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Job Announcement: Rural Electric Cooperatives – Democracy Campaign Organizer

Job Announcement: Rural Electric Cooperatives – Democracy Campaign Organizer

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF (FSC) seeks a qualified individual as lead organizer for a campaign to bring member democracy to rural electric cooperatives in the South, beginning in Alabama and Mississippi, and starting with the Black Warrior Electric Membership

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CoopEcon 2013 planned for October 4-6 in Epes, Alabama!

CoopEcon 2013 planned for October 4-6 in Epes, Alabama!

Following the success of CoopEcon 2012, organizers with the Southern Grassroots Economies Project began planning the second annual gathering for this year. The Federation of Southern Cooperatives will once again host this conference at their Rural Training Center in Epes,

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Of caulkers and quilt-makers

By Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Published by the New Internationalist Jessica Gordon Nembhard tells the little-known story of the part played by co-ops in forwarding the rights of African Americans THROUGHOUT his life, African American scholar WEB Du Bois proposed that

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  • Job Announcement: Rural Electric Cooperatives – Democracy Campaign Organizer

    Job Announcement: Rural Electric Cooperatives – Democracy Campaign Organizer

  • Cooperation NC Gathering – May 22-23

    Cooperation NC Gathering – May 22-23

  • After Years Without a Grocery Store, Greensboro Neighbors Are Building One Themselves—And They’ll Own It

    After Years Without a Grocery Store, Greensboro Neighbors Are Building One Themselves—And They’ll Own It

About SGEP

The Southern Grassroots Economies Project (SGEP) is building networks across the US South to promote and launch sustainable cooperative economies. Our work is inspired by the rich history of social justice struggle in the South and looks to the example of the worker-owned cooperatives of Mondragon, Spain and Emilia-Romagna, Italy for guidance.

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  • Highlander Research and Education Center
    Care of: Southern Grassroots Economies Project
    1959 Highlander Way
    New Market, TN 37820
  • Phone: (865) 933-3443
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