Page 4 - Communities Respond to COVID-19

Cornerstone Village Cohousing, Cambridge, MA, US

Formed a Covid task force. Published guidelines and meet regularly. Let me know if you'd like a copy of
the guidelines. Posted sanitizer dispensers at entrances. Moved incoming packages to a location where
people can see addresses without touching them. Use Zoom for all meetings and closed common
meeting rooms. Ended community dinners. Canceled cleaners, but continue to pay them.
Carol Agate

FrogSong, California USA

We have discontinued common meals or any large gatherings. Occasionally some of us may hangout in
our open green space or several of us may go for social distance walks. People have stepped up to
grocery shop for each other, especially for those who are immune compromised. We are also taking
turns disinfecting our common house in highly used areas, such as the laundry room and bathrooms.

Ellen Gordon

Unnamed community, Peru

As we have a laboratory of medicinal plants, we are daily making a natural tonic to prevent the entry of
the virus and to boost our immune system. We are working on sustainability (organic garden,
permaculture,...).

Canticle Farm, CA, USA

As an urban intentional community focused on social and environmental justice, our members are often
all over the city and traveling around the country in service of movements. During the shelter-in-place
time there has been a unique magic of all being here together, gathering so much more often than we
used to, eating together, growing more food than ever, processing herbal medicine, distributing food,
medicine and supplies to our neighbors. Here on the land we've held an open-mic night, Passover
celebration, grief ceremony, men's circles, many meetings about quarantine protocol, and even the
birth of a baby! To me, it feels in many ways so much more like the "village" life we've been longing for,
that the pressures of our current systems so often pull us away from.

Morgan H Curtis

Unnamed boarding house for single, city dwellers on a budget, East Coast, USA

…we have stopped our short term sublets and guest room rentals. Our long term residents have worked
together to come up with social distancing and disinfecting guidelines used throughout the house. We
have had one resident with Covid 19. He was quarantined for 20 days. We were diligent in providing
him with food and a private bathroom. The virus did not spread through the house. WooHoo!! It is a
work in progress and has been emotionally exhausting.