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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191107
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SUMMARY:Who Owns the World? The State of Platform Cooperativism
DESCRIPTION:Fire the Bosses\, Democratize the Internet\, and Own the Future \nCelebrating ten years of digital labor conferences at The New School\, Who Owns the World? The State of Platform Cooperativism is the most international gathering of its kind. Following our 2018 conference in Hong Kong\, this much-needed event summons scholars and founders of platform cooperatives — businesses that use a website\, mobile app\, or protocol to sell goods or services while relying on democratic decision-making and shared ownership of the platform by workers and users.  \nPlatform cooperativism is not a fleeting idea but an iterative process that unfolds with the support of community groups and anchor organizations such as universities\, cooperative banks\, and accelerators. Impulses for a democratic digital transformation come from numerous domains\, which is why this event presents theoretical reflections\, artistic provocations\, and insights from on-the-ground workers\, owners\, and users. \nWho Owns the World? convenes one hundred fifty speakers from over thirty countries to meet each other\, co-design\, and learn about topics such as worker power in the platform economy\, antitrust\, misogyny and racism in co-ops\, ecological sustainability\, best practices for cooperation including the allocation of startup funding\, the potential of platform co-ops for data trusts\, data co-ops\, new models for distributed governance\, and data sovereignty. \nWho owns our data\, our cities\, the world? For three days in November\, we’ll field this and other questions. We’ll not stop at slideshows and declarations challenging current enterprise structures but continue to advance existing and near-future alternatives. We can do better than platform capitalism! Cooperators the world over\, unite now!! \nThis conference is convened by Trebor Scholz (Director\, Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy at The New School ICDE) with support from Michael McHugh\, ICDE’s Assistant Director. \nSupport\nThe following organizations have taken a stand for the future of cooperatives in the digital economy by joining the PCC Circle of Cooperators as members:\nSmart.coop\, Fairbnb.coop\, Coompanion\, NeedsMap\, Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals  (Australia)\, Datavest\, Democracy at Work Institute\, Co-operatives UK\, Stocksy United\, CoLab Cooperative\, Cotabo\, Ontario Co-operative Association\, Fondazione Centro Studi Doc\, Center for Cultural Innovation\, Cooperatives for a Better World\, Unionen\, Institute for the Future\, CoLab Cooperative\, Febecoop\, La Coop des Communs \nIn addition\, we acknowledge event sponsors including the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing\, Rutgers University; The New School’s Milano School for Management and Policy; the Open Society Foundations; and the Ford Foundation.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/who-owns-the-world-the-state-of-platform-cooperativism/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181111
DTSTAMP:20180929T211157Z
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SUMMARY:Workers' Economy: Third North American Encuentro
DESCRIPTION:We are currently inviting USian and Canadian participation in the forthcoming Workers’ Economy\, 3rd North American Region “Encuentro” November 8-10 in Mexico City. It aims at building solidarity among participants in unions\, worker co-ops and solidarity economies in Canada\, US\, Mexico\, Central America and the Caribbean.  Main hosts are the LF del Centro Cooperativa (now owned by the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas) and Mexico’s branch of the Workers’ Economy Network which was born in Buenos Aires in 2007.\n\nGratis registration and submission deadline is October 20 but we ask for early inquiries to help organizers get like-minded folks together.  A sliding-scale fee will be assessed non-Spanish speakers in order to compensate interpreters.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/workers-economy-third-north-american-encuentro/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180917
DTSTAMP:20180227T183333Z
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SUMMARY:2018 Worker Cooperative National Conference
DESCRIPTION:Worker cooperators\, unions\, developers\, allies\, funders\, investors\, and visionaries — join us this September! \nThis moment in U.S. history is pivotal — we are taking this opportunity to catalyze workers across the country\, joining with the larger cooperative and economic justice movements to create and maintain stable\, empowering jobs through employee ownership. \nThis three day conference in Los Angeles\, California will make space for connection\, education\, skill-building\, and sharing\, for worker-owners and allied leaders who work to improve the lives of workers and their families. \nStay tuned for more information about sessions and registration\, coming in January 2018.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/2018-worker-cooperative-national-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180730
