CoopEcon 2013

Southerners working on an equitable, just, new economy gather in Epes, AL October 4-6, at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Research & Training Center.

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Only three more people and we'll have 400 followers on Facebook! http://t.co/nhIoEXmgah help push us over the top! #Greensboro #cooperatives

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Follow @CoopEconUS for all future tweets from the Southern Grassroots Economies Project!

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SGEP member orgs will be at @JacksonRising May 2-4. Will you be there? http://t.co/uPyg04fCOf #BuildANewSouth #coops #solidarity #JxnRising

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See you all next year at #ce2014! #cooperatives #South #justice #liberation

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Thanks to all the organizers and sponsors who made this conference possible. #ce2013

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Thanks to everyone who came and made this event a success! Thanks to the @Federation1967 for hosting CoopEcon 2 years running. #ce2013

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After a final lunch, folks are headed hinge to continue the work building #cooperative communities across the #South. #ce2013

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Hearing the stories of some coop mvmt elders at #ce2013, such an honor.

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Cooperators involved in food coops meet in an open space session. #ce2013

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Folks are offering open spaces on startup financing, storytelling, community organizing, and immigrant coop building. #ce2013

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Moving into the second open space session for #ce2013.

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JZ from @Federation1967 talks about the Farm Bill, which hasn't existed for a week in the US, and how it affects our Southern mvnt. #ce2013

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John Zippert from the @Federation1967 Federations explains how the lack of a #FarmBill affects all of us. #ce2013

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MT @tbeckett: Attending workshop on co-op finance at CoopEcon. learning fundamentals for cooperative enterprise across the South. #ce2013

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Folks from @f4dc, @Federation1967, @coop_TX, @GEOupdate talk about the Southern Grassroots Economies Project. #ce2013

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Open spaces cover housing #cooperatives, emerging women leaders, and other topics. #ce2013

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After a delicious lunch, we're breaking into different tracks focused on new or existing #cooperatives. #ce2013

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If you are in a#cooperative in the #South, or are trying to be, you can join and get assistance from the @Federation1967. #ce2013

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Question for Brenden Martin: "What am I supposed to do?" #Financing is critical to the cooperative mvmt. #ce2013

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Raising capital from a diverse set of sources is important. - MH #ce2013