Author: Sociocracy For All
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Power and Transparency in Intentional Community (John Schinnerer)
Transparency is a foundational value of the Sociocratic Circle-organization Method (SCM). Power is an unavoidable element of human relatings. Intentional community is consistently a crucible for issues of transparency and power. We will explore concepts and aspects of power in human interactions and how they relate with our experiences in community and elsewhere. We will…
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The “Four Necessary Conditions” to Use Sociocracy Effectively in Intentional Communities (Diana Leafe Christian)
Presenter Bio Diana Leafe Christian teaches sociocracy to intentional communities and member-led groups. Author of Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities, she speaks at conferences, offers consultations, and leads workshops and online courses. She has taught Sociocracy internationally since 2012, in the US and Canada, the UK, France,…
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Collaboration Shapes Education and Young Leaders
by Lisa Praeg Strengthen youth leadership – Open election of class representatives as initiative Do you remember the last time you participated in a democratic election? What did you feel when you put down your vote? Have you been elected, or was someone elected for whom you didn’t vote? A reflection with a class of…
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5 Strategies for Combining Equity with Sociocracy
The key promise of sociocracy is that all voices matter. In reality our current sociocracy practices are not enough to overcome the way society systemically oppresses the voices of people from poor, non-white, transgender, disabled, et cetera, backgrounds. In this article I define equity, make an argument for why combining equity and sociocracy is so…
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Hager Homestead Case Study
Hager Homestead is a community in Littleton, Massachusetts (United States) working to form the first 55+ cohousing community in New England.
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Educating the Village – embedding sociocracy in a cohousing community
Treehouse Village Ecohousing Webinar shares the successes and challenges their community has faced.
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Sociocracia, Diversidade e Inclusão (Sanket)
Venha participar de uma conversa para desmistificar os conceitos de diversidade e inclusão, entender sua relevância no mercado de trabalho atual e no que gostamos de chamar futuro do trabalho e como os padrões e práticas sociocráticos podem ajudar uma entrega ainda mais completa para o seu coletivo ou organização. Formou-se em Administração de empresas…
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Sociocracy and Anarchism (Eric Tolson)
I first approached sociocracy because it seemed to me like one way to put anarchist self-governance principles in a concrete and actionable manner, without getting too tangled in the muddy waters of discourse and ideology. In this presentation, I hope to expose the ways in which I think sociocracy already offers a way of anarchist…
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Connecting from the start: founding a community on sociocracy (Stefani Danes & Brenda Freeman)
Stefani is a member of Rachel Carson EcoVillage, a cohousing community forming on Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus in Pittsburgh. As an architect, she designs urban affordable housing, cohousing, senior cohousing, and community facilities. She teaches courses on housing, intentional communities, and sustainable neighborhood revitalization in the School of Architecture at CMU. She is a…
