The Perennial Possum Collective is a forming majority queer and trans (as well as overwhelmingly neurodivergent) leftist intentional community / commune in Michigan that is working to co-create a collectivist, mutually-defensive, and sustainable community. We seek to explore and practice this way of life through restorative/transformative justice, permaculture and sustainable agriculture, partial income-sharing; providing a safe place for leftists to learn, work, organize, & train; and the common holding of expenses, land, and resources. Besides engaging in community, we want to act for global systemic change. We seek to accomplish this by stewarding a larger culture of anti-authoritarian & anti-capitalist collectivism around us to empower this possibility. We acknowledge we can’t be free until everyone is free.
We are currently planning to purchase 30-80 acres of land with adequate housing, and hope to actually make the purchase next year in the Southern half of Michigan’s lower peninsula. We will likely form a nonprofit/not-for-profit for communal ownership of the property.
We have approved a set of bylaws by consensus & are working on the rest of our agreements, processes, policies, etc.
We will be collectively covering the costs of our property (including improvements/infrastructure) as well as much of our food, very possibly health insurance, and perhaps more.
We will be establishing a permaculture farm to provide much of our food over the first few years after obtaining property.
We will be building workshop space and a shooting range open to the leftists of our greater community.
We haven’t bought our property yet, but if you’re interested in applying to join the project, want to join our Discord to get to know our members, or just have questions, please fill out the form linked below.
https://forms.gle/2SNVz61xQ9Ej6hGc9
We are a group of leftists seeking to build a strong collectivist community in this dystopian capitalist hellscape of a country.
We are currently limiting who can join as we finish figuring things out.
Please fill out the form linked below if you would like to inquire about membership or be put on a waiting list to be contacted.
https://forms.gle/2SNVz61xQ9Ej6hGc9
Also feel free to email us at pe***********************@***il.com with any questions you have, but the form is generally required for those who wish to become involved or want to request access to our comms.
We haven’t bought our property yet, but if you’re interested in applying to join the project, want to join our Discord to get to know our members, or just have questions, please fill out the form linked below.
https://forms.gle/2SNVz61xQ9Ej6hGc9
Also feel free to email us at pe***********************@***il.com with any questions you have, but the form is generally required for those who wish to become involved or want to request access to our comms.
The whole membership decides collectively.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
The purpose of modified consensus is to ensure that adequate time is given to find actions, options, or solutions agreeable to all members, but provide a fallback if this proves impossible.
All major decisions (excluding special actions) require 100% consensus if made in under 7 days, 80% consensus if made in over 7 seven days but less than 14 days, and 66% consensus if made in over 14 days.
Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
We will be more or less expecting a certain amount of labor (within reason and making accommodations for disabilities) for members, particularly residents, although we have decided to not make this a written agreement within specific requirements unless it becomes necessary.
Currently income sharing for residents will be an equal % of each resident’s income after the first $1200 earned each month.
For example, if all residents combined make $10,000/month (after subtracting the except $1200 from each person’s income) and monthly expenses/savings/etc total $7500, each resident would pay 75% of their income after $1200. If you earn $1,600 a month, this means you would have $400 of nonexempt income and would pay $300/month.
Non-resident members will not be required to income share, but will expense-share relative to their involvement in the community and use of its resources.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Internet
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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