Re: Racial diversity and cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Diane Simpson (cohotheworld.com) | |
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 21:33:06 -0600 (MDT) |
We have done tabling at festivals where we know there is going to be a diverse crowd--such as the Jamaica Plain World's Fair, Central Square World's Fair, and the Wake Up the Earth festival. We take snapshots of our group reaching out to a diverse audience and put them up on our web site on the "News and events" page. That way people of color know we are making a serious effort to go beyond attracting only other white people. We have also done presentations in libraries where there's a large non white population. Our next plan is to try to get on the television show "Basic Black" in Boston. I have already been told they have all their programs lined up for the year, but I am not giving up. There may be a chance we could get into a show they are doing on housing. When we did the pledge drive on WGBH we had one of our black members do the on-air interview. We are also working on doing a presentation at a church where we know they have a diverse congregation. We are planning ot do some PSA's and try to get a local black radio station (WILD) to air them. We also sent away for a directory of minority business associations called "Kaleidescope" that is published by Collette Phillips, a local PR firm. (Collette Phllips Communications, 661 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02494-2207) The directory is $20.00. We are hoping to do presentations for some of these groups. --Diane Simpson Jamaica Plain Cohousing in Boston P.S. We have picked a site that is in an area that is 1/3 white, 1/3 black, 1/3 hispanic. That might help too. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >In looking around many of the web sites, it seems that most cohousing >communities are overwhelmingly white. I posted my original question to >try to get folks to respond to what attempts they have made to make >their communities more diverse. "The people around you define the quality of your life." Ask me about Cohousing! http://jpcohousing.org NEXT INFO SESSION: SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 BOWDITCH LODGING HOUSE, 5 P.M. 82 GREEN ST. BOSTON, MA; 1 BLOCK FROM GREEN ST. STATION (TOWARD CENTRE) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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Racial diversity and cohousing Diana Porter, October 11 2002
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- Re: Racial diversity and cohousing Diane Simpson, October 12 2002
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