Written By Noemi Giszpenc, CDI’s executive director There are a lot of different ways that oppression can look and show up in the world. This past Spring and Summer, the news has brought us face-to-face with pretty much all of
Encountering Community With CDI
Written by Eric Fleischmann With a horribly mismanaged epidemic, economic downturn, more and more cases of police brutality against POC, and a coming election that has left many young people disillusioned, this is quite a time to come of age
New Housing Co-op in Portland Maine is approved by the City!
Written By Julian Rowand, Arthur Sabiti and Jonah Fertig-Burd CDI has been working to develop new limited equity housing co-ops in Greater Portland, Maine. This work has accelerated this year with new partnerships, support from the City and a successful
The Future of Manufactured Housing is Here!
For Immediate Release: August 11, 2020 Pine Tree Village Cooperative Carver, Massachusetts Contact: Colleen Preston – Cooperative Development Institute (508) 951-0631 Alison Donovan – VEIC (802) 540-7605 The Future of Manufactured Housing is Here! Today, at Pine Tree Village Cooperative,
A Bittersweet Goodbye to our CFS Program Director
Written by Jonah Fertig-Burd, CDI’s Cooperative Food System Program Director I wanted to share the news with our clients, collaborators, and supporters that I will be leaving CDI at the end of August to start a new job as the
M4BL supports Maine’s first immigrant-owned farming co-op
M4BL Supports Maine Food Co-ops The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) evoked a global response to support Black-owned enterprises. In America, this support led to extending contributions of time and funds to Black-owned businesses across the country. In Maine, we’re excited to share an article
COVID-19 Maine Economic Recovery
Worker Cooperatives benefit the many, not the few
Written by Rob Brown, Business Ownership Solutions Program Director The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic collapse has only made a bad situation worse, exacerbating economic inequality, racial disparities in employment, wealth and health, and the precarious livelihoods of poor
Learning is a Matter of Life and Death
Written By Executive Director, Noemi Giszpenc The fifth cooperative principle is Education, Training, and Information. This may seem like a milquetoast, quiet principle, but it’s not. Would slaves have risked their lives to learn to read if education was optional?
Surviving the Pandemic in Our ROC
Written by Stephen Hamlin, Board President, North Avenue Cooperative – Vermont Spring 2020 was upon us and plans were being made for the usual work of paving and tree maintenance when COVID-19 hit. Almost as quickly as we heard about