North American Students of Cooperation

Results in for 2012 NASCO Board Election!

We welcome these new Directors to NASCO's Board. Thanks to those who participated in our democratic process.

Serving 3-year terms:
Max Baroi
Morgan Crawford
Charlie DeTar
Arthur Smith

Serving 2-year terms:
Brian Donovan
Devlin Seymour

By admin on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 17:05 |

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NASCO Board Election

NASCO is in the middle of its Spring elections! Nominations are now closed, and there are seven candidates vying for six seats on the Board. Active member coops, and individual and associate members of NASCO will have until April 24 to cast their ballots.

Active Member Election Packet

Associate Member Election Packet

By admin on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 17:30 |

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NASCO to speak at United Nations

On February 2nd (1:15-2:45pm Eastern) NASCO staff will present on a panel during the 50th Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The panel, titled “Youth employment through entrepreneurship: the role of cooperatives,” was organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with NASCO, the University of Massachusetts Center for Student Business, and the YES-JUMP Coop Challenge Fund.

The purpose of the panel is to highlight the potential of cooperatives to empower, employ and engage youth, and to demonstrate how young people can utilize the cooperative enterprise model to advance issues that are important for them. Panelists will have 10 minutes each to present on these topics and facilitate interactive discussion with attendees.

The event will be webcast via http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/ and there will also be live tweets via www.Twitter.com/CoopsYear and posts via www.Facebook.com/CoopsYear. The moderator will be accepting questions and comments from both live and online audiences.

By admin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:07 |

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2012 Cooperative Internship Network is Accepting Host & Intern Applications

The Cooperative Internship Network has just gotten off the ground for 2012!

Are you a cooperator interested in growing your skills? Or do you know budding cooperative leaders who might benefit from an internship? Read more and apply to be an intern.

Are a cooperative business or organization that always has more projects than staff capacity? Or do you know of cooperative businesses or organizations that could benefit from the energy, enthusiasm, and labor of an intern? Read more and apply to host an intern.

Deadline for host applications is February 24. Deadline for intern applications is March 8

By admin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:03 |

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Legislative update: H.R. 3677 introduced for cooperative enterprise development #HR3677

The following is just out from U.S. House Representative Chaka Fattah’s office. Congressman Fattah (D-PA) introduced bill HR 3677 with co-sponsors including Robert Brady (D-PA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and John Tierney (D-MA).

If passed, this bill could provide assistance for cooperative enterprises across the United States. Technical assistance grants paired with low cost financing allow for projects to reach sufficient scale before external funding is removed. The successful enterprises ultimately renew the tax base and pay for themselves. Matching funding, as a built-in requirement for the grants, ensures this program is not an extension of government, but instead a partnership between Federal and Cooperative enterprises seeking to achieve common goals.

By admin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:00 |

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Cooperative-to-Cooperative Aid for Tsunami Relief

Learn about the impact of the March 11th earthquakes and tsunumi on cooperatives in Japan, and how you can assist the cooperatives affected. Background on the historical roots of Japan's cooperative movement and Japanese-North American cooperation among cooperatives also included.

By admin on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 16:58 |

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Watch the Keynote Speech from Institute!

Did you miss NASCO Institute? Watch the full presentation, Counter-Mapping for a Co-op World, by Tim Stallman and Daniel Tucker.

By mingwei on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 19:59 |

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Co-op Voices

August/September 2011

published on: 08/02/2011

Featured Members

Welcome the latest members to join the NASCO family! Visit the NASCO Guide to read more about them & others.

Co-op Housing University of Maryland (CHUM) (College Park, MD)
Community Housing Expansion of Austin (Austin, TX)
Cambridge Cooperative Club Trust (Cambridge, MA)

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Our Mission

The North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) Family [of associations] organizes and educates affordable group equity co-ops and their members for the purpose of promoting a community oriented cooperative movement.