Calling All Cooperators!
Join us to build relationships, reflect on the current state of our local co-op movement, and to strategize about our next steps as a network.
On Saturday, October 18th from 10:30 am - 3 pm, we invite all local co-op members and supporters to gather at the Whitneyville Cultural Commons in Hamden, Connecticut for our first Annual Meeting where we will build relationships, reflect on the current state of our movement, and to strategize about our next steps as a network.
Spanish interpretation and childcare will be provided.
We’re just getting started and we need you!
This includes but is not limited to:
Member-owners of all types of co-ops (e.g. worker, food, housing, producer)
Members of mutual aid collectives and labor or tenant unions
Social entrepreneurs
Non-profit workers
Professional service providers (i.e. co-op developers, coaches, consultants, lawyers, accountants)
Artists, educators, healers, and caregivers.
Event Program
10:30am - 12:00pm
Registration and Brunch
Join us for a catered brunch to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our friends at the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast’s!
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Opening Plenary
Learn more about our emerging network and how you can get involved!
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Breakout Sessions
We’ll hold affinity spaces for people to connect by sector in order to share offers and needs and explore opportunities to collaborate!
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Closing Assembly
In our closing assembly, vote our next steps as a network.
This event is made possible by our partners
Are you interested in co-sponsoring or volunteering at our annual meeting?
Please email us at cooperatect@gmail.com
Building an economy that meets the needs of all people and the planet over profit.
Cooperate Connecticut is a membership-based network catalyzing cooperative ownership and power on the occupied territories of the Eastern Pequot, Golden Hill Paugussett, Lenape, Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan, Nipmuc, and Schaghticoke also known as the state of Connecticut.
We bring co-ops and supporters across the state together to grow our local cooperative ecosystem through increasing access to information, education, skill based training, technical and material support, networking, and collaboration.
THE SOIL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SEEDS
Minneapolis-based artist and cultural organizer, Ricardo Levins Morales, reminds us that, in movement building, “the soil is more important than the seeds.” In this metaphor, we understand the soil represents the ideas, beliefs, values, and narratives that create the environment in which we work and the seeds represent the campaigns, businesses, organizations, and institutions that we want to build.
At Cooperate CT, the soil represents the collective consciousness around the principles and practices of cooperation. In addition to preparing the soil, our network aims to build the infrastructure needed to nourish and propagate local cooperative businesses and worker-centered organizations.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email:
vksharma@resetco.org
Instagram:
@cooperate.ct
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