BSC Emergency Preparedness Orientation - Video
Berkeley Student Cooperative "Emergency Preparedness" orientation video.
Most Popular Resources
Conflict Resolution - 1 of 4 - Overview - Video
In this series, Esteban Kelly of the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA) outlines an powerful conflict resolution process that can be used effectively by cooperatives.
Module 1: Overview
Anti-Oppression: Intro, Organizing Tools, Further Resources
Action Camp: Lessons Learned
Table of Contents
Assumptions
Anti-Oppression: Key Words
Fabric of Oppression
Levels and Types of Oppression: Examples
Organizing and Facilitation Tools
Starting a Diversity Committee in Your Co-op
Activities/Discussion Starters
Further Resources
Websites and Collectives
Books, Readings, and Publications
Movies
2014 - NASCO Family Annual Report
The Annual Report of the NASCO Family Boards, FYE 2014.
Safe Space: A Tool for Allowing Deep and Consensed Dialogue
You can use this tool creatively, adapting the intensity of the 4 basic principles to different situations, depending on the level of risk being taken in each setting. Some components of these tools may be inappropriate for some settings, and invaluable in others. The more personal risk involved, the more carefully you want to frame the space at the outset, because a secure anchor is the only thing that will enable a process to fly to the heights of its potential.
Group Decision Making Handbook
Table of Contents
Communication
1 What do you do when a dispute arises?
2 Communication Styles
Meeting Roles
3 Positive Group Roles
4 Negative Group Roles
5 Effective Meetings: Designated Meeting Roles
7 Influence in Groups
Meeting Process
8 Sample Agenda
9 Meeting Evaluation Sheet
Facilitation
10 The Four Roles of a Facilitator
11 Facilitation Tools
Workshop Kit: "Cooperative Principles and Values"
This workshop kit includes the facilitator's guide which provides a step by step breakdown of how to deliver this workshop which is the place to start. Presentation materials as well as handouts and instructions are also included here. People are encouraged to use the material as-is or adapt it as needed for their particular coop.
File:
Reaching For Inclusion: Reaching Out for Diversity in Student Housing Co-ops
Presentation by Layla Oghabian and Vivian Onuoha (Berkeley Student Cooperative alumni and NASCO Board members) for the Berkeley Student Cooperative membership in Fall 2012.
Objectives:
Creating a New Co-op - Finding a Property that Fits your Group’s Needs - NASCO Institute
Session materials from "What’s in a Building? Finding a Property that Fits your Group’s Needs," which was led by Jim Jones (Collective Seeds Consulting Cooperative) at NASCO Institute 2014 & 2015.
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