Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Scheduling community mediation in cohousing “neighborly awareness” from becoming surveillance (with CPS calls)

[Kathryn Lowry (kathryn.lowry]

Thanks Diana,

How long did it take to schedule the restorative justice circle?

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> Indeed, once we choose to address an issue as a community issue, rather
> than just an individual conflict, I would expect the entire community to be
> involved in the solution. In fact, we had such a situation like that
> recently. Not that it involved children, but it was conflict between enough
> parties that it became a community issue. We treated it as such and had a
> restorative justice circle to which all members of the community were
> invited, whether directly connected to the conflict or not. Sure enough,
> when people were able to speak, lots of community members and issues turned
> out to be affected, at least peripherally. We didn't "solve" the conflict
> but I believe the process resulted in forward progress towards a healthier
> community. I hope your community will be able to make forward progress
> through this as well.
>