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Dada Maheshvarananda is Director of the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela and author of After Capitalism: Economic Democracy in Action.

Linda Hogan is a social architect, writer and activist for peace.  Her first professional incarnation was achieved within a myriad of human service organizations in local and national organizations.  Linda prefers local, cooperative activism that promotes the authentic wealth and reclaimed application of community currency.  She is an unapologetic, heart based storyteller with a bumper sticker that reads “Destined To Be An Old Woman With No Regrets.”

Sustainable Economies Law Center cultivates a new legal landscape that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. We provide essential legal tools - education, research, advice, and advocacy - so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community.

Alexander Kolokotronis is the Student Coordinator for the New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives; founder of Student Organization for Democratic Alternatives (SODA); and a Worker Cooperative Development Assistant with Make the Road New York.

GRITtv is the online home of journalist and author Laura Flanders. After years as a media critic, radio host and TV commentator, Flanders founded GRITtv with Free Speech TV in 2008, to give “meaningful attention to the world’s most important marginalized experts.”

Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA) is a worker-owned cooperative that creates imaginative and experiential resources that transform the way people think, learn, teach, work, and act. These resources address social change, economic justice, and progressive education through critical thinking and user participation.

This paper was drafted by: Jennifer Atlee, Natalie Berland, Dale Bryan, Sarah Byrnes, Dan Jones, Orion Kriegman, and Conrad Willeman

Penn Loh wrote this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media organization that fuses powerful ideas and practical actions. Penn is Lecturer and Director of Community Practice at Tufts Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning, where he coordinates the Practical Visionaries Workshop. This article is based in part on “The Emerging Just and Sustainable Food Economy in Boston” co-written by Glynn Lloyd.

John Restakis is the author of Humanizing the Economy – Co-operatives in the Age of Capital, and an expert in international co-operative economic development and political economy.