2019 National Cohousing Conference: Full Schedule

The 2019 National Cohousing Conference in Portland, Oregon was a huge success. For information about future conferences visit the CohoUS website and subscribe to the newsletter. You can view and download a souvenir PDF with photos and more info about the conference.

9:00am PDT

Q & A: Living in Cohousing now that the honeymoon is over

This Q&A session to share insights from those living in established communities as to what community life is like 'after the honeymoon is over'. Some questions that might arise as far as "now that the we're all moved in, and settled down, how do we continue to get to know each other on a deeper level, and what will the future hold?"

Speakers

John Rymers

Highline Crossing Cohousing Community

John Rymers, M.A., LPC has been living at Highline Crossing Cohousing Community (www.highlinecrossing.org) since its inception in 1995. He is active in the community and is currently a member of the Buildings Team. John has witnessed the good, bad and the ugly of forming and maintaining... Read More →

Therese Kunzi-Clark

Conference Programs, Winslow Cohousing

Therese started her community life being raised in a small village in Switzerland. She left the confines of her country in 1978 . A decade later she return to her roots becoming a founding member of Winslow Cohousing on Bainbridge Island. She's a meditator, an artist with a passion... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Parlors C

General Interest, Sessions

11:00am PDT

Q & A: Recruiting Families

This Q&A session to explore what some communities (both forming and established have done to actively recruit families. You might hear questions such as "Are open house a way to get the word out? Should we hang flyers at local schools? What else can we do?!"

With Experts:
Joelle Cowan
Megan Shea
John Caye

Moderators

Karen Gimnig

CohoUS Staff, Cohousing Facilitator

Karen Gimnig supports communities in building richer relationships as the foundation for effective process and collaborative living. Connected communities need safe spaces, strong relationship skills and authentic communication. Karen guides communities to: Engage conflict productively... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2019 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
Parlors C

General Interest, Sessions

1:30pm PDT

Q & A: Share your community Meals experience

Love your community meals? Struggling to make your meal program work? Come and share your experience and learn from others what works, what challenges persist, and what benefits your community gets from gathering for eating together on a regular basis.

Read about Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing's unique meals program.

Speakers

Sheila Hoffman

Conference CoChair, Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing

Sheila has been an active participant in building the Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing community since 2010. In addition to doing community outreach and marketing she lead the initial food team assuring that everyone would get nutritious and delicious meals. She loves the walkabil... Read More →

Helen Spector

member, Trillium Hollow

Helen Spector has just completed managing a large defect remediation project at her home community of Trillium Hollow. As an organization development consultant she has worked with clients in a wide variety of industries for 40+ years, in engagements including:• Strategic... Read More →

Alan O'Hashi

Whole Brain Thinker and General Do-Gooder, Boulder Community Media (BCM)

Alan O'Hashi spreads his storytelling methods to help communities target people they want through the power of story. After getting laid off a job after 9/11, the risk-taker decided to work for himself and make movies. He melded what he learned as a nonprofit development director... Read More →

Oz Ragland

Cohouseholding Project

Oz has lived at Songaia Cohousing and a new, adjoining community since 1992. He leads the Cohouseholding Project (cohouseholding.org), a collaborative effort to define, support, and promote a more sustainable model for sharing homes. This will be the first presentation of project findings and will including cohouseholds within cohousing communities - Songaia has 4... Read More →

Trillium Hollow Cookbook[1] pdf

Meal Program 2019 Roundtable notes pdf

Saturday June 1, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Parlors C

General Interest, Sessions

3:30pm PDT

Creating a Conflict Resolution Team

Got Conflict?
With people comes conflict. We will wrestle with when you can help, what are personal vs. community issues, what to do to help, what is privacy vs. secrets, and when to call in outside professionals. Focus is on how to create a team to handle conflict, and what to do in team meetings.

Speakers

Elizabeth (Liz) Magill

Mosaic Commons Cohousing

Liz joined Mosaic Commons Cohousing in 2002 and moved in 2009. She's been on the Community Support team since early on. Her day job is as a pastor, writer, and workshop leader, helping people address the hard things in life. Facebook... Read More →

CommunitySupportHandout.2019.06.01.cohousing docx

Saturday June 1, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Parlors C

General Interest, Sessions