Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen)

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Apr 12, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

> While many areas of the country may not have the density of nonwhites that 
> Washington DC has truly you can't be telling me that there are so few 
> minorities in your community that reaching out to them would prove 
> statistically pointless?  

But to blame all of cohousing for the shortsightedness of a few, is not fair 
either. How many Quaker Churches have minority members? Or  Unitarian?

I worked tirelessly to attract minority parents to a cooperative school years 
ago. I'll never do it again. You can be open, be sure you post flyers 
everywhere, pay special attention to speaking in minority neighborhoods and 
churches, etc. but in the end, people like to  live in groups with a defined 
range of difference. There is tons of research on this. AND the most effective 
means of recruiting people to cohousing is acquaintances to acquaintances.

On accessibility issues, I think the tide has swung as more and more people see 
that everyone is disabled at some point and universal design is a winner all 
around.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Sociocracy: A Deeper Democracy
http://www.sociocracy.info