactsofkindness #littlethings #LoveThyNeighbourasThyself #bekind #roseplant #neighbors #knowyourneighbor #bandrawest #humansofbombay #creative #thelogicalindian #bandrawest #giftideas #thoughtfulness #bandradiaries #plants #littlethingsido #lovethyneighbor #giftingaplant https://www.instagram.com/p/B59eh0ypO3I/?igshid=1684ocefhcoam

[thetshirtlady]

I’m always nervous when I do an interview but being in a room full of great energy always helps. 😊Thank you Mike and Gee for having me on @DecaturFM! 🖤🙏🏽 📻 Here’s a little snippet of the interview. To watch the full version visit @DecaturFM, Download the Decatur FM app for your mobile phone to listen or log on to www.decaturfm.com. #DecaturFM #TheTShirtLady™️ #Interviews #Press #TalkShow #Watch #RadioShow #Grateful #Decatur #KnowYourNeighbor #Georgia #TuneIn #RadioStation #OnAir (at Grant Park, Atlanta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwdWJMfBrOn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dc1dd5t351z4

[thekaurfoundation]

Discovering Sikhs - a statement

While it’s been incredible learning experience visiting local Gurudwaras and meeting some people from the Sikh community, I feel it’s important to make a statement on the struggles the Sikh communities face every day.

We live in a world where prejudice and terrorist attacks are becoming more prevalent in society. Although it may be easy to just look at incidents that impact our own communities, it’s vital to have some compassion to other communities. Hate crimes especially don’t just impact one community but everyone in marginalized communities.  

Earlier this month, a Sikh man was shot in front of his home. The Seattle news reported the suspect stated “go back to your own country” before shooting the Sikh man. This illustrates the level of misinformation that is within the United States. Those who don’t fit within the societal constructs are often targeted just because they haven’t been educated on the cultural differences nor educated on the similarities that bridge us together. If there’s continually hate for cultures that others don’t understand there will be a continuous infliction of hate crimes within our communities.

It’s important to take a stand together and work together to better relationships, communities, and societies. As the Kaur foundation was founded after the 9/11 attacks in order to promote this awareness of the Sikh community, the fight is still continuing.  It’s vital to continue to education of the Sikh community. Throughout this journey I’ve been able to witness firsthand the amount of love the Sikh community want to share. The people I’ve met have opened their doors to everyone who wants to learn more about the faith and culture. It’s something that everyone should implement more and try to learn from.

Marcella.  Kaur Foundation intern.

[rachelmichael]

#knowyourneighbors #new #neighborhood #local #divebars #astonesthrowaway #ilovewalking #fuckcars #alamitosbay #longbeach #boystown #justlikeheaven #thecure #robersmith #1980s #gaWD #swoon #doperthandope #photography #rmmr (at Alamitos Beach, Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BszyTwyn0Bj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2wlg36ezwxgn

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Wild times in K Woods

Please excuse the low quality on this set, they were taken with an old iphone. I wish I had taken my camera everywhere I went and that it would have always been socially acceptable to take pictures. It much easier to share a picture than to try to explain.

The night before I took the window shot, I woke up to what sounded like eire weeping and chants from the apartment below me. I tried to block it out. Fortunately, I can fall asleep in just about every scenario, so I slept through it. I got up the next morning and noticed that family had set up chairs in the parking lot projecting a eulogy slideshow on our building. Three hundred pairs of slippers in the hallway blocked the stairs to my apartment. My neighbor explained it was a Burmese funeral, but failed to mention that it would go on for the next three days. The next night I fell asleep to the sounds of foreign accents singing karaoke and electric guitar blasting from the parking lot. I really didn’t mind; it was all so interesting.

At least 200 people were there to grieve together. No matter what other obligations their friends and family had, they let it all go to be with each other for three days. I would imagine this effects ones ability to retain employment. Maybe they just used their sick days. Even so, I would have a hard time deciding to spend my sick day soaking in Georgia heat and grief. It shows their devotion to one another. It is such a contrast to American culture where people expect funerals to be brief and people to grieve in private. Losing a job for these families would be devastating on a different level than for the typical American family. Even facing greater risk these families were willing to be there for one another. 

One day, I had to go to the housing office to talk to them about my mailbox. Mailboxes are a joke at Khristopher Woods. The boxes barely lock, but the real challenge is figuring out whose box is whose. The boxes either have nothing on them or multiple sets of numbers from previous owners. There is no clear system so mostly you just remember which one the landlord points to when you move in. I forgot. 

Maybe the other families didn’t need a numerical system to know which was theirs, maybe it was less confusing that way for them. What I don’t understand is how the mailman puts up with it, and how the people of Khristopher Woods get their mail. 

Anyways... I was in the waiting room at the housing office alone. At least I thought I was alone until a 2 year old Burmese boy popped up out of no where. He was short, chubby, and adorable. I quickly realized he had no sense of a personal bubble. He climbed up on the chair next to me and poked me. Did he? He just poked me.. That was weird. He proceeded to tug on my hair and pull on my cheeks. Ah uh. What are you doing? He speaks no english, he’s two years old, this is useless. He giggled and touched all over my arms and legs. I think I was in shock. His mom came in saw my bewildered expression with his fingers still pulling my cheek from my face. She immediately started apologizing. Withholding her laughter she said, “he does this to girls like you” pointing to my white skin, “so sorry.” I realize now I am one of the only white people that boy had ever seen. He was trying to see if I was real. 

Just another day in the life of Clarkston, Georgia.

[emre-celik-blog]

A great 2018 #UnityWalk organized by @ifcmw - thank you. So many new and old friends! 🙏 #KnowYourNeighbor https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo75PQwliq8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i388tw4yf7pt

[seamick]

Thank you @inclusiveva #StandingTogether #KnowYourNeighbor #LoveYourNeighbor #InterfaithRVA #MyAmerica #RefugeesWelcome #NoBanNoWall #RVA Love how the moon is right above the minaret crescent! @inclusive_va (at Islamic Center of Virginia)

[socialsf]

#Karen strikes in #sanfrancisco #neveradullmoment #knowyourneighbors #everyonesacritic #sadbuttrue #ohkaren #goughstreet #onlyinsf #lifeduringcovid19 ・・・ #PacificHeights neighbor falsely accuses a #personofcolor of #vandalism for stenciling in “#BlackLivesMatter” with yellow chalk on the retaining wall of his own house. Then she lies and says she knows the owner. (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZe0EjhfZC/?igshid=1ob8kmgif07rf

[maximaxoo]

#Space: inside planet #Mars [#Infographic] - #KnowYourNeighbors! https://ift.tt/22AkgWm via @SPACEdotcom

[numberonebasementglitter]

It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.- Maya Angelou • • • #street #rome #romeitaly #mayaangelou #mayaangelouquotes #quote #quotes #roma #romantisch #romantic #streetview #streetphotography #downthestreet #downtheroad #holiday #citytrip #downtown #cityphotography #city #sunset_stream #sunset_pics #citysunset #super_sunset #shotoniphone #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #knowyourneighbor #italytrip #skyline #cityskyline https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRB3iCHYs5/?igshid=69xhkdm1ylom

[lizneighborsstudios]

Friday Farmer’s Market Madison, CT

[ccfoods-blog]

It's 60 degrees out ...come to the market !! We ve got great vendors!! @bristolhillfarm @deeprootvineyard @pickleguy #knowyourneighbors #shoplocalrochester #@cityofrochesterpublicmarket (at Rochester Public Market District) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Lr6-8lm_M/?igshid=lphrcs7p8anh