Cohousing-L Mailing List: free download of digital supplement with cohousing article, plus Communities theme announcement

[Chris Roth - Communities Editor (editor]

Hi all,

Two items:

A special digital supplement to the Spring 2021 issue of Communities 
magazine, including "College-Based Senior Cohousing: An Idea Whose Time 
Has Come" by Charles Durrett and Bernice Gonzalez, is available for free 
download here: https://www.gen-us.net/190.1

We've also announced our Fall 2021 magazine theme, "Consent," and would 
welcome submissions from cohousers. Full submission details are here: 
https://www.gen-us.net/submissions-to-communities-magazine

And here's an abbreviated version:

Communities magazine is now seeking articles for issue #192, "Consent." 
The issue will be out in September 2021.

Please send your article ideas to editor [at] gen-us.net by March 29, 2021, 
or whenever you can.

We ask that your final article reach us by Friday, May 28, 2021.

1. Theme articles: Consent

Please share your experiences, stories, and perspectives in response to 
any (or any combination) of the following questions:
    • How do you and/or your group think of "consent"? What does this 
term mean to you?
    • What guidelines and practices does your community have in place 
related to consent?
    • Have you experienced or witnessed violations of consent in 
community? Have these been minor, serious, or both? How were/are these 
handled in your group?
    • Have you used restorative/transformative justice processes to 
navigate consent violations?
    • How does your group deal with trauma that may result from past or 
new consent violations? What are your understandings around it?
    • How does consent play a role in your decision-making processes? 
Is it a word you use in that context?
    • If you've dealt with consent violations, has the word "consent" 
itself become triggering?
    • How does consent work in your personal/romantic relationships?
    • Do you have a process of educating yourselves, one another, and 
new members about consent? If so, what is that process and how has it 
evolved?
    • How have boundary violations affected your community when 
preserving relationships (even after a violation) is a key part of your 
culture?
    • What other issues are associated with "consent" issues in your 
group? How does your group relate to power, boundaries, sovereignty, 
self-expression, sexuality, decision-making, generational, cultural, 
racial, and other differences?
    • Do you believe your experiences with consent have wider cultural 
implications?

Thanks--hope to hear from some of you!

Chris Roth
Editor, Communities