DTSTAMP:20180604T193507Z
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SUMMARY:Fearless Cities - North America 2018
DESCRIPTION:Fearless Cities\nNorth America Regional Municipalist Summit\nNew York City\nWe are excited to announce the first ever North American municipalist summit\, which will happen in New York City July 27 – 29\, 2018 \nCo-sponsored by Cooperation Jackson\, Movement NetLab and the Metropolitan Studies Department at NYU this regional Fearless Cities will include comprehensive participation from Canada\, the United States and Mexico and will be rooted in the international network coalesced by last year’s Fearless Cities international summit. \nOver 3 days of workshops\, meetings\, panels\, and hands on learning opportunities bracketed by 2 open public assemblies\, social gatherings\, and curated opportunities to explore social movements and solidarity economies in New York City\, summit attendees will participate in an immersive municipalist gathering where they will forge lasting network ties that will be strengthened by smaller follow-up regional gatherings slated to occur in Jackson\, Mississippi and other sites. \nAt Fearless Cities – North America 2018 we will:\n\nGalvanize the growing network of municipalist movements across the globe\nAct as a gathering space to share successes and as an innovation locus to troubleshooting setbacks for movements at various stages of development\nProvide hands on opportunities to test new tools for participatory democracy and solidarity economies Coalesce municipalist projects in the United States\, Canada\, and Mexico\nKickstart a series of regional municipalist gatherings in the United States and build ties and regularly scheduled opportunities for communication and collaboration
URL:https://ussen.org/event/fearless-cities-north-america-2018/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180625
DTSTAMP:20180607T170315Z
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SUMMARY:CommonBound 2018
DESCRIPTION:CommonBound 2018\nSt. Louis\, MO \nHosted by the New Economy Coalition and Solidarity Economy St. Louis \nRegistration opens this March! Tickets are sliding scale. Scholarships available.\nOn June 22-24\, 2018\, over 700 people across the new economy movement will come together in St. Louis\, MO for CommonBound 2018 to connect with one another\, share our resources\, and demonstrate our power in creating systems that truly meet the needs of our communities. \nIn past years\, CommonBound has answered the questions of what is a new economy\, why do we need one\, and who is it building it. Next July\, CommonBound will connect these threads and focus on another question: How do we build a new economy? \nCommonBound will bring together movement leaders\, activists\, and organizations from across North America to create a space for planning\, strategizing\, and movement building. The conference will feature a combination of network gatherings\, closed and open work/strategy sessions\, trainings\, listening sessions\, workshops\, debates\, and other formats exploring a range of topics through thematic tracks. \nWe’ve learned and built on CommonBound 2016’s decentralized planning model (inspired by the Allied Media Conference). This year\, NEC staff will work with our 200 member groups and allies to curate tracks so that the conference programming is shaped and reflects the communities and thought leaders building the new economy movement. \nCommonBound is taking place in St. Louis\, Missouri\, a city where local organizing is creating a vibrant and burgeoning new economy. NEC is thrilled to partner with Solidarity Economy St. Louis\, a network of St. Louis organizations and individuals\, to plan CommonBound 2018 and ensure it both adds fuel to local organizers’ efforts and grounds visitors in the critical work happening there. \nWe already know that our current economy is built on theft\, exploitation and oppression. Every day\, our communities are faced with an onslaught of violence and repression. Just one month ago\, yet another police officer was acquitted in the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith\, sparking protests from thousands of people across St. Louis. But we also know that we are brilliant and capable of shaping a different world\, that we can come together to create\, resist\, and transform ourselves and our realities. \nJoin us in 2018 in St. Louis. Together\, we can make CommonBound a conference that propels our movements forward. For ongoing updates\, join the NEC email list if you haven’t already!
