Request CDI Services

I am looking for….

…resources and answers to questions

• For general information about cooperatives, worker-owned enterprises, and solidarity economics, please visit our resource library.
• You can find additional resource libraries via the following links:
  • Cooperative Educators Network
  • Co-op Zone (Canadian)
  • NASCO organizer’s handbook on starting a housing co-op
  • NCDF Toolboxes on consumer, housing, worker co-ops and more
  • Food Co-op Initiative
• For more specific answers to your questions, you can post to the CooperationWorks! listserv or the US Federation of Worker Co-ops’ Slack group.

…technical assistance for a project

• Please note that we are currently at full client capacity and cannot support new projects at this time. If you have a group and/or project and are ready to begin development, please fill out a request for service form below. Upon filling out the form, you will be added to our waitlist so that we can respond to your request when new availability opens up.
• Alternatively, you can find other cooperative service providers via the following links:
  • General Cooperative Support
    • CooperationWorks!
    • USDA Rural Cooperative Development Center list
  • Worker Cooperative Support
    • Democracy at Work Institute
    • ICA Group
    • United States Federation of Worker Cooperatves
    • Workers to Owners Collaborative
  • Cooperative Funding Support
    • Cooperative Fund of the Northeast
• Please note that CDI prioritizes projects which:
  • Are based in the Northeast
  • Have the goal to engage deeply with the 7 cooperative principles (are “social profit” co-ops)
  • Have a majority of members who Identify as B/I/POC
  • Benefit immigrants and refugees
  • Have a majority of members who Identify as part of the LGBTQ community
  • Contribute beneficially to environmental stewardship
    

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