Our Executive Director Noemi Giszpenc was invited by the Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques (Iheap), a post-graduate institute for research and experimentation in art, to present to their New York City program about cooperatives for artists. The session was hosted by the SOHO20 Gallery in Brooklyn. With participants from the Northwest and South
On Friday, September 19, CDI staff Matt Meyer and Noémi Giszpenc joined experienced and new co-op developers at the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board for a tour of buildings in the Housing Development Fund Corporation program. UHAB provides consultation to boards and residents similar to what CDI’s NEROC program does, preparing and counseling residents on their ownership rights
Our worker co-op friends in NYC are up to it again! Today, May 14th, was the first ever Worker Cooperative Advocacy day in NYC. Participants from inspiring organizations such as The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), Green Worker Cooperatives, New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives, SCO Family Services- Center for Family Life, Make
Meet Ginger Moon, a graduate of Green Worker Cooperatives’ Coop Academy. Ginger Moon is a mother-owned & run worker co-op based in the Bronx that is dedicated to providing healthy food to new moms and their families. They call themselves “the food doulas” because they see food as a key ingredient to ensure the health and
Join us for the inaugural film in the Projections series, Word Up’s winter series of film screenings with local filmmakers and neighborhood collaborators! Ecomundo Cleaning & Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria present SHIFT CHANGE DATE: Saturday, January 25, 2014 TIME: 6 PM LOCATION: 2113 Amsterdam Ave. @ 165th St. WHAT: A screening of SHIFT CHANGE (69 min.), an award-winning documentary that
Economic Democracy and Economic Justice: The Tale of a New City The New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives will hold its first annual conference of presentations and discussions about economic democracy and the road to economic justice. The conference will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at CUNY Law School. The public is invited to
Announcing reRoute: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy This summer join a diverse new generation of practitioners and organizers from across the US and Canada to share strategies, tools, and stories about our work creating a solidarity economy from the ground up in our communities and on our campuses. reRoute: Building Youth and
A Bookkeeping Cooperative (ABC) is looking for two experienced bookkeepers or accountants based in NYC to bring our start-up cooperative to a higher level. We are a worker-owned cooperative that offers day-to-day bookkeeping services to cooperatives, non-profits, social justice endeavors, alternative healthcare practitioners and small community-based businesses. We offer:– Full charge bookkeeping services – Quickbooks
Date: Thursday, January 17th Time: 6 – 8 pm Place: NEDAP, 176 Grand Street, Suite 300, New York, NY 10013 Trains: N/R/Q/6/J/Z to Canal Street; B/D to Grand Street Please email info@nycworker.coop with any questions.
The Next Wave of Co-ops are here! The Spring semester of the Coop Academy, our business boot camp for cooperative start-ups, is less than a month away. But before any of the four teams of aspiring cooperative entrepreneurs are able to benefit from the aggressive combination of training, coaching, and technical services such as legal
