Egalitarian communities

Egalitarian communities

Egalitarian communities are groups of people who have chosen to live together, with egalitarianism as one of their core values. A broad definition of egalitarianism is "equal access to resources and to decision-making power." For example, decision-making is done by consensus or another system in which each person has a voice; it is not done hierarchically with only one or a few people making choices that will affect the whole group. If the group shares assets (income, vehicles, etc.), they are distributed equitably throughout the group, and each member has access to more-or-less the same resources as any other member. Egalitarian communities are a type of Commune (intentional community) (some communal groups are not egalitarian in nature).

An "egalitarian decision" is a decision made by a group as opposed to a single individual. The decision may be made by committee or elected members but still is an egalitarian decision.

The [http://thefec.org Federation of Egalitarian Communities] is a network of communal groups in North America with values including egalitarianism, non-violence, income-sharing and cooperation.

This a list of intentional communities with an egalitarian theme.

*A-Welcome-To-All We Invite You
*Acorn Community
*East Wind Community
* [http://egfs.org/ The Emma Goldman Finishing School]
*Kommune Niederkaufungen
*L'Arche
* [http://www.meadowdance.org/ Meadowdance]
* [http://oranmor.freeservers.com Oran Mór]
* [http://www.sandhillfarm.org Sandhill Farm]
*Skyhouse
*Twin Oaks Community
*Drop City

See also

*Consensus decision-making

External links

* [http://thefec.org Federation of Egalitarian Communities]
* [http://www.ic.org/ Intentional Communities Website]
* [http://directory.ic.org/records/communes.php Directory of Communes] in the [http://directory.ic.org Communities Directory]
* [http://communities.ic.org/ Communities magazine]
* [http://wiki.ic.org/ Intentional Communities Wiki]


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