{"id":7486,"date":"2021-10-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/?p=7486"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:32:46","slug":"madworc-con-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/2021\/10\/05\/madworc-con-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"MadWorc (con espa\u00f1ol)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MadWorC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we continue our look at MCDC&#8217;s community-based organization partners, the second in our series is MadWorC. MadWorC\u2019s real name is Madison Worker Cooperatives, which makes it pretty clear who belongs to it. Its website says that&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>MadWorC is a membership organization of worker-owned and operated cooperatives. Our mission is to support and build the solidarity economy in the Madison area by promoting worker ownership and democratically controlled workplaces. We provide cooperative education, development support, peer network, and technical assistance towards growing an ecosystem of worker-owned cooperatives, which can mutually support each other while addressing racial and economic disparities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been meeting since 2009, but was entirely volunteer-run until last year, when an MCDC grant allowed it to hire a staff person for the first time. The coordinator, Rek Kwawer, has made a big difference in MadWorC organization and activity levels, which is reflected in its recent accomplishments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Organizing the second annual Regional Rendezvous, a conference for worker cooperators from the upper Midwest, plus guests from around the country<\/li><li>Sending monthly newsletters<\/li><li>Putting together a book club, which just started its second book, <em>Freedom Farmers<\/em><\/li><li>Planning a course on workers co-ops to be given at MATC<\/li><li>Relaunched the website<\/li><li>A strategic planning retreat<\/li><li>Grant applications<\/li><li>Lots more in the works<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Receiving a second grant from MCDC means that MadWorC can build momentum in these activities and more over the coming year. MCDC will also continue to collaborate closely with MadWorC on outreach and education events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MadWorC en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La segunda organizaci\u00f3n comunitaria de nuestra serie sobre nuestros socios es MadWorC. El nombre real de MadWorC es Madison Worker Cooperatives (Cooperativas de Trabajadores de Madison), lo que deja bastante claro a qui\u00e9n pertenece. Su p\u00e1gina web dice que&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>MadWorC es una organizaci\u00f3n de cooperativas de trabajadores. Nuestra misi\u00f3n es apoyar y construir la econom\u00eda solidaria en el \u00e1rea de Madison promoviendo la propiedad de los trabajadores y los lugares de trabajo controlados democr\u00e1ticamente. Proporcionamos educaci\u00f3n cooperativa, apoyo al desarrollo, red de pares y asistencia t\u00e9cnica para el crecimiento de un ecosistema de cooperativas propiedad de los trabajadores, que pueden apoyarse mutuamente mientras abordan las disparidades raciales y econ\u00f3micas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Se ha reunido desde 2009, pero ha sido gestionada exclusivamente por voluntarios hasta el a\u00f1o pasado, cuando una subvenci\u00f3n de MCDC le permiti\u00f3 contratar a una persona por primera vez. La coordinadora, Rek Kwawer, ha marcado una gran diferencia en los niveles de organizaci\u00f3n y actividad de MadWorC, lo que se refleja en sus recientes logros:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>La organizaci\u00f3n de la segunda Rendezvous Regional anual, una conferencia para los cooperativistas de trabajo de la parte superior del Medio Oeste, adem\u00e1s de invitados de todo el pa\u00eds<\/li><li>Env\u00edo de boletines mensuales<\/li><li>La creaci\u00f3n de un club de lectura, que acaba de empezar su segundo libro, <em>Freedom Farmers<\/em><\/li><li>Planificaci\u00f3n de un curso sobre cooperativas de trabajo que se impartir\u00e1 en MATC<\/li><li>Relanzamiento del sitio web<\/li><li>Un retiro de planificaci\u00f3n estrat\u00e9gica<\/li><li>Solicitudes de subvenci\u00f3n<\/li><li>Muchas m\u00e1s cosas en marcha<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Recibir una segunda subvenci\u00f3n de MCDC significa que MadWorC puede impulsar estas actividades y otras m\u00e1s durante el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o. El MCDC tambi\u00e9n seguir\u00e1 colaborando estrechamente con MadWorC en eventos de divulgaci\u00f3n y educaci\u00f3n.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MadWorC As we continue our look at MCDC&#8217;s community-based organization partners, the second in our series is MadWorC. MadWorC\u2019s real name is Madison Worker Cooperatives, which makes it pretty clear who belongs to it. Its website says that&#8230; MadWorC is a membership organization of worker-owned and operated cooperatives. Our mission is to support and build&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/2021\/10\/05\/madworc-con-espanol\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MadWorc (con espa\u00f1ol)<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paWzR5-1WK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcdcmadison.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}