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Chana Widawski is a social worker, writer and green-living coach based in New York City, whose dreams will one day ban single use plastics. Her writings have been published in  Lilith Magazine ,  Huffington Post , Malaysian Star newspaper and professional journals, focusing on collaboration, inclusion and sustainability. Chana is the  Families for Safe Streets  Organizer for  Transportation Alternatives . She also spearheads  Hell's Kitchen Commons , grows her own veggies, and has led service-learning programs across the globe. She received her BA in Communication from SUNY Albany and her MSW with a focus in Community Organizing, Planning and Development from Hunter College where she serves as Adjunct Faculty.

Cooperate Connecticut is a membership-based network catalyzing cooperative ownership and power. We bring co-ops and supporters across the state together to grow our local cooperative ecosystem through increasing access to information, education, skill based training, technical and material support, networking, and collaboration.

Independent scholar, Italy.

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Building community power, thriving neighborhoods, and affordable homes.

Damon Orion is a writer, journalist, musician, artist, and teacher in Santa Cruz, California. His work has appeared in Revolver, Guitar World, Spirituality + Health, Classic Rock, High Times, and other publications. Read more of his work at DamonOrion.com.

Tej Gonza is a Co-founder and a Director at the Institute for Economic Democracy. He is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, research fellow at Rutgers School of Management and Labour Relations, and a recipient of Changemakers for Democracy Fellowship.