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Cooperatives

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Here is a place for news and information about Cooperatives (Co-ops), Democratic Workplaces, Collectives, Communes, Intentional Communities, Eco-Vilages, etc. This community is the continuation/alternative to r/cooperatives on Reddit.

Regional/National Groups:

US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Northwest Cooperative Development Center

Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (No Boss)

Worker-Owned and Run Cooperative Network of Greater Boston (Workin')

Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives (Vawk) NYC NoWC (Nic-knock)

Federation of Southern Cooperatives

Carolina Common Enterprise

Austin Cooperative Business Association

Tech Co-op Network

Alberta Community & Co-operative Association

Education & Development:

Cultivate.Coop Ed.coop

[Democracy at work](Democracy at work)

[Co-op Law](Co-op Law)

Find.Coop

CoopNetwork

International Co-operative Alliance

[Cooperative Fund of New England]

(https://cooperativefund.org/)

Working World Loan Fund

[Shared Capital, formerly North Country Development Fund](Shared Capital, formerly North Country Development Fund)

California Center for Cooperative Development

University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

Ralph K Morris Foundation

Cooperation Works!

[Democracy at Work Network](Democracy at Work Network)

Fund for Democratic Communities

Sustainable Economies Law Center

(PDF File) A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative

Community-Wealth.org

[North American Students of Cooperation](North American Students of Cooperation)

Loomio Cooperative Handbook

News/Blogs:

Co-operative News

Co-operate And No One Gets Hurt

The Company We Keep

Grassroots Economic Organizing

Other Forums/Lists: r/Cooperatives

NOBAWC

WORCN

Tech Co-op List

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"The word “commons”, refers to a community-run and owned resource. What we saw during the Pandemic was the role a care commons could play in sustaining individual and community well-being in a crisis. Social Care is in crisis, and just like the Pandemic, this crisis impacts us all. Since conventional home care services have been designed to address individual needs they often overlook the wider networks of care and belonging that those individuals are nested within; systems made up of friendship groups, families, neighbors, and local community networks. In the day-to-day delivery of services, these networks have been sidelined. Friends, family and community members have been placed at the margins of formal systems of care. Until recently these "informal" carers placed their trust in the professionals and their processes and procedures. However, the devastating impact of over a decade of austerity has almost completely eroded this trust. Lacking confidence in these formal systems of support, more people are placing their trust in informal systems of support.

"Our pilot rejects an either/or choice between professional services and the kinship and community networks we belong to, choosing instead to overcome the disconnection between them. Taking a commons-based approach is about engaging the best of these two vital support systems, developing a hybrid service out of the relationships, systems and processes found in both these domains of care."

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