2 Aug 2021
Re-Imagine Community, with Ivy Summer and Pare Gerou
Do you like the idea of built-in community and connection combined with plenty of privacy? Do you wish your children had freedom to play outside and with neighborhood friends at any time? Do you want to retire in a country with low cost of living, gorgeous weather and deliciously fresh, healthy food? Then it's worth your time to learn more about Greek Village Cohousing.
“It's really for anyone who is drawn to community. That's what it comes down to. If you have a desire to be in greater connection with other people and connection with the land, then cohousing is for you.”
Learn
What cohousing is (and isn’t);
Why it’s great for families;
and so much more.
I think you’ll be inspired!
RESOURCES mentioned in the episode:
Book your Free 30 minute call (https://www.picktime.com/ResilientExpats) to ask Kim anything! I’d love to help guide you in your expat life journey.
Greek Village Cohousing website (http://www.greekvillagecohousing.com/) or Facebook Page
Article in Athens Insider about Greek Village Cohousing
Video - hear from families & children (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HowsXEQhuJg) about the cohousing experience
The Cohousing Association of America Cohousing.org (https://www.cohousing.org/) is a wealth of information and resources.
Greek Village Cohousing are planning a community focused on healthy and relaxed living, being in nature near the sea and mountains, and giving children the enriching experience of having people around from many nations with all sorts of talents and skills to share. There’s an information coffee Zoom every Friday, and the Outreach coordinator and original founder Pare Gerou is available for any and all questions.
Greek Village Cohousing has just re-opened membership, and has had lots of interest from expat families who recognize the wonderful advantages of living in a cohousing community. It’s an instant tribe for the children, with an enriching environment and wonderful sense of freedom. It’s a strong support system for parents and leads to a relaxed and more fulfilling life as a parent: No more planning playdates or driving children all over the place. Pare says she found her years in cohousing transformational as a parent.
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ABOUT TODAY’S GUESTS:
Ivy Summer is a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) expert with a decade of experience who has helped hundreds of people routinely become proactive allies to marginalized and oppressed groups in a multitude of ways. Her mission is to empower organizations to benefit from unique contributions that stem from the diversity of their employees and customers. She has coached folks in building a routine in their own business by doing an internal audit on contracts, websites, sales copy, imagery, email campaigns, and marketing to make inclusion a cohesive component in a brand.
Outside of her DEIB work with community-based organizations, nonprofits, and big tech, Ivy has coached yoga instructors, piano teachers, retirees, parents, social media influencers, and more to help them make incremental changes to express allyship in both business and interpersonal parts of life. Aligned with her mission to empower and enable others, she offers pre-built event plans for DEIB-themed workshops that are designed for you to facilitate in your own community.
Pare Gerou is an Immigration Attorney with a specialization in refugee law, and she spent many wonderful years raising her son at Touchstone Cohousing in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was there that she fell in love with cohousing as a parent, and during the pandemic, she decided to marry her love of cohousing with her love of Greece. As a child, she relished her summers on the beautiful island of Lesvos. Now with her cohousing group of wonderful talented people, she is looking forward to fresh food from the Greek gardens and cooking with friends, trips to the beach and hiking in the mountains, learning Greek folk dance and listening to music, living with warm and welcoming people of Greece, exploring a beautiful country, and living a Greek lifestyle that is genuinely happier and healthier in her opinion.
CONNECT WITH Ivy Summer and Pare Gerou:
Greek Village Cohousing website www.GreekVillageCohousing.com (http://www.greekvillagecohousing.com/) and Facebook Page
Email Pare: GreekVillageCohousing@gmail.com
Email Ivy (mailto:ourlifeinreview@gmail.com)
Ivy’s website: ThatPlace.Rocks
Ivy on LinkedIn
Instagram: @LunchWithIvy
ABOUT YOUR HOST:
Kim Adams is an American raising three daughters along with her math-teaching husband of 20 years. She loves photography, reading, thunderstorms, walking on the beach, camping where there are no bugs, and has a weakness for mint chocolate chip ice cream.
CONNECT WITH KIM:
Book your Free 30 minute call (https://www.picktime.com/ResilientExpats) to ask me anything! I’d love to help guide you in your expat life journey.
Email (mailto:kim@resilientexpats.com)
Resilient Expats LLC (https://resilientexpats.com/) website
Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ResilientExpats)
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