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C2BE At The US Social Forum |
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 C2BE will be at the US Social Forum in Detroit June 22-26. Our workshop “Building Local Community and Creating Jobs through Cooperation” will highlight local and national examples of community based enterprises (CBEs) and involve the audience in developing withDetroit, our mutual self-help cooperative network of locally-committed, racially and ethnically diverse businesses and community organizations. The workshop will be June 23 at 1:00 pm (Cobo Hall Rm. O2-39). We'll also be offering a bus tour of several CBEs in the heart of Detroit (time TBD). We'll have a table in the Solidarity Economy Tent during the entire Social Forum where you can meet us, talk CBEs and sign up the bus tour, emails and membership. There will be a schedule showing when representatives from worker cooperatives will be available at the tent as resource people.
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withDetroit Launch Project A Big Success |
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The withDetroit Launch Project on May 15 was very successful. Dozens of people volunteered their time, a number of other local businesses came to meet Sicari and Piper of 5e Gallery, and we filled a whole dumpster, recovered lots of recyclable material, and enjoyed lunch courtesy of Slow's Bar BQ. We've just gotten some great photos from board member Harriet Saperstein. To the right you can see Executive Director Deborah Groban Olson speaking with one of the people who visited the launch project, while the volunteers continued bringing out materials for recycling, architectural salvage and disposal. You can see other photos after the cut. |
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Announcing the Launch of withDetroit |
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It is cliché to say that Detroit is a city that has hit hard times. Conventional “wisdom” assumes that it is a hard, if not impossible place to do business, much less make a living. While the obstacles are many and the path often unclear, many folks who run businesses in the city know that in many ways Detroit’s business climate is a well-kept secret: the barriers to entry are low, there's little competition (none from national chains!) and the clientele is ready, willing and able to not only support good businesses with their enthusiastic, but market for us by spreading the word far and wide. With this unique landscape, a number of business owners and grassroots economic activists have come together with C2BE to plant the seeds of withDetroit to nurture and encourage CBEs as the model for businesses of the 21st century, perhaps uniquely possible in Detroit.
withDetroit will launch its first project on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the site of Zeitgeist Gallery at 2661 Michigan Ave. Detroit 48216 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wear work clothes. Any amount of volunteer time is appreciated. Lunch will be provided. Phil Cooley, co-founder of Slow’s BBQ, will coordinate the effort along with Lawrence Jackson of Emerging Enterprises, LLC, enabling a range of volunteers, from skilled to unskilled to be of service. Everybody is invited to come along and lend a hand. If you can't make it but would like to support withDetroit, please consider joining C2BE or making a donation. For more information about withDetroit, please take a look at our flier (PDF format). You can also check out withDetroit on Facebook.
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A Watershed Event for CBEs in the US |
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On October 27, the United Steel Workers announced that they had reached an agreement to work with Spain's Mondragon Cooperative Corporation to establish manufacturing cooperatives in North America; the full announcement is available on the USW website. This a major step forward in spreading the Mondragon model of cooperatives outside of Spain, and in union support for cooperatives as a method of securing a better life for American workers. C2BE is proud of the role it played in helping connect USW and Mondragon, and look forward to seeing the fruits of their cooperation. |
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CBE Week: A Great Success! |
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