What have we been up to this year? In addition to surviving a pandemic and resisting the deep erosion of democratic structures in this country (no small feat), we’ve continued our work in growing the cooperative economy. Here are some … Continue reading →
Emma Freedman, a project associate at The Food Trust, has been working with corner store owners—or bodegueros—in Camden, New Jersey since mid-2019. It’s a close community, in some ways; store owners run into one another at local warehouses when stocking … Continue reading →
Bonfire Media Collective is a worker-owned cooperative video production company telling human stories that catalyze social change. Many of the founders came together as collaborators on community media productions with Media Mobilizing Project (now Movement Alliance Project), an organization rooted … Continue reading →
At this year’s annual meeting—which took place virtually, via Zoom—we played with one of staff’s new favorite tools and made a cooperative jamboard. Folks from existing and start-up co-ops shared what their enterprises are up to and how they’ve adapted … Continue reading →
PACA asked Marqui and Toni Rose from Birth Brown Co-op (BBC) to share their story, what the co-op is up to these days, and how things have shifted in the pandemic. PACA: Who is Birth Brown Co-op? BBC: Birth Brown … Continue reading →
In April, PACA committed to sharing half of every unrestricted dollar we raised through the end of June within our co-op community. Back in late June, we distributed $12,500 to five cooperative projects in the form of $2,500 grants. Over … Continue reading →
In late April, we made a commitment to redistribute half of every unrestricted dollar raised through the end of June within our co-op community. We’ve convened our member co-ops and cooperative groups in our network to understand how we can … Continue reading →
This piece was written by our executive director, Jamila Medley, shortly after the murder of George Floyd. Black Economic Sovereignty: Struggle, Fight, Build, Repeat By now, you may have read any number of statements from organizations standing alongside Black folks … Continue reading →