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| '''Ganas''' is an ], or housing and resources ] in ].<ref name=commune>{{cite news |author=] |coauthors= |title=Yes, It's a Commune. Yes, It's on Staten Island. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/nyregion/yes-it-s-a-commune-yes-it-s-on-staten-island.html?pagewanted=all |work=] |date=November 29, 1998 |accessdate=2009-07-22 }}</ref><ref name=nymag>{{cite news |author=] |coauthors= |title=Big Love on Staten Island. |url=http://nymag.com/news/features/16711/ |work=] |date=], ] |accessdate=2007-10-31 }}</ref> Ganas is "an urban experiment in open dialogue based on full disclosure and commitment to exploring applications of Feedback Learning".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fic.ic.org/video/ganasinfo.php|title=Ganas Info|accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> |
'''Ganas''' is an ], or housing and resources ] in ].<ref name=commune>{{cite news |author=] |coauthors= |title=Yes, It's a Commune. Yes, It's on Staten Island. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/nyregion/yes-it-s-a-commune-yes-it-s-on-staten-island.html?pagewanted=all |work=] |date=November 29, 1998 |accessdate=2009-07-22 }}</ref><ref name=nymag>{{cite news |author=] |coauthors= |title=Big Love on Staten Island. |url=http://nymag.com/news/features/16711/ |work=] |date=], ] |accessdate=2007-10-31 }}</ref> Ganas is "an urban experiment in open dialogue based on full disclosure and commitment to exploring applications of Feedback Learning".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fic.ic.org/video/ganasinfo.php|title=Ganas Info|accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref>More popularly known as a ],<ref name=commune>{{cite news |author=] |coauthors= |title=Yes, It's a Commune. Yes, It's on Staten Island. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/nyregion/yes-it-s-a-commune-yes-it-s-on-staten-island.html?pagewanted=all |work=] |date=November 29, 1998 |accessdate=2009-07-22 }}</ref> Ganas is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefec.org/taxonomy/term/4/#Allied_Communities|title=Our Communities|date=February 22, 2005|publisher=Federation of Egalitarian Communities|accessdate=2009-07-28}}</ref> The community was founded in 1979 and consists of a core-group of a dozen partners. | ||
| ==Name== | ==Name== | ||
| The Oxford Spanish-English dictionary defines ''Ganas'' as a conjugation of the verb "ganar" meaning "to earn","to gain" or "to win". Ganas defines their name as "motivation strong enough for action"<ref name=ganas/> | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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 135 Corson Avenue, Staten Island | |
| Formation | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Type | Intentional community |
| Purpose | Simple living, recycling |
| Location | |
| Membership | 80-90 |
Ganas is an intentional community, or housing and resources co-operative in New Brighton, Staten Island. Ganas is "an urban experiment in open dialogue based on full disclosure and commitment to exploring applications of Feedback Learning".More popularly known as a commune, Ganas is a member of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities. The community was founded in 1979 and consists of a core-group of a dozen partners.
Name
The Oxford Spanish-English dictionary defines Ganas as a conjugation of the verb "ganar" meaning "to earn","to gain" or "to win". Ganas defines their name as "motivation strong enough for action"
History
The group that would become Ganas got its start in 1973 when Mildred Gordon was working as a management consultant in Arizona. She was diagnosed with lung cancer and tried biofeedback to heal herself. Her cancer receded and she moved to San Francisco to study biofeedback. There she met the five people who would become the core-group of the Ganas community. Gordon incorporated the Foundation for Feedback Learning(FFL) in 1974 and the community went by the name FFL until changing their name to Ganas in the early 1990s. They moved into a Lower East Side apartment but when they needed more space they moved to Tompkinsville, Staten Island in 1979.
On Staten Island the core-group shares ownership of the eight houses, and three commercial buildings that house the retail stores. Their first retail space called "Everything Goes" opened on November 12, 1983. They focus on reuse and recycling and other aspects of simple living. They have a used furniture store that opened in 1986; a used clothing store that opened in 1991; and an Internet cafe that sells used books, and other media, fair trade tea, and organic espresso that opened in 2004. There are about 80 to 90 people who live in the houses and cover expenses by either paying, or working in the stores for expense coverage.
On May 29, 2006, Ganas co-founder Jeff Gross was shot five or six times and survived. At trial he identified the shooter as Rebekah Johnson. Johnson lived at Ganas for two separate periods since 1986. She was asked to leave both times and was finally forcibly evicted in 1996. Johnson was acquitted on charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and attempted grand larceny following less than five hours of deliberation by a jury on August 4, 2008. Jeff Gross claims he was "booted out" of Ganas in October 2007 and is currently suing the group for over $20 million.
References and notes
- ^ Andrew Jacobs (November 29, 1998). "Yes, It's a Commune. Yes, It's on Staten Island". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) Cite error: The named reference "commune" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - Annalee Newitz (April 24, 2006). "Big Love on Staten Island". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "Ganas Info". Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- "Our Communities". Federation of Egalitarian Communities. February 22, 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Ganas Community". Ganas. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- Kat Kinkade (Fall 1995). "Benevolent Dictators in Community". Communities Magazine. Fellowship for Intentional Community. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
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- ^ Tevah Platt (November 12, 2008). "Staten Island's Everything Goes stores celebrate 25th anniversary". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
On Nov. 12, 1983, three residents of New Brighton's Ganas commune founded the first of the vibe-y ETG second-hand shops at 208 Bay St. ... Furniture moved to the shop at 17 Brook St. in 1986, the clothing store opened at 140 Bay St. in 1991 and the book shop and cafe opened in the original ETG building in 2004.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Ben Johnson (November 8, 2007). "Reimagining the nightclub". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
Owned by Staten Island's cooperative community Ganas, and packed with used books, records, doodads and a seemingly endless list of different kinds of fair trade tea
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Sharon Otterman (July 29, 2008). "Staten Island Commune Leader Details '06 Shooting at Trial of Accused Ex-Member". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
... the gun fired, striking him in the chest, neck, shoulder and leg five or six times, according to prosecutors.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ James Barron (2008-08-05). "Ex-Member of Commune Is Acquitted". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
Ms. Johnson had been thrown out of Ganas twice for violating its rules. Ganas members said after the shooting that she had quit working at the commune-run thrift store and had stopped contributing to the group's finances. They said she waged a 10-year war against the commune before the shooting.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Andrew Jacobs (May 31, 2006). "Former Staten Island Commune Member Sought in Founder's Shooting". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - John Annese (2008-08-04). "Staten Island commune leader: 'My life is at risk'". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
Rebekah Johnson was found not guilty on charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and attempted grand larceny.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Frank Donnelly (2009-05-28). "Gravely wounded in shooting, founder sues Staten Island commune". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
Gross, who now lives in Denver, was booted out of the group in October 2007, court papers said.
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