Among the finalists was political economist Jessica Gordon Nembhard, professor of community justice and social economic development in the Department of Africana Studies at John Jay College, City University of NY.
Analysis of all tweets between 5th of October to 5th of July that mentioned “credit union” or "credit unions” and “banks” or “bank” had 518 tweets advocating to move from banks to credit unions, and 15 tweets advocating to do the reverse, which is a ratio of 34:1.
Circle of Life Caregiving Cooperative based in Bellingham, WA and serving Whatcom County came into existence 10 years ago.
Good short article about our work. However, we share it with one clarification.
Our T-shirts are unique because they are made in a workers co-op in Bangladesh run by former sweatshops workers and sold wholesale in the UK, ready for people to print their own designs on them. We then use the profits to fund our campaign work and garment worker unions that fight for the rights of workers still stuck in the sweatshop nightmare.
Location: Minneapolis (November 8) – Austin (November 11)
[T]here was a time when Germany was home to one of the West’s most ambitious social housing projects — and it was run by trade unionists.
A small group, formed an ISP Co-op called Clatskanie Co-op. This group of people (up to 60 members now, I beleive), connect to each other and the main antennae through a node system. They literally connect a web nodal structure to create their internet service provider. They use Althea Mesh technology.
We cannot let requirements for scale and the efficiencies it entails be the stumbling block—the excuse, really—that perpetuates neglect of rural investments. So I’m calling for a new scholarship of rural America.
On the whole, the 59-unit co-op seems fine. Its vacancy loss is low, Hawthorne has reported a surplus in four of the past five years and the building condition is good. With its mortgage paid off in 2018, the co‑op has been making almost three times its former contribution to the capital reserve.
In this fourth episode from the STIR to Action festival, we hear all about community ownership and how to put power back in the hands of communities.
How can we make our neighborhoods more resilient to disasters and other disruptions? What initiatives and communities can we learn from? How can we turn existing community spaces into resilience hubs that can serve the community in an uncertain future?
