Cohousing-L Mailing List: West Coast Communities Conference

[Sky Blue (peacewithinchaos]

The newly formed Groundswell Institute <http://groundswell.institute/> in
Mendocino County, CA is hosting a West Coast Communities Conference
<http://westcoastcommunities.org/>, Oct 9 - 11. The event will be stylized
after the Twin Oaks Communities Conference
<http://communitiesconference.org> and will appeal to the same range of
community seekers to community veterans.

They are currently seeking workshop proposals. They're also seeking
volunteers to help with logistics and to get the word out. More info below.

thx.
Sky


*Call for Presenters*

*Living as Community: West Coast Communities Conference*

*October 9 – 12, 2015*

*Groundswell Community & Institute*

*Yorkville, CA  (2 hours north of bay area)*



Groundswell, an emerging ecovillage and retreat center, is proud to
announce a new West Coast Communities Conference. Organized with
sponsorship from the Fellowship for Intentional Communities (FIC) and the
Federation of Egalitarian Communes (FEC), the main goal of this conference
is to provide opportunities for networking and skill building for people
involved with the communities movement.  Those who already have experience
with community will be able to share and increase their skills. while those
who may be new to the movement will learn a wide range of models and
practices that others have used in starting and sustaining successful
communities.



We are hoping to have a wide range of community movers and shakers to
present workshops, dialogues, and demonstrations.  Anyone with interest or
experience in worker cooperatives, rural communes, artist collectives, or
any other kind of communal enterprise is invited to participate. We
encourage people to be creative in the matter and manner of these
presentations and ask only that they hold some relation to intentional
community.



In addition, the organizing team is still looking for help with logistics
both before and during the conference. If you are interested in being
involved in that way, please don’t hesitate to be in touch.



*To propose a presentation, get involved in other ways, or for more
information, please contact:*

*Kyle DeVries*

*Project Coordinator*

*kyle@groundswell.institute*

*415-846-3905 <415-846-3905>*



*Special Communities Salon: *On Saturday of the conference, representatives
of different communities will have the opportunity to introduce themselves
through short presentations to the attendees.  In addition, communities are
invited to bring tabletop displays to help show off their home. This is a
great opportunity for communities to meet potential new members and vice
versa. Please contact assistant organizer Faire at
faire@groundswell.institute.



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*Sky's cell phone: 434 806 9486
*Twin Oaks Communities Conference: http://www.communitiesconference.org/
*Ecovillage Charlottesville: http://ecovillagecharlottesville.org/
*Fellowship for Intentional Community: http://www.ic.org/
*Federation of Egalitarian Communities: http://thefec.org/