Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Racial Diversity in Cohousing

[Lisa Kuntz (lisa.kuntz]

Sharon, I have noticed the same thing in my community!

We often overlook the diversity we already have, because we are seeking an
ideal. We can create an ideal population in our heads, but we also have
rich diversity within our communities, if we broaden our vision a bit.

Lisa Kuntz

On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 9:34 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> In my last message I said, "We would do well, I think to find ways to
> discover the ways we are diverse. Not just “white, middle-class, or college
> educated.”
>
> More direct is to say diversity is something we need to discover, not
> display.
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> One group process that I learned years ago in a Unitarian Church was
> similar to what was being done in women’s consciousness-raising groups
> where group member share their own experiences on specific topics. These
> were biography groups. Each week a small group would meet and describe
> their lives at certain ages.
>
> Depending on the spread of ages in the group, the span might be 3-5 years
> or longer depending on how many weeks the group intended to meet.
> Interestingly, the younger members had much more to say about their lives
> in the first decades than the older members. But the older members had more
> decades to talk about.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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