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Five Reasons to Plan Ahead to Attend the 2025 CWCF Conference

By Lacey Chyz Lacey Chyz is the founder of Self Help and Solidarity, an empowerment agency that educates people about the power of cooperation, and facilitates opportunities for sustainable community economic development.       The Connections and Networking Every conference boasts about networking opportunities, but nothing compares to cooperation among cooperatives! This fundamental co-op … Five Reasons to Plan Ahead to Attend the 2025 CWCF Conference


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Conference 2024 Reflection

Jackie Somerville is a past CWCF board member who once belonged to Edible worker co-op, an experience she recalls fondly. Thank you for allowing me to join the Zoom call for the CWCF 2024 Conference.  The enthusiasm and ideas of all the participants reawakens my zest for my own life and projects.  It brought back … Conference 2024 Reflection


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Conference 2024 Overview

  By Kenzie Love CWCF’s second-ever fully virtual conference took place from November 19-21 with a theme of Unleashing Worker Co-ops for Success. In keeping with this theme, the event recognized the profound economic, social, and environmental challenges facing both workers and worker co-ops, while also celebrating the creativity, passion, and excitement worker co-ops have … Conference 2024 Overview


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CWCF Announces 2024 Award Recipients 

CWCF Announces 2024 Award Recipients CWCF is pleased to announce the recipients of two awards to be presented at the 2024 Conference. The Mark Goldblatt Merit Award will be presented to Juliet ‘Kego Ume-Onyido and the Worker Co-op Best Practices Award will be presented to Sustainability Solutions Group (SSG). The Worker Co-op Merit Award, named … CWCF Announces 2024 Award Recipients 


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Co-operatives Are At a Pivotal Point

Co-operatives Are At a Pivotal Point  By Kenzie Love  When the United Nations General Assembly declared 2012 as the first International Year of Co-operatives, it seemed to herald a bright future for the movement. With the theme of “Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better World”, the International Year of Co-operatives had three main objectives: increasing awareness, … Co-operatives Are At a Pivotal Point


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JEDDI Committee Call for Members, and Board BIPOC Advisors

CWCF’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization and Inclusion (“JEDDI”) Committee is calling for applications for new committee members. At the same time, the Board of CWCF in conjunction with the JEDDI Committee is seeking BIPOC Advisors to the Board.   The Committee is seeking individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous or other People of Colour (BIPOC)  or … JEDDI Committee Call for Members, and Board BIPOC Advisors


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