NASCO Institute

Session materials from "What's Disability Got To Do With It?," which was led by Layla Oghabian (NASCO Board and Berkeley Student Cooperative) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from “History of Group Equity Housing Cooperatives,” presented by Jim Jones at NASCO Institute 2016.

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This session will cover a history of group housing cooperatives in North America. It will take a look at both student and community based cooperatives, starting in 1873 and continuing to the present. Questions we will address include: How did we all get here? Why aren't there co-ops like ours in other countries? What events in our country have influenced and affected our cooperatives?

Session materials from "Strengths-Based Leading and Other Modern Tools to Manage Remarkably," which was led by Nick Coquillard (Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Institutionalized Patriarchy: Framing our Resistance," which was led by Esteban Kelly (AORTA) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Cleanliness is next to ... - Creating Habitability Standards," which was led by Michelle Pesce (Berkeley Student Cooperative) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Staying Afloat: Balancing a Cooperative Mission with Financial Stability," which was led by Corey Walters (The Center for Student Business at the University of Massachusetts) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Staff Contracts: What is an employment contract, why might you want one, and how to successfully negotiate," which was led by Ali Zachritz and Maya Menlo (Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Key Performance Indicators: Guiding Evaluation and Driving Improvement," which was led by Maya Menlo (Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Budgeting for Big Coops," which was led by Alex Green (NASCO Board and Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014.

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Session materials from "Member Recruitment & Outreach (roundtable) ," which held at NASCO Institute 2014 & 2015.

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This roundtable discussion will serve as a space for participants to share their experiences in building inclusive homes and respectfully reaching out to communities that are underrepresented in their co-ops’ membership.

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Additional Resources: The Fair Housing Act and Your Co-op