URL:https://ussen.org/event/commonbound-2018/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180618
DTSTAMP:20180607T170221Z
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SUMMARY:Allied Media Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 20th annual Allied Media Conference: June 14-17\, 2018. Held every summer in Detroit\, the conference brings together a vibrant and diverse community of people using media to incite change: filmmakers\, radio producers\, technologists\, youth organizers\, writers\, entrepreneurs\, musicians\, dancers\, and artists. We define “media” as anything you use to communicate with the world. You are a media-maker! \nWe define media-based organizing as any collaborative process that uses media\, art\, or technology to address the roots of problems and advances holistic solutions towards a more just and creative world. \nThe Allied Media Conference is a collaboratively designed event. Conference content is curated with care every year by 100+ volunteer coordinators of tracks\, practice spaces\, and network gatherings. The conference features over 300 hands-on workshops\, panels\, film screenings\, Detroit tours\, art and music events\, strategy sessions\, karaoke\, bowling\, collaborative art and more!
URL:https://ussen.org/event/allied-media-conference-2018/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180505
DTSTAMP:20180215T162022Z
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SUMMARY:ReGen18
DESCRIPTION:On May Day\, 2018\, 500 world-changers in philanthropy\, business\, government and citizen activism will gather in San Francisco to foster the emergence of a new regenerative society\, and a rapid shift from a degenerative economy to one that supports the mutual thriving of people and planet. \nACTION OVER DISCUSSION\nReGen18 will not be another talk-fest\, but a task-force and learning ground with growing real-world impact year-on-year. It will launch a purpose-driven community to share practical tools\, powerful ideas\, new business models and innovative finance mechanisms to accelerate the change we need at the speed of the problems we now face. A roster of well-known experts will guide actionable conversations about regenerative finance\, food and agriculture\, urban design and policy\, health and culture. Regenerative companies and projects will gain validation and support. We will build practical partnerships and functional alliances. \nCROSS-POLLINATION\nDynamic event design will maximize productive interaction. Working groups will converge for “deep dives\,” then share their discoveries and activities with the wider gathering. We’ll hear from pioneers who are devising financial products that can combat onrushing climate change while generating prosperity in indigenous communities. We’ll explore how to produce nutritious food and increase biodiversity while “drawing down” CO2 into the living soil. We will meet leaders of regenerative natural products companies and family farms\, and learn about achievable ways to transform landscapes and seascapes. We will explore how cities can enhance the environment rather than depleting it; how buildings can produce clean energy\, air\, and water while storing excess carbon; and how urban transformation connects with local wealth creation through entrepreneurship in marginalized neighborhoods.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/regen18/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180503
DTSTAMP:20180207T201707Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180501
DTSTAMP:20180227T182836Z
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SUMMARY:2018 California Co-op Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 29th and 30th for the 2018 California Co-op Conference (CCC) in beautiful\, sunny San Diego! The conference will be held at the Marina Village Conference Center\, 1936 Quivira Way\, San Diego\, which offers a beautiful view of the bay\, and the convenience of a location near San Diego airport. \nConference workshops reveal how cooperatives revitalize and fortify local economies by creating jobs\, housing\, and locally owned businesses! \nPre-Conference: Saturday\, April 28th: A full day intensive training on Sociocracy. \nSociocracy is a collaborative decision making process that promotes transparent\, inclusive decision making and self-governance. The session will be led by Sheella Mierson\, a founding member of the Sociocracy Consulting Group. To learn more about Sheella Mierson and Sociocracy\, follow this link. \nWorkshops will reveal how cooperatives revitalize and fortify local economies by creating jobs\, housing\, and locally owned businesses.  You will learn how to start a new cooperative\, how to develop and strengthen your own cooperatives.  The conference offers you an opportunity to engage with other cooperators and discuss ideas\, experiences\, and strategies.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/2018-california-co-op-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180423
DTSTAMP:20180402T223912Z
CREATED:20180402T223912Z
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SUMMARY:Coop Econ 2018
