NASCO Institute 2005 Program Guide
Program guide for NASCO Institute 2005, "Hands on Democracy: Grassroots Change Through Cooperation."
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Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time - Video
A short, practical guide for those considering worker owned cooperatives, made by GRITtv & the Toolbox for Education and Social Action. Featuring conversations with worker-owners from Union Cab; Ginger Moon; Arizmendi Bakery, Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA); New Era Windows; and more. Educational kits for use with the doc are available at: http://store.toolboxfored.org/own-the-change/
Member Debt Polices - College Houses
Policies on member debt, from College Houses (Austin, TX).
Doing it Online: Group Decision Making with Computers
Presented by Charlie DeTar
Group decision making with computers: what we know, what we don't know, what we need to learn. We all have to get things done between meetings - what are strategies for success? This document discusses available tools, platforms, and best practices for online collaboration in co-ops.
Produce Packing at BSC Central Kitchen - Video
The Berkeley Student Cooperative buys organic produce in bulk from farmers and wholesalers for its 1000+ members. At the Central Kitchen warehouse, Central Level workshifters split up cases of produce for delivery to each of the 17 room and board houses.
Introduction to Community Wealth Building - Coop Careers
Presented by Steve Dubb (The Democracy Collaborative), Rachel Plattus (New Economy Coalition), Joe Rinehart (US Federation of Worker Cooperatives & Democracy at Work Institute), Farzana Serang (CoFED), & Lisa Stolarski (Center for Community- Based Enterprises)
Creating the Co-op We Want...Creating the World We Want
An ally's guide to fostering anti-oppression in housing cooperatives, collectives, and democratic communities.
This document is layed out for double-sided Zine printing.
Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade
"This document was considered in draft by the General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in Manchester in October 2012. Following comment and discussion (now reflected in this revised version) the Blueprint was approved by the General Assembly. It is now issued in its final form.
The intention of the General Assembly is that the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives marks the beginning of a worldwide campaign to take the co-operative way of doing business to a new level.
Conflict: Fight, Flight, or Opportunity?
Developed by CANBRIDGE - a process collective - (Consensus And Network Building Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness)
Table of Contents
1. What this workshop is; what it isn’t
2. What is conflict?
3. Why work on it at all?
4. Why work in the dynamic moment?
NASCO Institute 2006 Program Guide
Program guide for NASCO Institute 2006, "Our Story: Connecting the Threads of Cooperative Experience."