SPRING INTO COOPERATION
A 3-PART SERIES ON WORKER-OWNED COOPERATIVES
Feb. 25 Films & Discussion on Italian and Spanish Coops @ Noon
Free Lunch this Sat. at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th Street, SJ (near SJSU)
The Santa Clara County Cooperative Collaborative and the TeamWorks Development Institute, Smart Yards Cooperative, Human Agenda, Somos Mayfair, Sacred Heart Community Service, Community Solutions, the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, and the SJSU Human Rights Program invite you to this initial kickoff of the three-part Spring into Cooperation series this Saturday, February 25.
See these two short films by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young of the most successful worker cooperative movements on planet earth.
WEconomics: Italy A new report about what a more cooperative economy and society have to offer. The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy has one of the highest concentrations of cooperative businesses in the developed world. The capital, Bologna is an industrial powerhouse, where prosperity is widely shared, and cooperatives of teachers and social workers play a key role in the provision of government services. From the makers of “Shift Change.”
La Empresa Es Nuestra About the Mondragon cooperative network in the Basque Country, which has transformed a depressed area of Spain into one of the most productive region in Europe. Mondragón, the largest cooperative corporation in the world, is the tenth-largest Spanish company.
Save the Dates
Sat. March 18 @ Noon: The New Cuban Co-ops Hear from participants in the 2017 Human Agenda Emulation Tour to Cuba regarding the historic shift by Cuba to a more democratic and decentralized cooperative economy.
Sat. April 8 @ Noon: Arizmendi & Teamworks Learn about two of the most successful worker cooperatives in the Bay Area and get all your questions answered about the nuts & bolts of coop formation.
For more information contact Engels Garcia at 408-759-9571