DESCRIPTION:CoopEcon is an education and training institute geared toward helping current and future cooperators building and strengthening new community-based enterprises in their communities. \nCoopEcon 2018 is the fifth gathering of a coalition of Southern Grassroots organizations and their affiliate partners. This network of organizations is working towards promoting and launching sustainable cooperative economies. The work of these organizations is inspired by the rich history of social justice struggle in the South and looks to the cooperative examples of Mondragon\, Spain\, and the Emilia Romagna area in Italy for guidance. \nCoopEcon 2018 will continue to lay the foundations of an economy rooted in cooperation and democratic ownership\, one that meets the needs of all\, particularly communities including African-Americans\, Native Americans\, immigrants\, women\, youth\, low income whites\, LatinX\, and formerly incarcerated people located in the historic US South\, which includes Alabama\, Arkansas\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Louisiana\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, Oklahoma\, South Carolina\, Tennessee\, Texas\, Virginia\, and West Virginia.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/coop-econ-2018/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180330
DTSTAMP:20180326T171923Z
CREATED:20180326T171923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180326T171923Z
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SUMMARY:CTRLshift: An Emergency Summit for Change 2018
DESCRIPTION:This week hundreds of activists will gather in Wigan for ‘CTRLshift: An Emergency Summit For Change’ – a three day conference exploring the uncertainties and opportunities of our times\, convened by around 20 grassroots\, social change organisations. \nKicking off on Tuesday 27 March\, the event will bring together activists\, organisers\, and entrepreneurs to develop a shared agenda to shift power over our democracy\, economy and environment\, from Westminster and multinational corporations\, to people and communities across Britain. By bringing these solutions together and mobilising people for local and regional action\, the organisers hope to make ‘taking back control’ a positive reality. As the conference summary explains: \n“Our departure from the European Union is a moment of significant disruption and presents us with an unparalleled opportunity to reshape the future. We believe that the best way to effect change is to bring together those working to reform the system with those actively building practical radical alternatives on the ground.” \nOver the course of the conference participants will hear from a wide range of organisations and speakers and spend time discussing challenges\, examining possible solutions\, and exploring opportunities for collaboration. There will also time for socialising\, networking and live performances. The overarching goal is to help a more effective movement for positive change to emerge from collective actions. \nPartners include Co-ops UK\, The Alternative UK\, Forum for the Future\, People’s Food Policy\, Shared Assets\, Permaculture Association\, Solidarity Economy Association\, Social Enterprise UK\, The Finance Innovation Lab\, Stir Magazine\, Totnes Economy Project\, Transition Network\, Local Futures\, Shared Future CIC\, Coop Business Consultants\, Schumacher Institute\, The Low Impact Living Initiative\, Real Farming Trust\, Red Pepper\, Schumacher College and many more. \nFor more information on the programme\, or to find out how to attend\, visit the summit website: www.ctrlshiftsummit.org.uk
URL:https://ussen.org/event/ctrlshift-an-emergency-summit-for-change-2018/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180311
DTSTAMP:20180119T034520Z
CREATED:20180119T034520Z
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SUMMARY:Innovations in Participatory Democracy Conference
DESCRIPTION:All around the world\, innovations in civic engagement and participatory democracy are transforming communities. We are bringing together more than 250 community leaders\, government officials and staff\, practitioners\, researchers\, funders\, young leaders\, and technologists to explore innovations that empower community members to make real decisions and directly participate in government. Join us! \nThe Innovations in Participatory Democracy Conference will take place on March 8 – 10\, 2018 in Phoenix\, Arizona – presented by the Center for the Future of Arizona\, the Jefferson Center\, the Katal Center\, the Participatory Budgeting Project\, the Participatory Governance Initiative at Arizona State University\, Phoenix Union High School District\, and the Policy Jury Group. \nTogether\, as a collaborative conference planning team\, we’re committed to working to build a more participatory and inclusive democracy by lifting up the impact of public spending and the good that government can do\, by bringing people together to connect with and learn from those outside their bubbles\, and by building new spaces for those with the least power to make real decisions.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/innovations-in-participatory-democracy-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180212
DTSTAMP:20180207T202154Z
CREATED:20180207T202154Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Media and Social Solidarity Economy
