September 2022
Dear friends,
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With Hispanic Heritage Month around the corner: we want to look back at the many ways Hispanic and Latinx communities have helped shape the cooperative movement over the years, while also looking forward to all the innovations and collaborations still yet to come! Take a listen to this podcast on the Promise and Potential of Latinx Worker Cooperatives, meet 6 emerging Latinx-led co-ops, and follow our socials throughout the month for more stories.
This month’s newsletter includes upcoming workshops, job postings, funding updates + other key co-opportunities that will help you unlock the power of your co-op community.
As always, if you, or someone you know, can benefit from any of these resources, be sure to share!
We also encourage you to share your updates & ideas with us by emailing cfne@coopfund.coop
Co-op Curious?
We’ve got you covered. Check out these learning co-opportunities from CFNE & our friends.
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September 15 | 4 - 7 pm ET | Boston | Free
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Join us on the first evening of Hispanic Heritage Month for an event that will explore the tools of the solidarity economy -- community ownership and control of land and cooperative businesses -- for building wealth and power in Latino, Black, Indigenous and Asian communities. We will gather at the Roxbury Innovation Center in Nubian Square for this in-person event followed by networking. Register here!
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Septiembre 21 y 28 | 6 - 7:30 pm ET | En línea | Gratis
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Únase a nosotros para conectar con otras cooperativas del noreste y de todo el país. En esta serie de dos partes, discutiremos la dirección estratégica, veremos ejemplos concretos y practicaremos nuevos conceptos. Algunos de los temas que se tratarán en este taller: Definición de la misión y la visión, análisis del entorno, mapeo estratégico y mucho más. Inscríbase aquí. Enlace de Zoom.
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September 21 | 12 - 1:30 pm ET | Online | Free
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The Cooperative Fund of the Northeast (CFNE) has provided no-cost business support to 100s of emerging and established co-ops since 1975. Now, The Learning Team @CFNE invites you to celebrate the relaunch and expansion of our Technical Assistance program; featuring new online resources, a reintroduction to our team of professional, culturally responsive co-op coaches and more! Click here to register.
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Formation and Financing of Cooperatives for Maine’s Businesses
September 23 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm ET | $15 / Free with Membership
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Any business -- including farms, food processors, and grocery stores -- can be a democratically-owned and controlled cooperative, owned by its employees, customers, or suppliers. Business owners, especially those who are considering retirement, can sell to their workers. There are resources, financing and successful examples of worker ownership transitions to support them in the process. Hear from the Cooperative Development Institute, the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, and owners and workers about how cooperative formation works, how it can be financed, and how cooperatives can make the economy more just, sustainable, and prosperous. Click here to register.
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In Case You Missed It!
Recordings of our workshops are all available for viewing on our YouTube channel. Click here to view.
Connect with a Coach!
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Co-op Community
Stay connected to our co-op community.
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Co-op Navigator Fellowship: Host-sites Announced!
In this 3-year Fellowship, we are partnering with six amazing community based economic development organizations across the Northeast. Within communities of practice, fellows will receive mentorship, training & connections to trusted co-op development professionals, while gaining exposure to local co-op development initiatives identified by their host sites.
CFNE looks forward to working with:
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Orono, ME
The mission of Four Directions Development Corporation is to improve the social and economic conditions of the Native American tribes in Maine — the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot — through education and investment in affordable housing, tribal business ventures, and Native entrepreneurship. They are hiring a full-time position that will dedicate 20 hours a week to the Co-op Navigator Fellowship hosted by CFNE and the remaining hours to support other projects within the organization. Check their website for the full job description (not up yet), or let us know if you want to be notified when it comes out.
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Boston, MA
CCDS’ mission is to organize and build neighborhood leadership by creating an ecosystem of worker-owned cooperatives in East Boston and surrounding neighborhoods. They are hiring a full-time Cooperative Project Development Coordinator to coordinate this area of work and take this program (and our cooperatives) to the next level. Eligible candidates must be fully bilingual (Spanish/English). Click here for the full job description.
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Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. They are hiring for two positions: Financial Manager and Interim Farm Manager. The Financial Manager starts on November 1, 2022 and the Interim Farm Manager position is from April 3 - December 8, 2023. Priority deadline for both is October 1st, 2022, with a rolling application until the positions are filled. More information and applications here.
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If you are hiring, Columnate’s Job board is looking to expand their reach beyond the food co-op sector that it now serves. Columinate has developed a professional, contemporary job-board software platform. Users can create an organizational profile and manage posted positions and incoming applications.They have a vision for the next evolution of the job board: one where the tool is used cross-sector, both by employers and those seeking work, as their primary source for employment in the social-change marketplace. Check out the job board here.
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Co-op Capital
Stay updated on relevant funding co-opportunities.
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The ERC is a tax credit available to businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19. Unlike some other pandemic relief programs, the ERC is not a loan, and does not have to be paid back. 50-70% of qualified wages paid to employees between March 12, 2020 and October 1, 2021 are eligible for this tax credit. For 2020 wages there’s a maximum tax credit of $5,000 per employee. For 2021 wages there’s a maximum credit of $21,000 per employee. Click here to learn more about this.
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Maggie Maiorana and the Learning Team
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