CFNE Seeks New Executive Director
The SELC's Favorite Books from 2018
Did you commit to reading more books as your new year’s resolution but don't know where to start? As always, we're here to help! Check out these books recommended by Law Center staff members Tia, Subin, Sue, and Chris:
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New website for French start-up co-ops
More than 65% of new co-operatives in France are start-up businesses – and to cater for them, a website has been launched featuring case studies and best practices.
A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit
Malik Yakini came to cooperative economics as a student at Eastern Michigan University in the mid-1970s when he started a food-buying club. “I wasn’t thinking of myself as a food activist,” he says, “I was thinking of myself as an activist in the black liberation movement.”
How young people and cooperative values are creating a better future
Worker & Social Cooperatives are riding the wave of changes. They represent a valuable and secure employment and entrepreneurial option for young people. We asked young cooperators from our network to share and illustrate their experience. Here’s the third and last video from a 3-part series!
Shared Capital Cooperative is Hiring a Loan Administrator
Seeking A Loan Administrator
Please circulate! Shared Capital Cooperative is looking for a Loan Administrator to support its lending program operations. The Loan Administrator plays a key role in ensuring the smooth and accurate functioning of the organization’s lending activities. Responsibilities include managing all aspects of the loan closing process, maintaining loan files, monitoring loans, maintaining loan data and assisting borrowers. We are looking for someone who has experience with the loan closing process and/or
Urban Family Gardens grows local food security in Colombia
The goal of the "Huertas Familiares para Autoconsumo" (Urban Family Gardens) initiative is to provide vulnerable families with better access to healthy, fresh and nutritious food. The program enables these families, often displaced from rural areas, to achieve a certain level of self-sufficiency by granting them access to both the training and land necessary to grow their own vegetables for home consumption.
Opposition to Tri-State Brews Among Electric Cooperatives
In a first-of-its-kind meeting, member-owners, trustees and activists from New Mexico and Colorado rural electric cooperatives discussed renewable energy and their co-ops’ working relationship with Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association.
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Delta-Montrose Electric Association officials announced Dec. 6 plans to get out of their contract with Tri-State in order to pursue cheaper renewable energy projects
More Co-op Workers Abandon the Picket Lines
Saskatoon Co-op says more of its striking employees are putting down the picket signs and heading back to work. Over the last week, the company says 12 more employees have gone back to work after picketing for the last three months. Co-op says those who have continued to work through the strike or have returned to work, numbers more than 200.
The la-la land in small scale collaborative communities
Since 2011 I have been working almost full time on collaborative projects, with open and decentralized organizations. I can say that I've seen it all, but I am still trying to make sense of it all.