General Updates

2021 NICA Spring Gathering

The Northwest Intentional Communities Association [NICA] will hold our semi-annual gathering on Saturday, May 8, from 10 am to 2 pm. Community members will gather and share our experiences with the challenges and advantages that the COVID-19 crisis has brought us. Then we will consider “Affordability and Other Benefits of Co-buying and Co-householding” with Syd …

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Community in a Pandemic

By the NICA Board, February 2021 How has community or lack of community affected your ability to weather these times? We’d love to hear from you. At our last NICA Board meeting, board members took turns describing how being in community hashelped us cope with the many difficulties imposed by pandemic conditions. Here is a …

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NICA has Openings!

Have you dreamed of helping to connect communities to each other? Have you felt called to bring your professional skills to a team with a longstanding history of collaboration and community improvement? Want to make an impact not only in the Northwest region of USA’s intentional communities network but also for any global citizens who …

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Fall 2020 NICA Gathering

Date: October 3, 2020, 10 AM to 2 PM
Theme: Inclusive Communities Thrive Together

Featuring Crystal Bird Farmer as Keynote Presenter

Objectives: Community Networking, online companionship. Promoting Communities as a Public Good.

Coronavirus Online Resources for Northwest Intentional Communities (assembled especially for co-living situations)

Compiled for NW Intentional Communities Association by Jonathan Betz-Zall, 3/25/2020 FIC’s “COVID-19 Resources”  This is the main list compiled by the Foundation for Intentional Community.  NASCO’s “COVID-19 Update and Resources” (North American Students of Cooperation’s list. Guidelines developed for large [mostly student] housing cooperatives. “Housing cooperatives and our members are in a unique position during …

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