== Mission Statement == The mission of our co-op is to provide a safe and nurturing home that promotes mutual respect and compassion, balanced, equitable and sustainable practices, and creative and fun community activity.

We strive to implement these values within ourselves, our home, and our broader community. We will work towards this through community potlucks and other social gatherings, arts and crafts, sharing music, facilitated consensus-based house meetings, gardening, shared cooking, learning to be self-sufficient, open and honest communication, and creating social change.

Description

We are a small co-op in South Berkeley of 8 people who are involved in social justice, environmental, musical and other pursuits. The house originally started with some public health and medical students, but over time has grown to include folks working in music making, free speech radio, sexual health, teaching/education, nonprofit publishing, gardening, and other related areas. We are currently 3 grad students and 5 professionals, with 2 couples sharing one room each. We are all in our mid-twenties to early thirties. All of us are passionate, considerate, warm, and even occasionally funny!

We invite our friends, strangers, as well as strange friends to join us for bi-weekly potlucks, evening discussions around health and social justice related themes, film nights, as well as occasional music and dancing. We have created a space encourages diversity and environmental sustainability. With the new roommate's help, we hope to continue to advocate for yummy things in our home and in the world. We invite you to share your perspective on what intentional community can mean, and how to realize this vision.

Ours is a 100 year old house that has it quirks; in other words, a loved and appreciated home with 'character'.

Amenities:

-large backyard -large, organic gardens surrounding the house -bike/laundry room -plenty of storage space -3 bathrooms/ 6 bedrooms -communal, multipurpose room (aside from living/dining room) -comfy, inviting front porch -driveway & plenty of free street parking -friendly neighbors -quiet street (we live right beside a speed bump, and our block is flanked by 2 bike boulevards)

Potlucks

We are committed to creating community and dialogue around health, environmental, and social issues. Over the past two years, we’ve hosted biweekly potlucks and other events to facilitate this process. During summer 2009, we’re not organizing potlucks due to travel and house turnover (see opportunity below). When we resume our potlucks in fall 2009, we hope you will join us and come learn and celebrate with us.

Potluck Details: House potlucks have historically been on the first and third (and fifth) Sundays of each month, roughly around 7-9:30pm. In Fall 2009, this schedule may change so please stay tuned! If you do come to a potluck, we ask you bring something to share (e.g. food, drink or dessert), feel free to bring friend(s) and/or notices of upcoming events, but most importantly bring yourself! Please check back on this website in September for updated schedules!

We live at 1614 Tyler Street, in South Berkeley. Tyler is one block south of Ashby Ave, between King and California Streets. We’re three blocks west of the Ashby BART and very close to Malcolm X school. There is bike parking at the back of the house and usually plenty of car parking on our block.

House Mate Search

7 members of the Health and Social Justice Co-op (located 3 blocks from Ashby Bart) are seeking a roommate to 'co-op-erate' and inhabit one of the rooms. The room will become available as of June 1.

We are looking for a kind soul who finds their life's work involved with making the world a better place (this can include profession, volunteer work, hobbies etc.). Rent will be somewhere in the ballpark of $600-650, depending upon certain details. Common food (all meals included) and utilities are around $150-$225 per month in addition to rent.

If you are interested, please read the description below and then respond -please elaborate- to hsj.house@gmail.com with answers to this compatibility quiz: (FYI, only people who respond with answers will be considered. We're sticklers, we know.)

1) Why are you interested in living with us? 2) What does "intentional community" mean to you? 3) What are you up to in life right now? 4) What do you like to do for fun? 5) When are you able to move in? 6) Anything else we should know about you? 7) What are your contact details?

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Sunday, April 12, 7pm - Potluck: Berkeley Community Media

Come learn about various Berkeley-centered media outlets (TV/Radio/Paper) and join in the discussion about the need for local media in the current corporate media landscape, and where media is headed in this uncertain economic climate.

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PAST HSJ HOUSE POTLUCKS

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House started August/September 2006

Friday, October 20, 2006 * Party & Potluck: 4th Semi-Annual Africa Potluck

Sunday, October 22, 2006 * Potluck: Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture

Friday, October 27, 2006 * Party: Haunted House & Halloween Party

Sunday, October 29, 2006 * Potluck: 2006 County & State elections

Sunday, November 11, 2006 * Potluck: Raw Foods Nutrition

Sunday, November 28, 2006 * Potluck: Green Building

Sunday, December 10, 2006 * Human Rights Day

Sunday, February 4, 2007 * Potluck: Measuring your Ecological Footprint

Friday, March 2, 2007 * Party: Salon – Talent Show

Sunday, March 4, 2007 * Potluck: Worker Owned Cooperatives

Sunday, March 18, 2007 * Potluck: History of S. Berkeley/Lorin District

Sunday, April 1, 2007 * Potluck: Home Brewed Drinks

Friday, April 6, 2007 * Party: 5th Semi-Annual Africa Potluck & Party

Sunday, April 15, 2007 * Potluck: Improv Comedy and Racism

Sunday, April 29, 2007 * Potluck: The Art of Pedagogy

Saturday, May 12, 2007 * Party: Graduation Party for Loren, Rohan & Steve

Sunday, May 20, 2007 * Potluck: Tibet & the Norbulingka Institute

Sunday, July 1, 2007 * Potluck: The Community Experience

Sunday, July 15, 2007 * Potluck: Development and the Amazon

Sunday, August 5, 2007 * Potluck: Forum on Biofuels

Sunday, August 19, 2007 * Potluck: Active Listening and Co-Counseling

Sunday, September 2, 2007 * Potluck: La Guitarra y La Salud

Sunday, September 15, 2007 * Potluck: Chiapas/Zapatistas

Sunday, September 30, 2007 * Potluck: Photos and Stories from Northern Uganda

Sunday, October 7, 2007 * Potluck: Sudan and Chad-Life on the Frontier of War: Dr. Ashis Brahma

Sunday, October 21, 2007 * Potluck: The US Farm Bill & Gourmet Cooking

Saturday, October 27, 2007 * 2nd Annual Halloween Party--See pictures! http://picasaweb.google.com/rohanrad/Halloween2007

Sunday, October 28. 2007 * Potluck: No Elections, Election Potluck

Sunday, November 18, 2007 * Film Screening: Jesus Camp

Sunday, December 8, 2007 * Film Screening: Salud!, Mojitos, and Salsa Dance Party

Sunday, February 3, 2008 * Potluck: CA Propositions and Presidential Primaries

Sunday, February 17, 2008 * Potluck: Screening of King Corn and Discussion of US Food Production/Consumption

Sunday, March 2, 2008 * Potluck: Intentional Communities and Communal Living

Friday, March 7, 2008 * Party: Music Sharing

Sunday, March 16, 2008 * Film Screening: Coconut Revolution

Sunday, March 30, 2008 * Film Screening: Mickey Mouse Monopoly

Sunday, April 6, 2008 * Potluck: 6th Semi-Annual Africa Potluck & Talk on Brain Drain

Friday, April 11, 2008 * Party: Soul Dance Party

Sunday, April 20, 2008 * Potluck: Health and Social Justice Passover Seder

Sunday, May 4, 2008 * Film Screening: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?