Elizabeth M. Magill
Do you find issues arising along race, class, gender, religion, disability, education level, sexual orientation, or family structure lines? Has your community created its own “in” and “out” groups? Some of the challenge of living with diversity involves dealing more directly with how much we have in common with how different we are. In this workshop we will introduce tools that every cohouser should have for living with diversity and discuss how to use them in everyday situations. We will learn to name, appreciate, and celebrate our differences, how to evaluate both the intent and impact of our actions, how to empower others, and how to be an effective ally.
Elizabeth Magill (Liz) has been trying to live in cohousing since 2002. We move into Mosaic Commons this fall! A white, middle class, formally educated, queer, Christian, without any visible disabilities, and with English as her first language, Liz has worked as an anti-racism/diversity trainer for six years. Kids in Mosaic call her “crafty-Liz” which is about paper, glue, glitter, yarn, and beads, rather than a comment on her facilitation style. She’ll live in Mosaic with her partner Ken.