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Interview with Elandria Williams

This comes from family. It is what you’re supposed to do. My grandparents all did community-based work. They were advocates for racial justice. They were union stewards. Everybody did their part. My family ran away from slavery and founded their own towns, farms, and communities. So it has always been instilled, ever since I started going to meetings as a movement kid.

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Can Cooperative Businesses Save Communities?

[M]any Americans—particularly those in once decaying inner city neighborhoods—are turning to the model of co-operative businesses, which emphasize joint ownership by workers and democratic management.

August 30, 2016

Sounds of Transformation

A Caring Organisation

Presence is an incredible thing. When people are present with each other, when somebody speaks, they are heard. And oh! to be heard is the most gorgeous thing! When I say something and I get confirmation that you heard it, my brain gets a squirt of oxytocin that is just so delicious! And oh! when I hear from somebody else, then I get an insight into a whole other universe.

September 1, 2016

Some 401(k) Caveats

Something came up at the Worker Cooperative National Conference in Austin that created a lot of mixed feelings in me.  At the USFWC member meeting one of the topics for discussion was setting up a joint 401(k) plan for member co-ops.  While it's great to see the staff at USFWC helping worker co-ops harness the power of cooperation in their benefits packages, there are a number of aspects of the 401(k) model of retirement saving that I think should be cause for concern among cooperators.