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.
I think the trick is figuring out how to get permission to place it in a public space. Landlords are allowed to tear it down if they don’t want it. I feel like it would be more likely they’d deny or remove it if they want to prevent the possibility of a tenant union from forming