What brought us here? What keeps us here?

Collins Streamside Community members came to Collins Ave. for a variety of reasons, at different stages of life and from different backgrounds of race, religion, ethnicity (to name just a few) and widely varying life experiences. Member live in different households but share a variety of resources, from common weekly meals to shared labor to child care to transportation, etc. The community is intentionally flexible about the level of participation; the specific participation in any activity is up to individual members. The community is also intentionally open; any residents of the neighborhood can become involved as much as they desire, and some friends of the community who live outside the neighborhood also participate in a variety of ways.

 
Anteneh, Jill, Michael, Christina, Mulugeta

Anteneh, Jill, Michael, Christina, Mulugeta

Michael and Jill

 

Susan

Yvonne

 

Gary and Eden

Suzanne and Jeff

 

Steve and Cynthia

Ulysses and Chryssalin

 

Cilia