Star Community of Seattle

Wow, we struggle to describe ourselves. We are currently 16 adults who share two large group houses in South Seattle. We are a family of unrelated adults, and we are long-term – not a student or high turnover group. But we are also a broader community of far-flung individuals who have relationships with and resonance with the ideas of this residential group. We have separate jobs, and yet we spend ridiculous amounts of time together. We do cultural research and deep personal growth work. We are striving for ways to have a more positive impact on the planet, and to live more sustainably in our urban environment. We are a sex-positive and largely polyamorous community. We welcome queer folk, and have an increasing number among us, and yet we also study and seek a path for healing of the conflicts between (cis/het) men and women. We believe in trust and peace, and yet that trust and peace cannot arise without creative navigation of conflict. Conflict is a necessary part of growth and evolution, and we try to work with it rather than suppress it. We believe in transparency as a central value. We practice a form of community transparency modeled on ZEGG Forum, a practice developed in the communities of ZEGG and Tamera. We also practice a form of personal and community growth work based on Possibility Management, the work of Clinton Calahan. We did not come together around one central mission or vision, and we have spent 10 years trying to define exactly what we are about. I don’t know that we ever will…we are about a lot of things. We are hard to categorize. We don’t look like many other communities. But I hope this gives some sort of picture.