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SUMMARY:Co-operative Education and Research Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:The 2018 Co-operative Education and Research Conference takes place on 1-2 May at Federation in Manchester – and will explore what ‘learning to do and learning to be’ look like today. \n“In the 19th Century\, the Rochdale Pioneers asked co-operators to learn how to ‘do’ – so that they could run successful businesses able to compete against capitalist enterprises\, and how to ‘be’– so that they developed values\, behaviours and solidarities essential to making the co-operative economy sustainable\,” said a statement from the Co-operative College\, which organises the event. \nUsing this as a starting point\, the conference will have two main strands: The Co-operative University; and Learning for New Co-operative Times. Over the two days there will be panels discussions\, workshops and the presentation of papers. The College is now calling for proposals that fit in either strand. \nThe idea for a Co-operative University was explored at a session at the 2017 Co-operative Congress\, where Dr Cilla Ross\, Co-operative College vice-principal\, argued that the university as we know it “is in crisis” – and that the establishment of a co-operative university was a logical next step. \nThe Education and Research Conference will continue this debate around co-operative pedagogy and ‘open’ education; co-op learning in communities; and co-op skills for the new world of work. The Learning for Co-operative Times strand will explore the social and solidarity economy; new opportunities for co-operation; and global perspectives\, among others. \nIn an era when the co-operative movement offers an “accountable\, people-centred and values-driven alternative to the mainstream capitalist model”\, the conference will “debate how ready the existing movement is to deal with new challenges”– and will look at the skills needed by people and organisations to develop sustainable\, alternative organisations”. \nIt will also also explore how the co-operative movement “can cope with\, respond to and pre-empt the extraordinary technology-driven changes which are recasting our cultural understanding of how we live\, communicate and work” \nThe deadline for 300 words abstracts is 14 February 2018. Notifications of acceptance will be sent on 7 March 2018. For more information on the different themes\, session types and how to apply\, visit the College website. If you would like any support in putting an abstract together\, or wish to discuss potential topics\, please contact Dr. Cilla Ross and Dr. Amanda Benson at the Co-operative College.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/co-operative-education-and-research-conference-2018/
CATEGORIES:Call for Submissions,Conference
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SUMMARY:Community Control of Land
DESCRIPTION:What does community control of land mean to you and your organization? We talk a lot about community control of land as we try to envision a world where decisions of land are not driven merely by speculation and forces of exclusion. But who is the community? What level of control do they exercise? Toward what end? \nShelterforce is seeking short essays on this topic (200-500 words). Your essays can explore this from one of two angles: either how your community or organization already answers these questions in practice\, or how community control of land ought to work\, even if you don’t have an example yet. \nEssays may be published online\, in print\, or both. We may follow up with questions or requests to expand certain points. Essays are due Feb. 21\, 2018 and can be emailed to articles@shelterforce.org. We are also seeking high-resolution (minimum 1600 pixels wide) photos that represent community control of land.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/community-control-of-land/
CATEGORIES:Call for Submissions
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Solutions to Our Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION:How much do you pay for a place to live—and how much should you? Across the country\, housing prices continue to climb while wages essentially have been stagnant since the 1970s. At the same time\, the supply of housing isn’t keeping pace with population growth. Zillow has estimated that the current number of homes for sale is about the same as it was in 1994\, but the U.S. population has grown by 63 million people since then. Even in places with laws requiring developers to build a certain percentage of affordable housing\, “affordability” often applies only to a select few people within a narrow demographic. Most people below the upper middle class are priced out. \nWhere are the solutions? The last major drive toward public housing in the 1960s had wide-ranging effects that did little to alleviate poverty and\, in some places\, made it worse. Across the country\, innovations in housing—cohousing developments and community land trusts to urban mixed-use communities and rural cooperatives—have shown some promise\, but can they scale to address the scope of the problem? There are only 165 cohousing groups across the United States\, for example\, some having only a few homes and none more than a few dozen. And\, no\, a million tiny houses won’t fix us. \nWhat solutions can work at scale? How do we approach housing and the related problems of inequality\, since housing makes up about two-thirds of a median American family’s wealth? How can we provide enough housing without contributing to overdevelopment and environmental degradation in all stages of use? Can innovative solutions in housing address the profound wealth inequality for racial and ethnic minorities? The stories we are seeking will address these questions and more\, such as: \n\nWhat is the American Dream home now?\nShould the goal should be homeownership or long-term stable rentals?\nAre people choosing creative forms of “family” as a way of addressing housing needs?\nIs multigenerational living all it’s cracked up to be?\nHow are communities of color finding solutions to housing needs that also address other issues facing their communities?\nWhat kind of advocacy works to hold the line on raising rents\, foreclosures\, and up-market redevelopment?\nCan cooperative financing\, development\, and homeownership keep housing affordable?\nWhere are millennials finding solutions for first-time homeownership?\nAre rural communities on the rebound as more people abandon prohibitively expensive urban centers?\nIs our concept of “home” changing how we view “work”?\nDoes gentrification have to mean displacement?\nHow can we ensure that our homes—building and living in them—aren’t contributing to environmental decay?\nHow do other countries or cultures manage affordable housing?\nWhat are we going to do about the suburbs?\n\nDo you have expertise\, evidence\, or insight into how the housing economy has changed and how it can change for the better? Send us your ideas for a reported feature\, deeply researched think piece\, or insightful essay to housing@yesmagazine.org.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/call-for-submissions-solutions-to-our-housing-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Call for Submissions
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