Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: To Go or Not To Go---Cohousing and CoHo US

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Katie: Well said. I tend to concur: the  primary commitment of CoHo as an 
organization is the shared commitment of building neighborhoods. Individuals 
are free to pursue a variety of political/religious persuasions and social 
issues (women rights, animal
rights, poverty/racial issues, poverty in developing countries, sustainable 
agriculture etc) and I imagine this organization like
others are composed of such a mixture. Perhaps the strength of CoHo is its 
clear focus.

Karen
Anthony Fl


> I?ve been troubled by this whole union situation for several reasons:
>
> 1.     By definition, cohousing is not supposed to have a shared ideology.
> Cohousers claim to want a diverse range of political and social 
> viewpoints, but
> of course the vast majority of cohousers are lefty liberals and anyone who
> doesn?t share that perspective doesn?t really fit in. I can understand and
> respect why individual members would not want to attend the conference and 
> cross
>  a picket line, but why is support for organized labor even an issue for 
> the
> association? It?s not part of any mission statement or platform. >
>
> It?s regrettable that this union issue seems to be putting a damper on the
> conference and possibly causing people to not attend.  I commend the board 
> for
> trying in good faith to work with the union, but the main goal ? the 
> reason
> we?re all here ? is to support and advance the cause of cohousing, and I 
> think
> the board made the right decision to carry on with the conference.
>
> Katie Henry