Emma Goldman's Finishing School

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phone: 206/324-6822

email: egfs@riseup.net

web: egfs.org

Founded in 1996, the Emma Goldman Finishing School is an intentional community in the North Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Formerly known as the Beacon Hill House, we changed our name in November 2003.

Our community is based on the principles of societal change, egalitarianism, non-violence, ecology, simplicity, community living. Our home is a fun and supportive place to live, and it is also an institution working to build economic, political, and cultural alternatives. We see ourselves as part of a growing infrastructure designed to oppose and replace the dominant system. As an egalitarian community, we value our labor equally.

Some of us work more hours at jobs which bring in money, others work more around the house and on community projects. Regardless, we all contribute equal time. Every member is able to have all their basic needs met by the community, including food, shelter, transportation, health care, and retirement.

Currently, the community consists of ten residents, five women and five men, ranging in age from their early twenties to forties. We are writers, cellists, activists, dancers, anarchists, nurses, geeks, unionists, kayakers ,artists, walkers, and revolutionaries. Although we work to maintain gender balance and to preserve our community's values and politics, membership is open to all ages, ethnicities, abilities, orientations, and class.
Emma Goldman Finishing School