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Collaboration on progressive ideas building community for elders, intergenerational and age-specific, for ourselves, our parents, and our communities. The "Beacon Hill Village" model, Cohousing, Elders' Guilds & Salons, Earth Elders: stories and tools for growing old together.

Another Saturday Night diaries Created to communicate w/ each other. Sign up for publishing dates, etc.

For Kossacks who love the sky, outer space, the stars and planets (including our own), and all that other amazing stuff going on out there.

This is a page for all things pollinators . A place where we can share ideas in a none judgemental way We note that normally two beekeepers equal three opinions . Then sharing of your thoughts is welcome calling folks out who dont share your views nope

This group is for discussion of any and all politics - and other issues - related to California. Races, initiatives, local issues, the environment, and more.

This group seeks to do three things 1. De-stigmatize depression by discussing it not as weakness and something to be ashamed of and something to be shamed, but as any other disease similar to diabetes. and 2) Discussing the costs of suicide, personally and to society as a whole. 3) to promote the awareness of both

Daily Kos Education

This group is dedicated to those who suffer from epileptic seizures, non-epileptic seizures and those who are interested in being educated about epilepsy. I am an epileptologist (neurologist who specializes in epilepsy) who is dismayed by the public's lack of education regarding seizures and epilepsy. I am appalled by the discrimination that some of my patients endure in their lives. The purpose of this group is to educate fellow kossacks about epilepsy and to serve as a community for those kos...

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic that cuts across lines of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and age. This group will cover issues of activism, treatment, transmission, research, education and funding. The AIDS pandemic is not going away. Infections are increasing world wide. Join us in the fight!

KosAbility meets the last Sunday of each month at 4pm PT / 7pm ET. We are a volunteer diarist community of, by & for people living with disabilities, who love someone with a disability, or who want to know more about the issues. Our use of "disability" includes temporary as well as permanent health and medical conditions, from small, gnawing problems to major, life-threatening ones. Our use of "love someone" extends to cherish...

A group dedicated to working on the emergency issues that Kossacks, their families, and their communities face.

We're here, we're queer, now you: do something about those clothes, and yes that hair is not even near ready to be discussed (God forbid) - but yeah, we're queer, fabulous, unique, powerful and smart, damn right you better get used to it. Cuz we ain't going anywhere.

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Lyme is the most prevalent vector-borne disease and one of the fastest spreading diseases throughout the United States, and the subjects of diagnosis and treatment of Lyme are politically-charged. This series of diaries is designed to provide information to the Daily Kos community both for Lyme disease prevention and for those Kossacks living with Lyme. Because the disease is often missed by physicians, these diaries may assist an individual or two in pursui...

This is not a specifically political group (though it's not out of bounds to talk politics) but specifically a place for 1st person stories about health, medicine and illness.

Random Thoughts and Links

A forum for the discussion of political, social and economic issues affecting the indigenous peoples of the United States, including their lack of political representation, economic deprivation, health care issues, and the on-going struggle for preservation of identity and cultural history

A separate "room", so to speak, for my diaries on Daily Kos statistics , etc.

Where readers, writers, bibliophiles, and lovers of all things literary find their favorite series and one-of-a-kind diaries, including "Bookflurries," "Write On!," and "Books So Bad They're Good." Plus newer series like "Indigo Kalliope," "Contemporary Fiction Views," "LGBT Literature," and "Books Go Boom!" We hope you'll visit Readers & Book Lovers for the same reasons you get together with a friend -- for the community of like-minded people who share your passion for the written word in all i...

The SciTech group is dedicated to the exploration of Science and Technology. We welcome all diaries, essays, and discussions that teach or explain the wonders of the universe.

A group for Mental Health Advocacy, discussion of disorders and sharing.

Disseminating accessibility information. Advancing the social model of disability. Exploring how to create robust, inclusive systems rather than fragile, excluding systems. Everything we create in our Built Environment Enables Some and Disables Others.