Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Language

[Diane (dianeclaire]

How about putting a positive slant on it:  People whose first language is
French, Spanish, Yiddish or whatever the case may be; Citizens of Canada,
Haiti, or the UK ... again whatever the case may be.

Diane Margolis
Cambridige Cohousing

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Pastor Liz <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> a good general rule that helps me is that the people come before the
> box that is being used to categorize them...
>
> thus
> people who use wheel chairs
> people who live with disabilities
> people who do not have immigration papers
> people whose first language is not english
> etc....
>
> For my outdoor church I have fun with it
> people who do not have houses
> and
> people who do have houses
>
> at least one person who DOES have a house does a double take on that one.
>
> -Liz
> Mosaic Commons, Berlin MA
>
> -Liz
> (The Rev.) Elizabeth M. Magill
> Worcester Fellowship
> www.worcesterfellowship.org
> 508-450-0431
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Eris Weaver <eris [at] erisweaver.info> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote:
> >         >"Dealing with homelessness" is very nice.
> > in response to Four Cat House <seanain [at] sbcglobal.net>
> >         > We were encouraged to think of and
> >         > refer to the folks we were serving as "dealing with
> homelessness,"
> > not
> >         > "homeless people." What a difference that made.
> >
> > Another re-framing I heard was "houseless" rather than "homeless." Some
> > people who have houses travel, are disconnected from place, etc. and
> don't
> > necessarily have a "home." Some who don't have houses are very intimately
> > rooted in their place.
> >
> > Eris
> > Who recently got back from working with Ravens Roost cohousing in
> Anchorage,
> > where I imagine it would be very difficult to be houseless.
> > ------------------------------
> > Eris Weaver, Facilitator & Group Process Consultant
> > eris [at] erisweaver.info
> > 707-338-8589
> > http://www.erisweaver.info
> >
> > fa cil i tāt: to make easier
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> -Liz
> (The Rev.) Elizabeth M. Magill
> Worcester Fellowship
> www.worcesterfellowship.org
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