Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Are you hosting a tour group from Brazil?

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

We (Mosaic) definitely talked to a real person and arranged to be part
of their tour.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 10:48 AM Leela Devi <leeladevidancing [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:
>
> We (CohoEcovillage in Corvallis) received an ad or invitation to join a
> Brazilian tour of cohousing communities in New England. Copy of part of the
> itinerary below. Photos from several cohousing websites of individuals, and
> write-ups that were probably taken from websites are included, I'm leaving
> photos off to make the file smaller. It just piqued a little suspicion
> here. I can read a little Portuguese, and the website seems legit, the tour
> looks a little fishy.
> Leela
> part of itinerary:
> AUTUMN JOURNEY TO COHOUSINGS IN NEW ENGLAND
> Visiting and Living with Cohousings in Massachusetts and Vermont
>
> 9/24 to 10/4/2023 – 11 days / 8 nights
>
> A journey through New England in the middle of autumn, with its landscapes
> of fallen
> leaves, where we will visit several cohousing communities, some urban, some
> suburban and some rural, in the states of New England (northeastern USA).
> We will
> experience activities with the cohousers, participate in conversations with
> different
> profiles of people, have dinner and lunch with various groups, in their
> moments of
> fellowship.
> Our itinerary begins in Boston, where, after checking in at the hotel and
> having lunch,
> we will take a tour of the beautiful and first Botanical Garden in the USA,
> created in
> 1837.
> In the late afternoon we will visit the first cohousing, Jamaica Cohousing.
> The next day we left for Amherst, where Cherry Hill Cohousing is located,
> our base for
> the next few days. Cherry Hill is one of the great references for us, and
> where the
> teachers of our 1st International Cohousing Course, such as Laura Fitch and
> Jerry Koch-
> Gonzalez, originated.
> At Cherry Hill we will be hosted by several people we already know.
> Gina Simm specializes in NVC, Non-Violent Communication, the subject of her
> book
> Grom Heart to Heart.
> Mary Krausz is an architect, and has designed several of the cohousings
> we&#39;ll visit.
> Lyons Witten is Laura Fitch&#39;s husband, and together with her he had
> been waiting for a
> history of great activism in their cohousing, since 23 years ago.
> Jerry Koch-Gonzalez is a specialist in sociocracy, having co-authored a
> reference book
> in the area, and was a professor/facilitator of the 1st International
> Cohousing Course.
> He speaks Spanish.
> John Porcino is a storyteller and singer. His profession began to emerge
> while
> participating in touching moments around a campfire – when life is seen
> through a
> sparkling light, surrounded by the magnificent beauty of the natural world.
> Henry the Juggler is an acrobat, tightrope walker and circus artist.
>
> We will have the opportunity to dine with the co-housers at their bi-weekly
> fellowship
> dinner.
> And we will offer, prepared by us, hands-on, a Brazilian dinner to the
> community.
> Building bonds, and looking forward to hosting some of the Cherry Hill
> members later
> in our cohousings in Brazil.
> Each of us will have the opportunity to approach the members who will best
> meet
> their expectations as individuals.
>
> We will spend our days participating in cohousing day-to-day activities,
> with its various
> groups, according to what was in the cohousings.
> After these days spent in Cherry Hill, we will travel to the state of
> Vermont. On the way
> we will have the opportunity to visit two cohousings, Rocky Hill Cohousing
> and
> Pathway Cohousing.
> Our destination for the end of that day is tiny Bristol, where Bristol
> Village Cohousing is
> located. There our host will be Jim Mendell, one of the founders of Bristol
> Village
> Cohousing and director of Cohousing US.
> Jim has been dedicated to training the concept of sociocracy with his group
> at Bristol
> Cohousing.
> We will live with the Bristol Village Cohousing community for two days,
> also having the
> opportunity to walk around this delightful little town in the middle of the
> mountains
> and enjoy and discover Bristol Falls.
> From Bristol Village we will head to Mosaic Commons Cohousing in Berlin,
> MA, where
> we will be hosted by Stephanie Doss-Robertson. She is one of the founders of
> cohousing, having lived there since it opened in 2010. She is a social
> worker, and acts
> as vice-president of an association that supports people with mental
> disorders.
> In addition to Stephanie, several other people from cohousing will be
> welcoming us,
> ready to share their visions and experiences with us.
> Mosaic Commons has a sister community, Camelot Cohousing. Both are located
> opposite each other. We will have experiences in these two cohousings, with
> which we
> will be living for two days.
> From Mosaic Commons we return to Boston, where we will have our last visit,
> to
> Cornestone Cohousing.
> And what better way to end our beautiful and inspiring journey than taking
> a stroll
> around the Harvard University campus in the afternoon.
> At the end of the day, we will head to Boston airport to board our flight
> back to São
> Paulo.
> * * *
>
> AUTUMN COHOUSINGS TO NEW ENGLAND JOURNEY ITINERARY
>
> SUN – 9/24 – SÃO PAULO / BOSTON
> MON – 9/25 – BOSTON – JAMAICA PLAINS COHOUSING
> TUESDAY – 9/26 – BOSTON / AMHERST – CHERRY HILL COHOUSING (formerly PIONEER
> VALLEY COHOUSING)
> WED - 9/27 - CHERRY HILL COHOUSING
> THU – 9/28 – CHERRY HILL COHOUSING
> FRI – 9/29 – CHERRY HILL – PATHWAY COHOUSING – ROCKY COHOUSING – BRISTOL
> COHOUSING (BRISTOL)
>
> SAT – 9/30 – BRISTOL COHOUSING
> SUN – 1/10 – BRISTOL – MOSAIC COMMONS COHOUSING (BERLIN)
> MON - 2/10 - MOSAIC COMMONS COHOUSING
> TUESDAY – 10/3 – MOSAIC COMMONS – BOSTON – CORNERSTONE COHOUSING / SÃO
> PAULO
> WED – 4/10 – ARRIVAL IN SÃO PAULO
>
> *Those who pre-register for the trip will have the opportunity to stay with
> cohousers
> in selected communities. What will add even more value to the experience.
> And when we&#39;re not staying at cohousers&#39; homes, we&#39;ll be
> staying at nearby hotels.
> *For whom this trip is indicated:
> - for people who think about living in a cohousing and want to see how life
> is in them
> - for people thinking about creating their own cohousing
> - for professionals such as architects, lawyers, sociologists, therapists,
> etc, etc
> - for people who love interaction and meeting interesting people
> *As a trip absolutely focused on experiences with people, who will welcome
> us with
> open arms, according to their availability, we are subject to changes in
> the schedule,
> with additions and deletions.
>
> Autumn leaves in New England
>
> --
>
> I get up.  I walk.  I fall down.  Meanwhile, I keep dancing.    ~  Hillel
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