Building a Solidarity Economy: Miami Care Worker Cooperative
The Praxis Wheel (Revised)
My name is Dorian Wallace, and I am a board-certified music therapist and composer deeply engaged in end-of-life care, carceral justice, and trauma recovery. This work has led me into spaces such as hospice care, prisons, and communities of survivors of systemic, cultic, and narcissistic abuse.
Sociocracy in Small Groups
In many organizations, there’s both a tendency to have too many circles and a tendency not to have enough circles.
Local mutual aid group looks to strengthen community, reframe problem solving
Emily “Kimmy” Kim and Mary Ellen Wood have a shared vision to bring grassroots community networks to the Stanwood-Camano area.
In March of this year, the Mutual Aid Assembly of Stanwood-Camano was born to bring that vision to life.
Kim said the group has hosted about 10 meetings and several events with a focus on working together to solve problems and learn from each other.
A Look at Weaver Street Market as a Third Space
To the community, Weaver Street Market is more than a grocery store, it’s Carrboro’s unofficial front porch. On any afternoon, the patio outside fills with students, families and longtime residents. Some eat lunch under the broad oak trees, while others read, talk, listen or play.
Weaver Street Market has served Carrboro for decades, growing from a small grocery and food cooperative into a third place for community members to gather and connect.
Is Group Health still a Cooperative?
Members unanimously approved a resolution that, by October 17, our cooperative “shall notify GHC Workers United and SEIU Wisconsin of the co-op’s intent to voluntarily recognize the bargaining unit democratically chosen by GHC workers.” Members also unanimously passed four other transparency resolutions demanding that GHC share how much it has spent on
Global Co-op Innovation Summit Reaffirms Value of Co-operation Among Co-ops
Members of the co-op sector from over 30 countries gathered in Portugal last month for the Global Co-op Innovation Summit.
Five Elements of Collective Leadership
We have defined collective leadership as a group of people working together toward a shared goal.1 When collective leadership is happening, people are internally and externally motivated—working together toward a shared vision within a group and using their unique talents and skills to contribute to the success. In fact, collective leadership recognizes that lasting success is not possible without diverse perspectives and contributions.