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The Flyer: zine issues as the neighborhood's front page

In North Oakland, a print zine on poles and porches carries community food resources, a park discussion, back-to-school support, and local music, with the deliberative layer arriving inside something neighbors already want to pick up.

Place: North Oakland, California. Builder: Humphrey Obuobi (LETS Studio, Metagov).

Recent issues carried community food resources, a park discussion, back-to-school support, and local music. Behind the QR codes sit localized Pol.is conversations, so the physical, place-based hubs link to online, interactive spaces, and back again: the next issue carries what the neighborhood heard.

The pattern a neighborhood can borrow: put the question inside something people already pick up. The flyer is the distribution system; the conversation is what it points at; the newsletter is the return path.

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  • place: North Oakland, California
  • sources: https://www.theflyer.org, https://metagov.org/people/humphrey-obuobi
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Contributed by Humphrey Obuobi (LETS Studio, Metagov) · theflyer.org

Original source: https://www.theflyer.org

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