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2020: A Year in Review

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on December 16, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceDecember 16, 2020

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 →

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From WhatsApp to City Hall: Camden’s Bodegueros Build Power and Explore Cooperative Structures

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on December 10, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceDecember 10, 2020

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 →

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Bonfire Media Collective: Past, Present, and Future Support for Movements

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on December 1, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceDecember 11, 2020

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 →

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2020 Annual Meeting Recap

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on November 19, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceNovember 19, 2020

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 →

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Owning Your Labor in Birth Work: Q&A with Birth Brown Co-op

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on October 28, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceOctober 28, 2020

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 →

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Distributing Money to Co-ops: Round Two

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on September 22, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceSeptember 22, 2020

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 →

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Distributing Money to Cooperative Projects: Round One

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on June 25, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceJune 25, 2020

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 →

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Fearful, Enraged, Distraught — and Clinging to Hope

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance Posted on June 2, 2020 by Cooperative AllianceJune 2, 2020

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 →

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  • 2020: A Year in Review December 16, 2020
  • From WhatsApp to City Hall: Camden’s Bodegueros Build Power and Explore Cooperative Structures December 10, 2020
  • Bonfire Media Collective: Past, Present, and Future Support for Movements December 1, 2020
  • 2020 Annual Meeting Recap November 19, 2020

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