Upcoming Events
| Start Date | Event | Summary | Location | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 27, 2010 | Association of Cooperative Educators Institute - Crossroads: Choosing Cooperation | Start Date: July 27, 2010 Duration: 3 Days Location: Cleveland, Ohio Venue: Downtown Marriott at Key Center Description: ACE is a membership organization that brings together educators, researchers, cooperative members, and cooperative developers from across cooperative sectors and national borders. The resulting cross-pollination of ideas enhances cooperative development, strengthens cooperatives, promotes professionalism and improves public understanding. Crossroads: Choosing Cooperation July 27-30, 2010 Cleveland, Ohio Downtown Marriott at Key Center Agenda highlights... Tuesday, July 27th -Registration, welcome reception Wednesday, July 28th - Presentations by David Korten http://www.davidkorten.com/ , and the United Steel Workers and MONDRAGON partnership. - Workshops examining where co-op development is headed and what are the educational needs to get there. - Local co-op tours Thursday, July 29th - Asset building through shared ownership - Best practices in governance - Cleveland's University Circle worker co-ops, presentation and tour, including Evergreen Laundry. Friday, July 30th - The next generation of cooperators - Best practices in technology utilization And much more! Check the ACE website in January 2010 for more agenda details and registration forms. Rates: Full registration before June 1: $390 Full registration after June 1: $425 Room rates at the Marriott: $134 per night For More Information: Contact Sarah Pike at pike@ace.coop or 763.432.2032 | Cleveland, Ohio | 3 Days |
| August 6, 2010 | 2010 National Worker Cooperative Conference | Start Date: August 6, 2010 Duration: 3 Days Location: San Francisco Bay Area Description: The conference is hosted by the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Bay Area worker cooperatives, and the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC), and a local working group is coming together to plan. Please get in touch if you have suggestions or if you’d like to join this working group and you work in a worker cooperative or direct support position. Online registration will open in March 2010. A call for workshop proposals will go out around the same time. Keynote speaker(s) have yet to be confirmed, but we’ll let you know as soon as we do. Tentative Schedule (of course it’s subject to change): Thursday, August 5 Arrivals Bay Area Coop Tours Bay Area Labor and Cooperative History Tours Book reading and signing: recently published worker coop authors Screening of Capitalism: A Love Story Friday, August 6 USFWC Member Meeting Bay Area Coop Tours Bay Area Labor and Cooperative History Tours Opening Reception and Performances Saturday, August 7 Conference: speakers and workshops Special dinner to honor worker cooperative and cooperator of the year Party and fundraiser Sunday, August 8 Conference: speakers and workshops Some sort of social event Monday, August 9 More Bay Area Coop Tours Intensive Daylong Workshops in selected topics Possible other events (to be confirmed): Tuesday, August 10 – Friday, August 13 – Weeklong training in worker cooperative technical assistance and/or a Cooperative Work Week For More Information: http://www.usworker.coop/events/conference2010 US Federation of Worker Cooperatives | San Francisco Bay Area | 3 Days |
| September 10, 2010 | Fair Trade Futures Conference | Start Date: September 10, 2010 Duration: 3 Days Location: Boston, MA Description: Join over 750 entrepreneurs, students, activists, and other interested individuals in Boston for the largest Fair Trade conference in North American history! For More Information: | Boston, MA | 3 Days |
| October 28, 2010 | Canadian Worker Co-op Federation 2010 Conference | Start Date: October 28, 2010 Duration: 3 Days Location: Bowen Island, British Columbia Description: The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker cooperatives, related types of co-operatives (multi-stakeholder co-ops and worker-shareholder co-ops), and organizations that support the growth and development of worker cooperatives. CWCF was incorporated in 1992. Vision: To be a growing, cohesive network of democratically controlled worker co-ops that provide a high quality of worklife, and support the development of healthy and sustainable local economies, based on cooperative principles. Mission: To strengthen our worker co-op members; support the development of new worker co-ops; and strengthen the Federation and its governance.
For More Information: | Bowen Island, British Columbia | 3 Days |
| November 5, 2010 | NASCO Institute: Cooperative Cartography: Where People, Places, and Movements Intersect | Start Date: November 5, 2010 Duration: 3 Days Location: Ann Arbor, MI Description: The 2010 Cooperative Education and Training Institute will provide a space for cooperative members from all over Canada and the US to connect through the universal language of mapping. Mapping is an emerging process widely used to facilitate communication, share information, and build community--elements that are essential to building cooperation. Using maps as guides for navigating the cooperative movement, we will explore cooperation across geographies, sectors, and movements. Over the last three years, we have explored alternative economies, land rights, and environmental justice, and mapping will serve as a tool to explore the intersections of these and other themes. Over 400 participants will converge in Ann Arbor, Michigan this November to share ideas, learn new skills, and look at issues affecting the cooperative movement worldwide. Since 1977, NASCO's Cooperative Education & Training Institute has been widely recognized as one of the most important training and networking opportunities available to members, directors, staff and managers of housing cooperatives. The annual NASCO Institute is always a one-of-a-kind opportunity to network with hundreds of cooperative leaders and employers, to caucus about pressing issues, and to work on building an inclusive and accessible cooperative movement. For More Information: | Ann Arbor, MI | 3 Days |
