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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T140000
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SUMMARY:United in Advocacy: How We're Organizing for Worker Co-ops
DESCRIPTION:Learn about USFWC and member-driven policy initiatives at the national\, state\, and local levels\, and help to inform how we can best organize with our members.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/united-in-advocacy-how-were-organizing-for-worker-co-ops/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170512
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T190000
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SUMMARY:Reparations: Political Education Webinar by Movement for Black Lives
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to the Movement for Black Lives fourth political education webinar this Wednesday\, May 10th at 7PM ET/4PM PT. The webinar will be focused on Reparations and explore different ways that organizers across the country are working on reparations for past and continuing harms from the government\, responsible corporations\, and other institutions. Please register here for the webinar\, and share!
URL:https://ussen.org/event/reparations-political-education-webinar-by-movement-for-black-lives/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170515
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170513
DTSTAMP: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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170502
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SUMMARY:Shut It Down May 1\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:We are responding to a call for action for mass marches\, shut down actions\, and a general strike coming from many local and national community and resistance organizations. To learn more about different May Day calls for action visit: \nThe Food Chain Workers Alliance\, Movimiento Cosecha\, SEIU United Service Workers West\, Alliance to Reclaim our Schools\, Beyond the Moment\, Voces de la Frontera \nThe May 1st Day of Action is a demonstration of our collective resistance. We stand together in the face of a profiteering economy that leaves behind working families and the growing racist attacks on our immigrant\, Muslim and Black neighbors. \nWe will show the Trump administration and the world that our work is more powerful than his agenda of hate and greed. Our contributions are essential to American society. Our work must be valued and our humanity must be respected.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/shut-it-down-may-1-2017/
CATEGORIES:Direct Action
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170502
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Moment - May Day 2017
DESCRIPTION:Next Monday – on May Day – It Takes Roots is joining hundreds of thousands of people for a day of mass direct action and strikes. Together with the Movement For Black Lives\, Fight For 15\, United We Dream\, National Domestic Workers Alliance\, Food Chain Workers Alliance and hundreds of other national and local organizations\, our members of leading actions\, marches\, strikes\, and political education events to defend our communities and people\, defy systems that threaten our survival and existence and expand the notion of sanctuary to secure justice\, dignity and safety for all communities. \n Download the #BeyondTheMoment Action Toolkit here.\nMobilization Toolkit [English Download]\nPlaneando una Acción de Movilización [Descargar en Español] \nAs alliances who are rooted in migrant\, black and indigenous communities and who are led by communities on the frontlines of attacks and solutions for toward a world where we can live fully with dignity & freedom for all\, It Takes Roots pledges to stand with the hundreds of thousands who are risking their jobs and their lives to build the better world we know is possible. \nTogether\, united as the majority\, we are powerful. We can build block-by-block\, city-by-city to transform our world and win a just transition to a regenerative economy with self-determination\, sovereignty\, and justice for our communities. Join us on International Workers Day! \nFind or host an action near you! Share your actions on social media using #BeyondTheMoment #TheMajorty #ItTakesRoots
URL:https://ussen.org/event/beyond-the-moment-may-day-2017/
CATEGORIES:Direct Action
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170430
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SUMMARY:Peoples Climate March
DESCRIPTION:On the 100th Day of the Trump Administration\, we will be in the streets of Washington D.C. to show the world and our leaders that we will resist attacks on our people\, our communities and our planet. \nWe will come together from across the United States to strengthen our movement. We will demonstrate our power and resistance at the gates of the White House. We will bring our solutions to the climate crisis\, the problems that affect our communities and the threats to peace to our leaders in Congress to demand action. \nWe invite you to join the Peoples Climate Movement on Saturday\, April 29th as we march to: \n\nAdvance solutions to the climate crisis rooted in racial\, social and economic justice\, and committed to protecting front-line communities and workers.\nProtect our right to clean air\, water\, land\, healthy communities and a world at peace.\nImmediately stop attacks on immigrants\, communities of color\, indigenous and tribal people and lands and workers.\nEnsure public funds and investments create good paying jobs that provide a family-sustaining wage and benefits and preserve workers’ rights\, including the right to unionize.\nFund investments in our communities\, people and environment to transition to a new clean and renewable energy economy that works for all\, not an economy that feeds the machinery of war.\nProtect our basic rights to a free press\, protest and free speech.\n\nMarch with us on April 29th as we come together to resist and march for our families\, our communities and our planet. \nFind a sister march\, bus\, or local group.
URL:https://ussen.org/event/peoples-climate-march/
CATEGORIES:March
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170430
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170426T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170426T140000
DTSTAMP:20170424T204808Z
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SUMMARY:Impact Investing in Worker Cooperatives: How to get involved
DESCRIPTION:Worker cooperatives are a highly underrepresented business model that have tremendous positive impacts for employees\, businesses and communities. \nThis webinar is targeted for impact investors and others who want to better understand investment options for targeting impact capital to worker coops. We will provide background about worker cooperatives and the opportunity in worker coop conversions\, review worker coop investment structures\, and delve into investment options ranging from direct investing\, loan and equity fund investing and investment crowdfunding. \n\n\nBlake Jones\, Co-founder\, Namaste Solar\nChristina Jennings\, Executive Director\, Shared Capital\nMatt Glatting\, Treasurer\, Capital Impact Partners\nAnnie McShiras\, Investment Associate\, Self-Help Federal Credit Union\nAlison Lingane\, Co-founder\, Project Equity
URL:https://ussen.org/event/impact-investing-in-worker-cooperatives-how-to-get-involved/
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