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Organizational Support & Development

August 21, 2025

Reimagining NGO Relationships with Cooperatives

I want to emphasize the urgent need to reimagine the relationship between NGOs and cooperatives. Instead of NGOs or funders defining projects based on their own interests, support and resources should be offered at the community’s request.

May 26, 2025

Overcoming Financial Difficulty for Co-ops

Ai Van Kok explains how she has used "The £1 Model" to help worker co-ops in the UK better understand, and take control of, their business expenses.

March 7, 2025

Resources For Learning's Transition to a Worker Co-op

Linda Wurzbach recently retired from a successful 12-person education consultancy using an employee ownership model.

January 30, 2025

Movers and Shakers on the Northeast US Co-op Scene

Movers and shakers from Co-op Power, the Old Creamery Co-op, Real Pickles, River Valley Co-op, & UMass Five College Credit Union, Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives, Downtown Sounds, Flat Iron coffee house, Neighboring Food Co-op Association, Our Family Farms, & PV Squared.

December 19, 2024

Building Regional Cooperative Ecosystems

In this session, Building Regional Cooperative Ecosystems, from Beyond Business as Usual 2024: Co-Ops and the Next Economy, you will learn more about the concept of a "cooperative ecosystem" and hear lessons from organizers building regional cooperative ecosystems as part of the global solidarity economy movement.

December 12, 2024

An Interview with Kate "Sassy" Sassoon

Josh talks with Kate "Sassy" Sassoon about her long history in co-ops of all different varieties and her current work as a co-op facilitator.

October 28, 2024

Community Ownership and Racial Justice in the Cannabis Industry

In this video, our panel of experts in the cooperative cannabis industry discuss challenges and opportunities to expand ownership and give reparations to those impacted by the War on Drugs.

October 17, 2024

Emma, Carlos, and Dalaeja

Chris interviews worker-owners from Wholehearted Bookkeeping Co-op, Sunset Scholars, and Breadfruit Cooperative.

October 7, 2024

Frida Ballard and Damon Etawlyah

Chris interviews two attendees of the 2024 USFWC Conference, Frida Ballard and Damon Etawlyah.