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Chuck Bell interviews Delia Marx of Westchester Cooperative Network about the organization's work to promote the development of worker-owned cooperatives in Westchester, County, NY

The surging demand for mental health services since the start of the pandemic has drawn attention to the issue of therapist burnout. Rhizome Therapy Cooperative has a solution.

This webinar dives into strategies for keeping co-ops strong and sustainable: decision-making, financial management, upkeep, growth strategies, and member engagement.

Explore how housing co-ops move from concept to community! In this webinar, our panel shares insights, lessons learned, and practical guidance for starting a housing cooperative. Whether you’re considering a limited-equity co-op, a resident-owned community (ROC), or other shared housing models, this session provides valuable advice to help bring your vision to life. 

At the conclusion of the 5th Midwest Regional Rendezvous of worker cooperators, the participants unanimously ratified two declarations in solidarity with immigrants and people facing housing insecurity.

Mari Nishitani discusses her cooperative research trip to two villages in rural Nepal to visit women's cooperatives, on NGO led and one a grassroots effort led by Dalit women. 

An MCLE webinar providing political education on the history of worker co-op conversions and suggesting strategies to negotiate worker co-op conversions focused on the workers.

In the literature on cooperatives, the clearest and most direct challenge to polarization was articulated in a book published in 1939 by James P. Warbasse, Cooperation as a Way of Peace. He discusses how wars throughout history were caused by extreme economic inequality and resulting political divisiveness.

A tribute to Charles O. Prejean, founding charter member and first Executive Director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, serving from 1967 to 1985.

During this webinar, the Cooperative Development Foundation’s Affordable Housing Initiative explored how shared equity housing models such as limited equity co-ops, community owned real estate co-ops, ROCs (resident owned communities of manufactured homes), and other models can help rural communities meet their housing needs on their terms.