I've lost count of how many educators have asked about how to build community over the years. My advice has always been the same: instead of building a community, find the community that already exists and join that. This post contains information about how to do just that. But a word of caution: doing it this way means changing the focus from yourself and your causes to other people and what they need. And (as the article suggests) it's probably best to look away from charities and look toward networks of mutual support. All this is why I haven't tried to build community around this site (and look suspiciously at pundits who are developing community around theirs).
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