Cohousing-L Mailing List: reminder: Call for Articles: Communities #172: Service and Activism

[Communities Editor (editor]

Hello,

A reminder:/Communities/magazine is still seeking articles for issue 
#172, *"Service and Activism."*The issue will be out in September 2016.

Please send your article idea to editor [at] ic.org by *Friday,  March 25, 
2016*.

Your final article must reach us by *Friday, May 20, 2016*.

1. Theme articles:*Service and Activism*

 * Do you live in a service-oriented intentional community? Does your
   group have a social mission? What specific populations do you seek
   to serve? Does this work occur at your community (for example, by
   hosting disadvantaged populations), or outside of your community?
   What are the rewards and challenges of your service work? How does
   it bring you together as a group, and with those you serve?
 * Are you part of a non-IC group dedicated to service work? What are
   the rewards and challenges of this work? What kind of sense of
   community does it create, within the group and with those you serve?
 * Are you a communitarian with an individual (as opposed to group)
   commitment to service work? How have you been able to incorporate
   that into your life in community? Have you had allies and colleagues
   within the community in this work?
 * What sense of community do the populations you serve experience as a
   result of your work?
 * How is an ethic of service manifested /within/ your group? How do
   you embody the spirit and reality of service in your relationships
   with each other?
 * What role does activism play in your intentional community? Is it
   part of your group's identity? What kinds of activism do you engage
   in (political, social, economic, lifestyle, gender identity, racial
   equality and justice, etc.)? What are its effects on your group?
 * Are you a part of a non-IC activist group? What are the rewards and
   challenges of this work? What is your sense of community within this
   group?
 * Are you a communitarian with an individual (as opposed to group)
   commitment to activist work? How have you been able to incorporate
   that into your life in community? Has the rest of the group
   supported your activist work?
 * What role does activism play /within/ your community? How does
   change happen in your group? How are "community activists"--people
   "stirring the pot" within the group--regarded? And how do your
   community's internal politics and valuing of activism relate to its
   relationship to politics and activism in the larger world?

Please remember that we are looking for stories, personal experiences, 
and concrete examples in your responses—these are what will make ideas 
and observations most "real" and relevant to readers.

[Please forward this email to anyone you think has a good story on this 
theme for /Communities/.]

2. We are also seeking articles about:

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   Creating community in your neighborhood;

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   Starting a new community;

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   Process and communication issues in community; and

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   Seeking community to join.

Suggested submission length is from 300 to 2500 words. We invite 
submissions ranging from short vignettes to extensively-developed 
articles, and also invite suggestions of recommended resources and 
article leads. We're seeking articles written in a reader-friendly, 
popular-magazine style, rather than in an academic style. We ask 
contributors to share stories and experiences, not just ideas; write 
about challenges, not just successes; and describe specific situations 
that will help your story come alive for the reader. Before you start 
writing, please checkic.org/submissions-to-communities-magazine or 
contact us for our full Writers' Guidelines--and let us know your 
article idea so that we can give feedback on how it may fit into 
/Communities/.Contact Chris Roth at editor [at] ic.org <mailto:editor [at] ic.org>.

If you don’t want to write an article but want to submit photos, please 
check ic.org/submissions-to-communities-magazine or contact Yulia 
Zarubina at layout [at] ic.org <mailto:layout [at] ic.org> for our Photo Guidelines.

*I. What "Submitting an Article"**Means.*We will promise to read your 
article, but we may respectfully decline it and not publish it, or save 
it and publish it in a future issue. We also reserve the right to edit, 
shorten, or revise your article. Most of the time we contact authors 
about this ahead of time and get their comments, corrections, etc.

*II. Getting Permission Ahead of Time.*Please send the article only when 
you have permission from anyone you need it from, such as fellow 
community members. We endeavor to present a diversity of views on 
community, including controversial or critical views, in a respectful 
and cooperative manner. If your article may generate controversy or 
strong reactions, or if the group(s) would want the chance to review it, 
please share your draft with group members to get their input before 
sending it to us. (Please see our Writers' Guidelines for additional 
details.)

*III. Publication Rights.*Once your article appears in /Communities/, we 
own first North American Publishing Rights. This means your article 
appears in /Communities/the first time it appears in North America. In 
addition to appearing in /Communities/, your article may also appear on 
our website or in future compilations. You retain all other rights to 
it. If you'd like to use it elsewhere, you can, and we would appreciate 
your using an attribution line saying, "This article first appeared in 
/Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture/, (date); for further 
information on /Communities/: ic.org/communities-magazine-home."

*IV. Photos.*If we publish your article, we want to accompany it with 
compelling images that illustrate your subject. You know your subject 
best, so we are appealing to you for images. If others in your community 
or group like taking pictures, they might already have great images to 
go with your article. If you would like to submit an article but cannot 
supply photos, that's fine; however, please give us plenty of advance 
notice so that if we use your article we can get an illustrator. Please 
check ic.org/submissions to-communities-magazine or email us for our 
full Photo Guidelines. We also appreciate an author photo to accompany 
your short (several-line) author bio.

Thanks for your contributions!

Chris Roth
Editor, /Communities/
editor [at] ic.org

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/Special notice: /*Authors:* We seek your testimonials about 
/Communities/. What does the magazine mean to you? Why is it important? 
What role does it play in the movement for a more cooperative world? If 
you are willing to be quoted in outreach materials, please send your 
response (one to three sentences is fine) to editor [at] ic.org. Thank you!






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Chris Roth
Editor, /Communities/
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