Barriers to Diversity in Community
An organizer of Charlotte Cohousing in North Carolina offers several ways intentional communities unintentionally exclude her fellow people of color.
Moving Beyond Diversity Towards Collective Liberation: Weaving the Communities Movement into Intersectional Justice Struggles
The co-organizer of the People of Color Sustainable Housing Network shares strategies for deepening your community’s work on issues of race, class, and privilege.
Beauty and Brokenness: Digesting Grief into Gratitude for Justice
A child of the Indian middle class immerses herself in the grassroots sustainability movement in Portland, Oregon and shares lessons learned on her journey.
DC Community Evolution and Change: Perspectives from Lutheran Volunteer Corps
While time has brought increased gentrification, a faith-based community’s fight for social justice in DC is far from over.
Overcoming Our Americanness
Unless we learn from past and present communities, and collate lessons from our own, we will bob as separate crafts on the ocean of our uncooperative and ahistorical Americanness.
Community Is the Best Medicine: A guide to cooperative living on a disability income
Those living with disabilities have many options for finding community; here are suggestions on where and how to look.