DESCRIPTION:The second European meeting of Independent Media and SSE will occur from the 9th to the 11th of February 2018 at La Bergerie de Villarceaux (an eco-farm near Paris). \nDuring the UNIVERSSE 2017 – 4th European Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) congress in Athens (9-11 June 2017)\, the “1st European meeting of alternative\, independent\, cooperative media and SSE” took place\, bringing together representatives of around 20 media initiatives from 10 European countries (from Greece to Portugal) and people working in SSE organisations and networks. \nThe participants agreed to work on concrete collaborations\, having a common interest in cooperating together to strengthen each other\, beyond the local and national dimension\, and where possible to network with the solidarity economy (see here a report on the most important points agreed: we are going to work on them during the next meeting). \nAt this second meeting we are planning to deepen on the discussions and work on the next steps to construct a way for working together towards the consolidation of the different initiatives across Europe. \nThe proposed agenda of the meeting is available here. \nThe Swiss-French Foundation FPH is supporting the meeting\, covering the costs of the accomodation and meals for the participants attending to the meeting. \nFrom RIPESS EUROPE
URL:https://ussen.org/event/alternative-media-and-social-solidarity-economy/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171118
DTSTAMP:20170425T183328Z
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SUMMARY:2017 International Co-operative Alliance Global Conference and General Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Our world carries great wealth\, of which the resourcefulness of people is the most important. Serving the needs of people\, we co-operatives are a growing and sustainable form of enterprise which put people at the centre of growth. This is why the Alliance has chosen the theme of its 2017 conference to be “Co-operatives: Putting People at the Centre of Development”.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/2017-international-co-operative-alliance-global-conference-and-general-assembly/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Congress
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170903
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SUMMARY:Sixth International Gathering of The Workers' Economy
DESCRIPTION:The VI International Gathering of “The Workers’ Economy” will take place in Argentina between August 30 and September 2\, 2017. An opening event will be held at the worker-recuperated Hotel BAUEN in the City of Buenos Aires\, and the rest of the gathering will continue at the facilities of the Textil Pigüé Cooperative\, a worker-recuperated factory in the interior of the province of Buenos Aires. We invite the participation of all workers from recuperated and self-managed enterprises\, cooperatives and social and popular economy organizations\, as well as trade unions and academics interested in and committed to self-management practices and the project of a new workers’ economy. \nThis new\, sixth edition of the International Gathering of “The Workers’ Economy” will take place ten years after the first edition was organized by the Programa Facultad Abierta (Open University Program) of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires in July 2007. Subsequent editions have taken place in Buenos Aires (2009)\, Mexico (2011)\, Brazil (Joao Pessoa\, 2013) and Venezuela (Punto Fijo\, 2015). Beginning in 2014\, regional gatherings have also been taking place in South America\, Europe and the Mediterranean\, and North and Central America\, the last of which were held in October and November 2016 with the participation of representatives from 30 countries. \nThis new International Gathering will be held at a particular juncture when a workers’ economy based on self-management appears more and more as an alternative to savage capitalism. This is particularly so given that our contemporary capitalist order increasingly condemns the majority of the world’s working people to exploitation\, precariousness\, and unemployment\, while unleashing wars\, discrimination and destruction throughout the planet. In Argentina\, where the sixth edition of the gathering of “The Workers’ Economy” will take place\, one of the world’s most extensive experience of self-management and workers’ recuperations of shops and factories faces a new neoliberal offensive. From there\, at this critical moment\, we invite you to participate in this new edition of the International Gathering of “The Workers’ Economy\,” which intends to bring together and expand on the numerous debates\, discussions\, and shared experiences of the three most recent regional and earlier International Gatherings\, while also aiming to strengthen the organization of our growing world network. \nIn addition to the sessions that will begin on August 30\, the VI International Gathering’s local organizing committee is planning activities and visits to social organizations and worker-recuperated companies in Buenos Aires one week prior to the gathering. The organizing committee will also guarantee transportation logistics for all participants in the city of Buenos Aires and the city of Pigüé\, where most of the gathering will take place and which was already the site of the First South American Regional Meeting of “The Workers’ Economy” in October 2014. \nShortly\, we will be releasing a full schedule of the VI International Gathering’s themes and discussion topics\, the deadlines for presentation and panel proposals\, and other organizational details. \nFor more information\, we invite you to go to: www.recuperadasdoc.com.ar\, or contact centrodoc@gmail.com and sextoencuentrointernacional@gmail.com.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/sixth-international-gathering-of-the-workers-economy/
LOCATION:Buenos Aires\, Argentina
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170826
DTSTAMP:20170424T211722Z
