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A Taste of Freedom at Home
by Adam & Kibby MacKinnon
“I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things.”
Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
WRITER AND ACTIVISTLet's say you're a typical wage-slave: you work a 40-hour week—at least 160 hours a month—on top of which you've got a nasty, desensitizing commute. What little time you have left you spend feeding yourself, and then collapse in front of a DVD.
">Emma Goldman's Finishing School in YES Mag - Sandhill Farm Article In Sauce Magazine
- Bust magazine article - Ecovillage People
- A Bird's Eye View of a Visitor Period
- Twin Oaks' Planner/Manager System
- Sustainability at Twin Oaks: The Wave of the Present
- Where i live
- [email protected]>
Twin Oaks is an intentional community of 100 people, with values of cooperation, non-violence and feminism. Each summer we host our annual Women’s Gathering, and we also invite people to spend time here throughout the year, or to consider living here full-time. We support ourselves by working in one of several community-owned businesses (hammock-making, tofu-making, book-indexing). Here is the experience of one lesbian member of Twin Oaks.
You might ask how a sane 50 -year-old dyke came to travel 600 miles south in a 15-foot rental truck from Lesbianville, USA (Northampton, MA) to live in a rural commune of 100 people in central Virginia with a lesbian population of two! No, I am not crazy … Let me tell you the story.
Northampton is a great place to live. There's a thriving lesbian community and the local colleges and businesses provide a solid infrastructure. I felt at home in the community and had a busy network of friends, acquaintances and socializing as well as meaningful work. However, through the years I continued to feel a calling to explore what I believe to be a saner way of life. I was searching for a way to integrate my work life with the rest of my life “ emotionally, physically, spiritually and intellectually with folks who by-and-large share similar values to those I carry close to my heart. Those values include non-violent communication, cooperation, income sharing, diversity, feminism and egalitarianism. I wanted to be able to practice my own spiritual tradition without being part of a “religious†community.
">The experience of a lesbian member - My first day as a member of Twin Oaks
- form it may appear, is necessary for human development, be that
economic, spiritual, emotional, or political.But here at Twin Oaks, there is an even greater ability to
">Activism at Twin Oaks - An Urban Community Perspective
- The Art of Resistance
- Adventures In Egalitarian Living
- Seattle Weekly Article
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FEC Communities
Acorn Community
Founded: 1993
Location: rural Virginia
Population: 16 adults, 3 children
A community of work and play, and distributing rare heirloom seed varieties.
East Wind
Founded: 1973
Location: rural Missouri
Population: 65 adults, 11 children
Doing things ourselves, individual freedom, stewarding our beautiful land.
Emma Goldman Finishing School
Founded: 1996
Location: urban Seattle
Population: 10 adults
A social justice commune in the heart of Seattle.
Sandhill Farm
Founded: 1974
Location: rural Missouri
Pop: 6 adults, 1 child
Organic homestead & child-friendly family of friends with current openings for new members.
Skyhouse
Founded: 1997
Location: rural Missouri
Population: 4 adults, 1 child
An income-sharing group within a larger ecovillage, dedicated to sustainability.
Twin Oaks
Founded: 1967
Location: rural Virginia
Population: 90 adults, 13 children
A long-term, stable community based on rich culture and diverse economy.
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The Communities Conference is a networking and learning opportunity for anyone
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Friday August 14 through
Sunday August 16, 2009
$85 (sliding scale) includes
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138 Twin Oaks Road, Louisa, VA 23093
540-894-5126
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