KCH Resources

KCH Membership Contract (pdf)
Contract that all KCH members abide by.

KCH Info Card (pdf)
Basic info about Kalamazoo Collective Housing and our co-ops

Education Fund Request (pdf)
Education Fund Request (doc)
Members of KCH can use this form to request money for learning opportunities related to co-ops.

Group Process

On Conflict and Consensus (pdf, 99 pages)
A Handbook on Formal Consensus Decisionmaking
by C. T. Lawrence Butler & Amy Rothstein

Basics of Consensus (pdf, 4 pages)
from NASCO

The Basics of Group Decisionmaking (doc, 4 pages)
from NASCO

Anti-Oppression

Types of Oppression (doc)
A handout with descriptions and examples of various levels of Individual, Institutional, and Cultural Oppression.

Anti-Oppression Resources (doc)
A lists of books, websites, and other readings about anti-oppression action and related materials.

Fabric of Oppression (doc)
This table outlines eight types of oppression: Racism/White Supremacy, Sexism, Gender Oppression, Anti-Semitism, Religious Oppression, Heterosexism/Heterocentrism, Classism, Ableism, and Ageism. It serves as a useful introduction to the forms that oppression takes in the U.S.

And More

Much more is available at the NASCO Shared Resources Library.