From e1ef945810ffbec71ac2567c6b12d258b76efe81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Harrington Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 09:52:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Fix formatting and enhance identity-based safe havens section Corrected formatting and improved clarity in the section on identity-based safe havens. --- why.tex | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/why.tex b/why.tex index cd963ae..1fcf9e0 100644 --- a/why.tex +++ b/why.tex @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Elements of service are common among intentional communities. Some are organized \subsection{Economic Security} In high cost of living areas, communities formed around economic security can be particularly effective at allowing creative and other groups to remain in place as costs rise. Communities can use tools such as income pooling, cost splitting, or cooperatively run business ventures to support economic access. \subsection{Identity-based Safe Havens} -"From war resistance to LGBTQIA+ enclaves to liberatory organizing for Black power, identity-based safe havens are another reason people do community." It facilitates marginalized communities organize and normalize their identities withing the group. They allow individuals to grow, a place to belong not be set apart. +"From war resistance to LGBTQIA+ enclaves to liberatory organizing for Black power, identity-based safe havens are another reason people do community." Identity-based Safe Havens facilitate marginalized communities to organize and normalize their identities within the group. They allow individuals to grow, a place to belong not be set apart. \subsection{Lifestyle and Comfort Enhancement} Having a safe and comfortable neighborhood, improving access to amenities for your family, and using communal mechanisms to improve one's overall quality of life at reduced cost are another set of drivers for communities to form. Many Cohousing organizations in the US fall into this category. An HOA or renter's association could also fit into this category. \subsection{Ecological Sustainability} -Communities dedicated to ecological sustainability area a relatively recent phenomenon. This type could include anywhere from modern ecovillage groups and range to all those that view humans and the land as being in partnership with one another. This theme is prominent in the Earthship movement that originated in New Mexico. \ No newline at end of file +Communities dedicated to ecological sustainability area a relatively recent phenomenon. This type could include anywhere from modern ecovillage groups and range to all those that view humans and the land as being in partnership with one another. This theme is prominent in the Earthship movement that originated in New Mexico.