I’m feeling motivated to research people, organizations and communities who might be interested in joining Wilberforce Village. This community looks like a very promising mentor, and possibly someone who wants to be a pioneer and help Wilberforce get off the ground would want to move here. This link to a description of Ionia’s history is so beautiful. https://ionia.org/community-3/history-and-vision/

Here are some beautiful excerpts which resonate with me:

“The Ionian environment creates health which replaces indulgences and livability which resolves conflict. The Ionian experience of interconnection supersedes the pursuit of materialism. Ionia reduces commonplace stigma toward the very young and the very old; toward mental illness, addiction, poverty and the unemployed.”

“Ionians recognize that the world today is filled with paradox. For example, individuals and countries go to war in order to achieve peace… pro-life versus pro-choice… liberal versus conservative… personal freedom at the expense of social consciousness. Ionians explore the subtle accuracies that lie within and in-between paradox.”

“Ionia goes out of its way to make a safe, collective, macrobiotic environment in which the children, families and community grow. We incorporate children into our daily activities, working with toddlers on our laps and babies on our backs. Parents are given the support and the time they need to take care of themselves, their pregnancies and their little ones. Ionia now has three generations. Young people raised in Ionia travel widely, absorbing cultures all over the world. Some settle elsewhere for long periods of time. Most spiral around toward rediscovering the Ionian dream. New young families, including many second generation Ionians, are now forging out the way of life at Ionia, shoulder to shoulder with the founders.”

Except for the macrobiotic part, I feel so aligned with their history and vision. I will be contacting them in the near future so see how we might cooperate.

Here is a list of the handful of vegan communities in the United States, which includes Wilberforce Village. https://communityfinders.com/vegan-intentional-communities/

This also includes vegan communities all over the world.