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Healthcare

April 19, 2021

Governance in Home Care Cooperatives

Introduction and refresher on board, management and member roles, building engagement and more.

April 1, 2021

Unstoppable: How Cooperative Businesses are Transforming Communities

Communities across the Philadelphia region are building cooperative businesses to create more equitable and just workplaces, neighborhoods, and cities. This video documents nine communities as they build businesses in construction, accounting, healthcare, solar installation and more.

January 7, 2021

Assessing Feasibility for Homecare Cooperatives

A webinar on evaluating feasibility studies for homecare worker cooperatives featuring Katrina Kazda and Iwona Matczuk of the ICA Group and Deborah Craig of the Northwest Cooperative Development Center.

December 14, 2020

Samamkaya Yoga Back Care and Scoliosis Collective

An interview with the Samamkaya Yoga Back Care and Scoliosis Collective of New York City.

September 21, 2020

Doing What State and Market Cannot: The Visible Hand

How a mutual aid network in Poland has provided for tens of thousands of people during the COVID-19 pandemic and what others might learn from their experiment.

Citations

Megan McGee (2020).  From Surviving to Self-Healing.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/surviving-self-healing

August 21, 2020

From Surviving to Self-Healing

The Kiva Centers facilitates group meetings and other events in which people impacted by mental health and substance use issues receive mutual aid from others with similar experiences.

Citations

GEO Collective (2020).  GEO Health Remedies.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/geo-health-remedies

August 21, 2020

GEO Health Remedies

Some home remedies from the GEO Collective.

Citations

Ebony Gustave (2020).  Common Ground Health Clinic:  An interview with Magon Jackson, Project Coordinator.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/common-ground-health-clinic

August 19, 2020

Common Ground Health Clinic

An interview with Magon Jackson, Project Coordinator for the Common Ground Clinic.

Citations

George Cheney (2020).  Organizational Evolution at the Washington Free Health Clinic.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/organizational-evolution-washington-free-health-clinic

August 19, 2020

Organizational Evolution at the Washington Free Health Clinic

An interview with Bill MacKaye, Former Board President and Volunteer at Washington Free Health Clinic.

Citations

GEO Collective (2020).  Health Autonomy Beyond the Pandemic: An Introduction.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/health-autonomy-beyond-pandemic-introduction

August 17, 2020

Health Autonomy Beyond the Pandemic: An Introduction

This issue will explore the possibilities of mutual aid efforts as it relates to our health and wellness.