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NCBA CLUSA is pleased to announce the candidates running to fill five seats on the 2022 Board of Directors: Cornelius Blanding, Michael Droke,

Being able to incorporate pets into care and support is something that I think the majority of us will agree to be both a novelty and quality of life-changing. Whether that be in the form of me showing pictures and videos, chatting about and even introducing my pets to the people I support, I have always seen such positive results in doing so. My good friend Iris and I - whom I have been supporting since January 2022, often talk about animals, the pets we have both had and those we would like to have, as well as religiously watching David Attenborough together.

Online: May 4 + 5 2023

Across all timezones.

In sociocracy, the ultimate power is power that is shared, power that can be found distributed within each person.

Teams that argue, compete or lack clarity about their purpose and processes give their power away.

When we learn how to organize ourselves and work together towards a common goal, we can achieve more than we ever could on our own.

Maximum Fun owner Jesse Thorn is selling the podcast company that he founded almost 20 years ago. Rather than surrendering the network to a big tech company or media conglomerate, he is selling it back to its workers.

In 2011, workers at the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, stopped receiving wages. Management and owners abandoned the facility shortly afterward. Instead of dispersing, the workers of Vio.Me held an assembly and voted to take over management of the factory themselves. Over the past decade, they’ve kept the factory running, jointly determining production decisions through democratic procedures, and sharing in the profits.

For context, the grassroots response to the 1997 economic crisis was extraordinary. For example, Korean citizens mobilized to donate 227 tons of their personal gold items (with an estimated total value of $3 billion) to help pay off the debt.¹ This citizen activism prompted government action to honor the sacrifice. Specifically, $90 million of the liquidated gold (about three percent of the total) was dedicated to a workers’ welfare fund, with part of the proceeds used to help create the “People’s Movement Committee for Overcoming Unemployment.”²

We refer to Mr Liu Fook Thim’s letter on setting up a cooperative for local vegetable farms on March 18.

Food resilience is a national issue and will require concerted efforts from everyone to ensure we have a secure supply of safe food. With farming innovations and technological advancements, urban farming is becoming one of the ways to enhance food resilience.

With traditional housing options becoming more expensive and unobtainable for many, is it time to think outside the box when it comes to housing?

Intentional communities offer people the opportunity to live more sustainably, to pool resources and be part of a community.

So when housing is so scarce, and loneliness so common, why are we not seeing more of them? 

Guests:

Elena Pereyra, Chair of Cohousing Australia

Katie Noad, Women's Intentional Community, Hamilton Hill

Over the course of two afternoons at the shop, I piece together a story of what led to Missing Link closing. For years, the store had seen declining revenue.

“We decided we couldn’t ignore the trends anymore,” says Chuck Betz, who, at 68, is the longest-standing co-owner.

Golden Co-op Radio is volunteer-powered community radio for the town of Golden, British Columbia. Since 2022, a small but resourceful group of volunteers have worked hard to build a radio station from scratch. Its mission: to provide a variety of local content and act as a source of information during emergency situations. Golden Co-op Radio has blossomed into a community hub with a growing number of volunteers and members.

The USFWC Co-op Clinic invites you to attend our half-day Virtual Summit: a space for deepening education and growing capacity for worker-owners, cooperatives, and support organizations.

This is an opportunity to connect with other cooperatives across the country this spring, and meet the Co-op clinic team and the greater USFWC community. The summit will be hosted via Zoom and all sessions will be accessible in English and Spanish. Session recordings with closed captions will be provided to registered participants.

This August, four Latina-led worker cooperatives will be open for business in east central Jefferson County. These cooperatives will fill unique needs in the area and build community wealth for their members.

Join us for our Incubadora Colectiva Celebration and Pitch Night on Friday evening, May 5, at Clements Center in Lakewood. Come enjoy a delicious meal, hear their business pitches, and have a chance to support their businesses. 

You won’t want to miss seeing the launch of these exciting cooperative businesses!

Despite their infamous history, the clubs nowadays are mostly hangouts for retirees who gather to read Chinese newspapers, chat, play mah-jongg or enjoy a meal together. Many of the clubs continue to provide the mutual aid that was a necessity back when Chinese immigrants were excluded from mainstream society, helping members in need of a loan or funeral expenses.