Conference & Event Reports

Jose Orbaiceta, President of the Worker Co-op Federation of Argentina, addresses CICOPA North America conference in Quebec

jim — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:47:17 -0400

Here are some choice quotes and close paraphrases captured by Jim Johnson and Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, GEO Collective members in attendance:

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! keynotes the first CICOPA North America Worker Co-op conference in Quebec

jim — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:39:32 -0400

Friday October 14, 2011, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! keynoted the first CICOPA North America Worker Co-op conference in Quebec. Goodman addressed an audience of over 150, including many representatives from worker cooperatives across Canada and the United States. She told us: "We need a media that covers the movements that create static, and history, like yours." While her main message was about the importance of independent media, she also commented that, "As the Occupy Wall Street movement looks for solutions - this is what all of you are about!"

Images of Pittsburgh Solidarity

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:08:45 -0400

This year's Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (July 31-August 2) offered a bicycle tour of a "People's History of Pittsburgh", led by Eric Boerer of Bike Pittsburgh. Conference attendee Michael Crowell shot some wonderful pictures of landmarks from Pittsburgh's compelling labor history, local co-ops, fellow conference participants, and other interesting subjects. Check out Michael 's album!

Reports from the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:21:19 -0400

Carl Davidson of the US Solidarity Economy Network, on The Daily Kos
Pittsburgh: Worker Coops Meet to Save the Rust Belt and the Rest of Us, Too
Worker and Community Coops Gather in Rust Belt’s Pittsburgh to Build Solidarity

Andrew McLeod's blog, Cooperate and No One Gets Hurt
The Rust Belt shines

Ecopalooza Green Events Network

EcoLarry — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:23:21 -0400

Ecopalooza is a web portal and event calendar for the promotion of green living expos, fairs, festivals, conferences, workshops and other sustainability events throughout North America. Ecopalooza website is a project of Ecopalooza Green Events Network, which also sponsors occasional green events in the Redwood North Coast bioregion of Northern California. The primary focus of Ecopalooza's networking activity is is on the bioregional, plant-based diet and youth aspects of the sustainability revolution.

The Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy Goes South!

Ethan — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:27:22 -0500

By Mary Hoyer, ECWD Lead Organizer

For the first time since its inception in 2002, the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD) will be held in the South. The 2007 regional conference will be co-hosted by the Federation of Southern Co-ops/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF) and the Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership (SACCO). Conference planners are delighted to bring the message of worker cooperation and business ownership to the South where credit unions and producer co-ops are prominent in rural areas.