Please join us this coming Saturday evening for a fascinating presentation by activists from Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi, one of the most important experiments in local democratic renewal and cooperative economics in the US today:
Cooperation Jackson - A New Way Forward.
Aug. 24th, 7:15 P.M.
Plainfield Opera House
Presented by The Institute for Social Ecology
The mission of Cooperation Jackson is to advance the development of economic democracy in Jackson, Mississippi by building a solidarity economy anchored in a network of cooperatives and other types of worker-owned and democratically self-managed enterprises. Cooperation Jackson co-founders Sacajawea Hall and Bridgeet Imani Olugbala will discuss their fascinating work in Jackson, which has become an inspiring model for alternative approaches to community development nationwide.
Feb 20, 2025, 5 PM
Annual Chili Cookoff with Open MicFeb 23, 2025, 2 to 4 PM
Parliamo Italiano at Pearl Street PizzaFeb 26, 2025, 5 to 8 PM