Keeping community in your corner
From Your Corner is a community-forward initiative, inviting possibilities for intentional connection and care through three main areas:
Fostering
Belonging
By promoting participation in casual interactions and gatherings, we create trust and a culture of care.
Strengthening
Local Economies
By lifting up the stories and work of small businesses and community groups, we invite engagement that sustains local prosperity.
Encouraging
Healthy Attention
By offering reminders and tools for being present, we help people
resist distraction and focus
on what truly matters.
Why?
Loneliness is weighing
heavy on many of us
With our social ties unraveling, isolation has become a health crisis and we're losing our capacity for connecting with one another.
Locally-owned businesses
need our support
Small businesses anchor communities with jobs, belonging, and character. Without our backing, we risk losing local wealth and identity.
Our focus is fading from daily life
Our digital addictions erode our attention. Pulled by devices, we lose patience and control of how we engage in the world.
How?
Gatherings & Events
Spaces for neighbors to connect with each other and their small businesses
Letter Writing Campaigns
Facilitating letter exchanges that spread gratitude and foster connections
Workshops
Gatherings to exchange wisdom, develop skills, and deepen local ties
Storytelling
Amplifying local voices through live events and creative media, like podcasts
Volunteer Opportunities
Promoting existing community service activities and helping you set up your own
Economic Action Projects
Collective efforts to encourage mindful spending and support of small businesses
Community Art
Collaborative projects that beautify shared spaces, like sidewalk chalk
'Screen-Free' Sundays
Structured guidance and support for hosting a screen-free environment
Tools & Resources
Offering sourced and original materials, like the Roll, Don't Scroll zine
These are just a few of the possibilities.
Are there projects you're already involved with or aware of?
Do you have any ideas that you'd like to bring to life? Let's connect!
Who?
You!
Whether it's helping neighbors, supporting local businesses or reclaiming attention, this is an invitation for us all to contribute and connect.
Choose the dice over the device.
"Roll Don't Scroll" is a reminder of your attentional agency and an invitation to shift away from digital distractions and towards what actually matters to you.With over 150 alternatives to passive screen use, this zine offers you options for being present, curious, and engaged.These crowd-sourced activities can be done almost anywhere, mostly without screens, and in less than 20 minutes.
There are several variations of the Roll, Don't Scroll zine. Check out and download these options below.
By yourself?
With 150+ activities, this is the most comprehensive version and is best suited for solo engagement.
Digital
This "digital" copy is best for viewing on a screen. If you'd like to print, see your options below.
Booklet
These two versions are
ready for print.
Here's a few tips to consider:
• Check formatting in print preview.
It might be best to download
the pdf and then print, rather than
printing directly from Drive.
• Print double-sided: Booklet on
short edge, Pocket on long edge.
• After printing for Pocket, cut each portrait sheet in half horizontally.
• Folding can be tricky at first,
but once you see how the
pages go together it's easy.
Staple and enjoy!
In a group?
With 36 activities, this mini zine is designed for 2+ people in a social setting.
Digital
This "digital" copy is best for viewing on a screen. If you'd like to print, see your options below.
Mini
This version is
ready for print.
Here are a few tips to consider:
• Check formatting in print preview. It might be best to download the pdf and then print, rather than printing directly from Drive.
• Print single-sided.
• Check out this video on
how to fold a mini zine.
You're ready to roll!
Don't have any dice? Search up a simulator online, pick an activity that feels right, or choose at random.
Mark would love to make more variations of this zine,
to meet different needs and environments.
Do you have any ideas or feedback?
Please share below!
We promise to only send you relevant info about the weekend :)
What: A full weekend of screen-free connection and activities
When: Friday, Nov. 14 to Sunday, Nov. 16
Where: A Man Full of Trouble Tavern (127 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19106)
Agenda:
Quizzo - Friday, 11/14 at 8pm
Delete Day - Sun, 11/16 at 4pm (Learn more at www.timetorefuse.com)
All weekend long: Games, art supplies, as well as other solo and group activities for you to enjoy.There's more to come!
We will be organizing more events and activities over the next few weeks.
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