... the one with the sign at the coop. He has alot of great energy and his vision of community gels with mine: political and social activism, spirituality, green living, art, a diversity of ages, races, sexual orientations, family structures, etc. His group isn’t planning on building a place to live together—instead they are talking about buying up the houses in a specific neighborhood in Minneapolis and then working together to build additional communal structures. It was interesting, though, that no matter how similar we are, I was really struck by our differences. Our conversation on spirituality is an example.

He was talking about going door-to-door and inviting people to join his Quaker church. I want to find a way to include everyone in community without asking them to change who they are. To say, “what’s most important is that we come together, as a community. Not that we all share the same beliefs. In fact, our community is richer because of your individuality.”
The same goes for art and political activism and all the other visions the community has. Not just one person’s visions, but the visions of the entire community.