Go to church, go to local events, have a child in school, join a hobby/sports group. There are foundations everywhere there are human beings in community with each other.

Your local volleyball league is headed by a guy that’s part of the volunteer fire department. His coworker does controlled burns each spring as part of a wildlife restoration group. One of the group members is on the PTA at school. Another PTA member’s mother is retiring from the church’s donation closet. And they need someone to wash the clothes that get donated. And that person could be you.

I know it seems like a small thing, but you gotta get out there, ya know?

You can take the "run for local dogcatcher" approach. Attend city council meetings, go to your HOA and make see of they're down to do something cool (new crosswalk or a social event or something idk) and arent obsessed with the height is everyone's lawn or whatever. Join a local parks cleanup or other volunteer org.

Basically,egt a position of minor authority or involvement in your community, and do the best you can. Eventually you'll find someone like minded. Doesn't matter about their opinions about the ukraine/Russia conflict and that kind of stuff, just gotta put the community's needs first. You'll earn a ton of credibility just by putting on the effort and you can keep tipping the scales toward his things instead of bad things.

Ask around and don't just look online.