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SUMMARY:Congreso Internacional en Cooperativismo y economía social solidaria
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ussen.org/event/congreso-internacional-en-cooperativismo-y-economia-social-solidaria/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170612
DTSTAMP:20170424T224525Z
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SUMMARY:2017 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that the 2017 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD) will be held this June 09-11\, 2017 at Fordham University Lincoln Center in New York City in partnership with NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives. \n\n\n\nThe ECWD is a biannual conference of nearly 400 people that provides practical tools\, networking\, and strategies for worker-owners\, union members\, technical assistance providers\, community organizers\, and scholars. We support an economy that utilizes cooperative and democratic organizational structures to support equitable systems for exchanging goods\, services & products and stewardship of the commons for mutual benefit by all. We believe that democratic workplaces are the fundamental building blocks that power our work towards economic\, social\, and environmental justice and solidarity.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/2017-eastern-conference-for-workplace-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170512
DTSTAMP:20170424T212124Z
CREATED:20170424T212124Z
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SUMMARY:2017 European Forum on Social and Solidarity Economy
DESCRIPTION:Preparations already began and in the early months of 2017 there will be national meetings to decide the themes to be discussed in the second EFSSE (SSE European Forum) promoted by the GUE/NGL Group in the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium)
URL:https://ussen.org/event/2017-european-forum-on-social-and-solidarity-economy/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170515
DTSTAMP:20170424T211954Z
CREATED:20170424T211954Z
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SUMMARY:IV International Conference on Social and Complementary Currencies
DESCRIPTION:The 4th International Conference on Social and Complementary Currencies\, organized by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya UOC\, will take place from 10th to 14th May 2017\, at the Parque Tecnológico Nou Barris. \nUOC will organise the event together with Research Association on Monetary Innovation and Community and Complementary Currency Systems (RAMICS)\, International Journal of Community Currency Research (IJCCR)\, Instituto de la Moneda Social (IMS)\, Xarxa d’Economia Solidària (XES) and Sustainability School.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/iv-international-conference-on-social-and-complementary-currencies/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170513
DTSTAMP:20170608T060227Z
CREATED:20170424T210055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170608T060227Z
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SUMMARY:Sixth Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise
DESCRIPTION:The Social Enterprise Council of Canada welcomes you to join us in Winnipeg from May 10-12\, 2017 to attend a conference of social entrepreneurs\, progressive non-profits\, and social enterprise support organizations\, funders and policy makers. Full information about the conference agenda\, registration and location can be found at this link. \nThis conference will showcase fantastic examples of social enterprises operating in and around Winnipeg\, and will engage participants with site tours\, thematic discussions on common challenges and opportunities as well as a half day of plenary sessions with colleagues from across the country. \nEarly bird registration is available until April 7th\, and we look forward to seeing you there.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/sixth-canadian-conference-on-social-enterprise/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170430
DTSTAMP:20170424T224417Z
CREATED:20170424T205201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170424T224417Z
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SUMMARY:2017 California Co-op Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 28 & 29 in San Francisco for the 2017 California Co-op Conference!  We’ll celebrate cooperatives by sharing successes and provide you with the most effective ways you can help strengthen and expand the cooperative movement! \nFeaturing Keynote Speaker Dr. Carol Zippert\nGrowing up & Standing up in the South: 50 years of Cooperative Organizing \nDr. Zippert will tell her story of growing up in the segregated American South\, and how the African-American community she was part of moved from cooperation to cooperatives. She will share examples of community empowerment through cooperative solutions\, as well as reflections of lessons learned for future generations to further social progress and equality. \n  \nOther workshops will reveal how cooperatives revitalize and fortify local economies by creating jobs\, housing\, and locally owned businesses.  You will learn how to start a new cooperative\, how to develop and how to strengthen your own cooperatives.  The conference offers you an opportunity to engage with other cooperators and discuss ideas\, experiences\, and strategies.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/2017-california-co-op-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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