For people of color, coworking spaces don't just provide a place to work, they provide community — especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As people rely on remote working more and more, how do we keep this bias gap from growing?
What I have come to understand, after many years of assessing space and looking at how we convene publicly, and having the privilege of working with really cool people and helping them create sanctuary in their personal space, is that we are very affected by our environment. If you go into the woods to forest bathing, you feel better.
You can’t always choose who you work with, but in coworking spaces, you can at least choose who you sit next to. Was that a draw for members of your community? I remember even early when I was pitching Ethel's Club before it existed, I would always say it's more than just a desk. And it's not a place where you go to be heads down. You can, but that's not what we want. That's not the ideal user journey. We want people to feel like they're a part of a community, and community involves conversation.
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