Feminism & Gender Justice

No Wall Is Too Tall

ajowa — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:48 -0400

The future of humans and Planet Earth depend on replacing the "greed-driven" economic system of Wall Street with the "life-serving" system of Main Street.

That was the message that David Korten, author Agenda for a New Economy, and co-founder of Yes! magazine, brought to the 58th annual conference of the Association of Cooperative Educators in Cleveland on Wednesday.

Korten was one of the reasons that I wanted to come to this conference. The other was to tour the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry. Thanks to the Ralph Morris Foundation, I was able to attend my first ACE conference.

Sign up for anti-racism training at the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives conference in Berkeley

ajowa — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:22:35 -0400

Anti-Racism in the Workplace two-day training, August 9th & 10th, 2010, UC Berkeley.

The U.S. Federation for Worker Cooperatives has organized an intensive 2-day workshop as part of the conference. Here's how conference co-organizer, kiran nigam, bills it:

NASCO's Anti-oppression List: Action Camp Resources and Further Readings

jim — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:15:55 -0400