Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the coworking values podcast's summer special.

In this episode, Bernie recaps what has been happening in the Coworking Community this past month. And he gives us the low down on the recently concluded Coworking IDEA Challenge centering on Black Lives Matter.

Here's what happened with the Coworking Community these past few months:

• We had Gareth Jones talking about the week prior about How Coworking is an essential piece of urban Infrastructure. The 15-minute city and how a coworking space may be obtained may be more than just a sit-down and desk site, but how it can be a significant part of your community's economic fabric and a meeting place for folks.
• Then there was last week's episode, which came from Irene Manzini Ceinar, who is a former London researcher now based in Italy as part of the collaborative spaces research group. She talked about places where in-based infrastructure is very, close related to the local area. A truly locally-driven community-based coworking place where people go to work and accomplish things.
• The Coworking IDEA Challenge that's being led by Johanna Voll and Christian Cordes  from the German Coworking Federation. And it's all over the place. Make a difference by embodying our coworking ideals. The Coworking IDEA Project focuses on inclusion and diversity as well as equality and accessibility. We've been talking about it for five years, learning more about it and how to communicate it.These topics aren't just there to be racist; they're there for a purpose.