Matt Noyes is a social movement educator based in Colorado Springs, Colorado who writes on horizontal education, union democracy and reform, workers cooperatives, and solidarity economy.
At the time this piece was written, Kathleen McGwin was the Executive Director of Cooperative Care in Wautoma, Wisconsin. She is currently an author and freelance writer. Her books include Recipe for Community: How the growing, harvesting, processing and serving of food build community in Marquette County, Wisconsin.