The role of African-Americans in the co-op movement is often overlooked, but people like Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard are trying to change that. She is best known for her book, “Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice.” Madison Worker Cooperatives, better known as MadWorC, will be reading it as the inaugural… Leer más »The African-American co-op movement
The Mutual Aid Workspace (“the MAW”) is the large space you find yourself in when you walk into the iconic Social Justice Center on Willy Street. But it’s much more than just a space. It’s a project of the Madison Mutual Aid Network, (website and Facebook), and is intended to allow its member organizations (which… Leer más »The Mutual Aid Workspace!
We haven’t been able to do our Co-ops 101 presentation in many months, for reasons you’re all familiar with. So, Charity recorded it, and posted the video on YouTube. Then we figured, as long as we’re posting videos about worker co-ops, we might as well post a bunch of them, and call it our video… Leer más »Presenting MCDC’s video library!
Like so many people, we’re working from home these days. It’s been an adjustment, but it’s given us the opportunity to overhaul our website! We hope you’ll come take a look, and also let us know how you like it. http://mcdcmadison.org One feature to make special note of is that the Co-ops 101 workshop that… Leer más »Working from home
Right now, most of us are Safer at Home. It seems odd to show solidarity with people by staying away from them. That doesn’t feel like helping. But it is. This time really serves as a reminder that for each of us to remain healthy, we need others to remain healthy as well. Trying to… Leer más »Sticking together in times of social distancing
First, the good news: the Regional Rendezvous was a big success! We had around 60 people, with some coming from as far away as Minnesota, Illinois, and even Montana. We’ll discuss it in more detail in the a future newsletter. The bad news, as you already know, is that the coronavirus is now a pandemic,… Leer más »Good news, bad news
It’s less than a week until the Regional Rendezvous! We hope you can join worker-cooperators from across the upper Midwest for a day and a half of discussions, tours, and socializing. If you can’t be there for the whole thing, that’s no problem — come for as much as you can. Here’s the agenda (if… Leer más »The Regional Rendezvous (featuring Co-ops 101) is approaching fast!
Worker cooperatives… … build skills, earning potential, and assets. … create meaningful change for communities affected by inequality. … are designed to improve on low-wage jobs through workplace democracy. To learn more, come to Co-ops 101! When: Wednesday, March 11th, 12-1:30 pm Where: Room 301, Central Public Library, 201 Mifflin St., Madison Plus: we’ll provide… Leer más »Start a worker co-op with MCDC’s help! And also come to the first Regional Rendezvous!
What would it would be like if your workplace operated democratically? What if every worker was also an owner? Well, we can tell you all about it — it’s called a worker co-op. You deserve to work in one. MCDC has the expertise to walk you through the process of starting one (or converting an… Leer más »You deserve a co-op! And dinner.
First, please spread the word that our most RFP for community-based organizations has been released. There is up to $30,000 available per organization in this competitive process. Read more here. Now, on to our main announcement: our next Co-ops 101 presentation is in less than two weeks. And while we’re at it, here are the… Leer más »Upcoming MCDC presentations
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