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OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
4. I wonder...
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:44 AM
Oct 2015

and soon I shall find out, whether or not people are willing to build better DIVERSE care and support networks.

I've talked about my Community Good (Wishadoo) social network being structured as a member-owned co-operative for years, but that hasn't taken hold enough in spite of me trying to raise awareness of worker- and member-owned cooperatives for ages.

In lieu of that right now, I'm returning to more of a mutual aid society model of old. And will build the network by asking members to invite six people...and they invite six people...with the express intent to build a network of people who, quite simply, care. The hope is that with a stronger, broader, care-based national (and eventually global) network, we can be more aware of those currently falling through the cracks. They're the people who found their way to Wishadoo in years past anyway. I want us to be more active about reaching out to find them and let them know they aren't alone.


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