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We need our national and international organizations to join us. I call on others to participate in building the movement while reframing and redirecting the Federation to become a member-controlled and -focused organization once again.

Cooperative development is the most important social change work that a person can do.

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard talks about her research into the history of African-American co-ops.

In Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, India an organization called ' Hakeekat' attempted to connect farmers practicing natural farming with the market. The organization suffered losses, and some of the produce went bad. Faced with the prospect of closure, the farmers came together to find a way forward. Today, a Farmer Producer Company (FPC) linked to this initiative procures the farmers' produce and sells approximately 200 types of household products.

Ariana Levinson discusses her recent article on labor agreements in unionized cooperatives. 

GEO member Matt Noyes talks about his history in the union and worker cooperative movements.

Across all conversations, participants described continually negotiating how and when aspects of their identity were disclosed, adapting to the needs of the people they supported while simultaneously managing their own sense of authenticity and professional identity.

workerowned.info is a free, searchable marketplace that indexes products from worker-owned businesses and puts them in one place.

We are Green Halcones, a social cooperative owned by formerly incarcerated individuals based in Los Angeles, California. We are working to make neighborhoods beautiful, grow healthy food, and protect the environment for future generations.

Communities across the world have organized member-owned institutions, both formal and informal, to survive against corporatized financial systems. The most predominant cooperative systems across the world are the Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs).