Description
Opening a community to new members might sound like an easy and obvious task, but there’s a range of pitfalls which can make this process not only challenging but also jeopardizes the community’s well-being.
Community and Cooperative Culture teacher and author Yana Ludwig will guide you through a solid understanding of the reasoning behind a fair and transparent membership process. In this class you’ll learn about:
- Social Skills to screen for (and how)
- An exploration of Justice, Privilege and Interpersonal Power – how to check your biases
- Building just culture and belonging through good membership practices
- types of diversity and how to relate to them in membership process
- who does your group privilege?
- How membership ends
- Putting it all together
- The power of the waitlist
- The Chicken & Egg Issue with Founders
This class is suitable for people looking to start/build a community and people already living in community. Need financial support? If cost is a barrier to register, please email us at events@ic.org for a 50% off coupon code, including the name of the event you’d like to attend. We’re committed to ensuring everyone has access to intentional community learning opportunities.
