Written By Noémi Giszpenc, CDI’s executive director One year into the Covid-19 pandemic, women’s economic status in the United States has plummeted back to levels not seen since 1987, when Women’s History Month was first established. A combination of job
UPDATED Job Posting: Finance Director – position filled
Do you love spreadsheets, budgets, financial education and social justice? Can you handle numbers, projections, and democratic decision-making? Then CDI needs you! We are looking for a part-time (approx 30 hours/week) Finance Director. Job Overview: The Finance Director participates in the
Postcard from our Journey toward Racial Equity
In 2020, our Freedom and Justice for All working group changed its name to the Collective Liberation working group. It also grew to include 8 members of our staff and board. As 2021 dawns, we are placing Collective Liberation at
Celebrating Black Futures All Year Round
Written by Noemi Giszpenc, executive director (Hat tip: N.K. Jemisin) Making a special time to celebrate Black History is an unfortunate symptom of living in a white supremacist society. That said, we ♥ Black History! There is so much to
Violence is Anti-Democratic
Scarcely a week into 2021, we have had to witness a violent attack on lawmakers in the Capitol. CDI cherishes democracy as a fundamental life-affirming principle. There is certainly much to criticize and contest within the system, and much change
Refinancing Impacts Resident Owned Community
Congratulations to the Homestead Acres Co-op, Inc., which refinanced their cooperative on December 15th. Homestead Acres has been struggling for several years to find funding for several important infrastructure projects in their community –including an urgent replacement of their existing
Giving Thanks for Fear
Written by Noemi Giszpenc, CDI’s executive director “Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public” – Cornel West We are midway between Halloween and Thanksgiving, so it seems appropriate enough to say that we can be grateful
Maine USDA Grants Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Doug Clopp, Director of Communications Cooperative Development Institute 1-207-318-2378 dclopp@cdi.coop Join us live streaming at 1pm: Cooperative Development Institute Facebook Page USDA Announces Three New Grant Awards Totaling $624,892 for the Cooperative Development Institute, Expanding Opportunity
No longer taking applications: Job opening: Assistant Project Manager (New England), Cooperative Business Services
Do you want to help workers build wealth through ownership and gain a sense of hope and control over their future? Do you want to help farmers, fishermen and other food producers build a sustainable, resilient, locally controlled food system?
More Democracy, More Life
Picture an ideal world, functioning sublimely well. A problem arises–how does it get handled? Someone has an idea–what happens to it? There is a dispute between two people–how does it get resolved? Hopefully, your answer isn’t, “In an ideal world,