2025 Programs
From networking and peer support spaces to webinars and training intensives Cooperate Connecticut has something for the co-op curious and those already part of cooperatives or other solidarity economy initiatives.
Attendees at Beyond Business as Usual, a conference co-hosted by Cooperate Connecticut and reSET, participate in an exercise exploring everyday ways to practice cooperation facilitated by Kristianna Smith on October 26, 2024. Photo credit: Bizzie Ruth.Networking and
Peer Support Spaces
Cooperation among cooperatives is the sixth internationally recognized principle of cooperatives. This begins with tending to our relationships with each other, human to human.
Cooperate Connecticut is excited to curate spaces, in person and online, for co-op members and supporters to network and practice peer support. We believe this will create the conditions for the kinds of open dialogues, strategic collaborations, principled struggles, and lifelong friendships that are needed to grow and sustain our movement.
Join our virtual community!
The Parking Lot is a virtual peer learning and support space for members of co-ops, democratic workplaces, and grassroots collectives and coalitions working towards the solidarity economy, co-op developers or service providers, and anyone curious about these topics who live and/or work in Connecticut.
4th Tuesdays, March through November from 6 — 7:30pm
The Parking Lot
Steph Wiley, worker-owner of Brooklyn Packers and a Fellow with the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust, and Ashleigh Eubanks, co-op developer with RiseBoro Community Partnership, share stories and insights as part of the closing keynote on cooperative economics and Black futures at the Beyond Business as Usual conference on October 24, 2024. Photo credit: Bizzie Ruth. Education and Training
“Education, Training, and Information” is the fifth internationally recognized principle of cooperatives. In order for co-ops to succeed and remain grounded in the cooperative values, it is essential for member-owners to dedicate time to continuous learning.
This learning can occur through workshops, classes, and conferences, yes, but also through arts and culture events, through networking and peer learning spaces, and, last but not least, through practice.
Watch the recording from our
Solidarity Economy 101 Webinar
Attend our Annual Meeting
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.
This year, we're excited to also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of our friends at the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast!
Spanish interpretation and childcare will be provided.
