Cohousing-L Mailing List: Save the date: Class on three kinds of community conflict and what you can do starts Thursday evening, April 17

[Diana Leafe Christian Webinars (dianaleafechristianwebinars]

Hello,

My next class on three kinds of community conflict is seven Thursday
evenings starting April 17. Times are 4-6:30m US Pacific Time and 7-9:30 US
Eastern Time. We cover what I call "structural conflict" —which seems to be
especially prominent in cohousing communities. This occurs when cohousers
don’t understand the amount of time and energy it takes to maintain a
healthy, successful community, including the need to develop, approve, and
implement policies for various community activities and functions; for
example about meetings, agendas, facilitation, minutes, committees,
committee members, and committee visitors.  This can create confusion,
which usually also triggers interpersonal conflict too. Most community
consultants don’t understand this, and so treat the conflict as if it was
simple interpersonal conflict, without also addressing the possible missing
structures.

The class explores structural conflict and what cohousers can do about it,
as well as simple interpersonal conflict, and  what I called "especially
challenging behaviors" in my article series in Communities magazine about
this, and how individuals, groups of friends, and the whole community can
address and contain these behaviors successfully.  The cost is US $195 to
$295 sliding scale, with a discount for groups of five or more from the
same community who register at the same time.

Here's the link for more information and to register:
https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/working-effectively-with-community-conflict/

It's my great hope that we all, cohousers, ecovillagers, and everyone learn
proven, field-tested methods from successful communities about how to
effectively address these three kinds of conflict.

All good wishes,
Diana Leafe Christian