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Episode 4: Cooperation Works

Episode 4: Cooperation Works

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 This final episode of We Are the Ones explores how an environment that supports the development of co-operative businesses begins to take shape. In St. Louis, a well established network of mutual aid organizations gives rise to a fledgling co-op ecosystem through the work of Cooperation STL. Also, a look at worker co-op Garrity Tools.This way of organizing our economy won’t last forever. I don’t think it can. I think we’re already seeing and reaching the cracks in the system. And whether it’s climate change and loss of biodiversity and other ecological problems or unprecedented wealth inequity and other challenges, we’re seeing the stress the system is under. And the good news is, we don’t have to keep doing it this way. Yoni Blumberg, Community Wealth Building StrategistSpeakers:Cathy Statz - Co-operative Educator and Outreach Specialist. She provides education and outreach on the co-op business model for a number of local to international organizations, including the National Cooperative Business Association and the International Centre for Co-operative Management at Saint Mary's University.Joe Guinan - President of The Democracy Collaborative and author of numerous articles and books, including The Case for Community Wealth Building and publisher of the weekly news summary Tracking the Crisis.Jessica Gordon Nembhard - Political Economist, Professor and Author. She is Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Department of Africana Studies at City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice.Jenny Murphy - Artist, Brand Lead and Worker Owner, Garrity Tools, Cooperation STL Core Team Member.Xandi Barrett - Cooperation STL Core Team Member.Chris Wilcox - Cooperation STL Core Team Member.Yoni Blumberg - Community Wealth Building Strategist.The work of building a more equitable, democratic economy is taking place in cities and towns throughout the U.S. The first step usually involves a self-education process to counteract societal training that teaches individualistic modes of doing business as the path to success. St. Louis worker co-op Garrity Tools took a couple years to learn about cooperatives before converting from a single owner business in 2022. Worker owner Jenny Murphy talks about that process.In St. Louis, Missouri, mutual aid organizations have modeled and inspired a new way of organizing an economy that meets peoples’ needs. Arising from the proven effectiveness of mutual aid, the group Cooperation STL works to establish a co-operative ecosystem the fosters democratic, worker-owned businesses.Music Break: 27:00 - 28:45 [1:45]Original songs “Spring Fork Creek” and “Portent” by The Lonesome Companions, available on their 2026 release “One More Round”.Additional music is from Blue Dot Sessions: “Our Only Lark”-Bitters, “Capering”- Calumet, “Tripoli”-Pecan Grove and “Setting Pace”-Duck Lake.Resources:https://www.stl.coop/https://www.stl.coop/coop-guidehttps://wepowerstl.org/https://wepowerstl.org/the-playbook/Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhardhttps://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09750-3.htmlhttps://www.democracycollaborative.org/https://www.democracycollaborative.org/community-wealth-buildinghttps://index.democracycollaborative.org/https://index.democracycollaborative.org/National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA https://ncbaclusa.coop/Thank you for taking a few moments to fill out a brief survey here: https://forms.gle/Rjp5K9erKnHjSTBD7 If you enjoy the program, please consider giving this series a 5-star review and share it with others. Thanks!KOPN is sponsoring this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund.For information about KOPN go to: https://www.kopn.org/
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