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worker-owned cooperative of facilitators, consultants, & trainers strengthening movements for social justice and a solidarity economy

Joined July 2013
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“No matter what happens on election day, we need to be ready to rebuild those systems in the weeks and years to come. We must organize forward, carrying with us the same tenacity and intelligence of our ancestors and the generations that came before us.” ndncollective.org/how-to-sur…
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.@Estebantitos moderating the “Cooperative Connections to Movements for Liberation” this morning with panelists from Pilipino Workers Center, @rocunited, CLEAN Carwash Worker Center, The Movement Center & @SEIU. “How do we not only resist, but build for transformation?” #WCNC18
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#WCNC18 attendees: Last chance to get help from an expert at the Co-op Clinic! Sign up for a 20 minute consultation at 12 PM today. 📈✊🏽
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"What if we used ownership as a way to stabilize work? What if worker cooperatives were a way to organize labor in a time that's trying to split us all apart?" Melissa Hoover of @Institute_coop asking how we organize people to change the world! Meet the panelists. #WCNC18
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“What’s the biggest risk and what’s the most valuable thing you have achieved?” For A Yard and a Half, the financing was risky. Valuable? The people. It changed the lives of the worker-owners! Learn from @Institute_coop’s feature on this story: bit.ly/2Owhbak #WCNC18
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Amazing experience being at a conference that makes accessibility and communication a priority, there are translation headsets so I’m able to fully engage and participate WITH my Spanish speaking community #WCNC18
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"What if we owned the farm labor contractor, or Accenture?....We would have aggregated resources....a way of negotiating with the employer and building that power...." Executive Director Melissa Hoover on how worker coops can transform the gig +freelancer economy #WCNC18 #gocoop
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“Just because you have a cooperative doesn’t mean that you have economic justice, but if we can talk honestly about this country’s wealth and the origins of that wealth, we can change that!” - @CincyUnionCoop Initiative to the Union Coop gathering #WCNC18
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Melissa Harris-Perry and a Lesson on Saying “No”: Last Friday, the media world was shaken by news that Melissa... bit.ly/1TrIh2e
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So so so so grateful to be working with @AORTACoop to help think through big questions and prepare to welcome our fellows and partners.
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Dutch nursing home offers rent-free housing to students: bit.ly/1MDhZqY
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#FightFor15 #BlackLivesMatter We look forward to participating in the Nov 10 action in Jackson, MS for Jobs, Equity and Justice. Join us!
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Luck for you, our upcoming Water Democracy and the Drought Teach-In just got postponed to Nov. 30 @ 6pm! RSVP today! theselc.org/water_teachin_20…
A fairer schedule system isn't difficult to imagine if we start with honoring workers’ time bit.ly/20qMKDL #JustHours @meeshellchen
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Don't Just Divest, Reinvest—From Fossil Fuels to a Healthy Economy ow.ly/UcqA7 #divestinvest #neweconomy #fossilfree
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Congrats @Rainbow_Grocery! "Health food co-op celebrates 40 years in the Mission" blog.sfgate.com/inthemission…
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reading the @AORTACoop website with interest aorta.coop/. Like the way they 'frame' their work...
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Free webinar on cooperatives and movement building! Next Monday! fb.me/4Oo0GRpdS
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Tomorrow (October 16) is the early registration deadline for NASCO Institute! You must pay by tomorrow in order... fb.me/7BLg7O2mB
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It's not too late to register for NASCO Institute 2015! You can register online up until the day before the... fb.me/4Os83nB2g