NASCO News

 
Uplift Black Leadership in Co-ops, Donate to the Black Equity Scholarship Fund
Uplift Black Leadership in Co-ops through NASCO's Black Equity Scholarship Fund

NASCO is raising funds this summer to support Black co-opers to take on leadership initiatives within their home co-ops, local communities, or the larger co-op movement. Scholarships include participation in NASCO's Cooperative Leadership Certification program and a $2,500 stipend.

Learn more and Donate
 
Creating Anti-Racism Resources for Co-ops

A current member of NASCO's Co-op Leadership Cohort, Della Moran, is seeking input from cooperators within NASCO's network to get a sense of how competent our current co-op structures are to deal with racism and discrimination, and how competent individual co-op members feel in knowing how to address situations given the current structures. Share your experience by filling out the survey here. 
 

Members Corner

 
Co-opers gather in a small meeting room and one person takes notes for the group
Upcoming In-person Member Retreat

If your co-op plans to be a member of NASCO in the membership year beginning on September 1, 2022, please let us know if and how you're interested in participating in an in-person Member Retreat this November by filling out this quick survey. Your input will help us determine how to best gather safely and prioritize our time together. 
 

Celebrating Pride

 
Linder House - a blue house with a rainbow flag flying on the porch

Linder House of ICC Ann Arbor shows their Pride with some new porch decor!


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Upcoming Events

 
International Cooperative Housing Symposium & Student Housing Event
ICA | September 22-25 | Zurich & Geneva, Switzerland 
The symposium is an opportunity to share our success stories so that more coops worldwide can offer inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable housing. This year, the Symposium will hold a special side event for students. The European Student Co-op Convening: Developing a United Front is co-organized by Cooperative Housing International, urbaMonde, Studentendorf Berlin, NASCO, Student Coop Homes (UK), and La Ciguë. It will be held after the official program of the Symposium and is open to all.

Staff and Member Leadership Convening
NASCO | June 22-24, 2022 | Online
The NASCO Staff & Member Leadership Convening is a cooperative education and training program that is designed specifically to meet the needs of staff, managers, and member-leaders of group equity and campus-based housing cooperatives. This year's convening will focus on Human Resources within housing co-ops and cooperative problem solving through peer consultations. If you missed the registration window and would like to attend, please contact us at info@nasco.coop. 

Sociocracy in Cooperatives Conference
Sociocracy for All | June 23, 2022 | Online
Sociocracy for All will be offering an introductory session for co-operators new to sociocracy, and sociocrats new to co-operatives, as well as exploring implementations in worker, multi-stakeholder and housing co-ops, hearing about sociocracy and co-operation in Turkey, discovering how sociocracy can help navigate the tricky subject of pay, and making space to co-design a new community of practice for co-operators implementing sociocracy in their co-ops.
 

Job Board

 
 
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