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Co-ops, Community Wealth Building—and a quick guide to community building
careers
Steve DubbThe Democracy Collaborative
University of Maryland, College [email protected]
www.community-wealth.org
NASCO InstituteAnn Arbor, MichiganNovember 2, 2013
Community Wealth Building
• democratizes wealth: promotes common ownership of productive assets (businesses)• anchors capital and jobs locally• stops the leakage of dollars from communities• contributes to local economic stability• comes in many forms — co-ops are one form of
community wealth building among many (broader solidarity economy)
30,000 U.S. Cooperatives30,000 U.S. Cooperatives73,000 Places of Business
Assets$ 3 Trillion
Revenues$ 654 Billion
Economic Impact Economic Impact of U.S. Co-ops:of U.S. Co-ops:
Wages & Benefits$ 75 Billion
2 Million Jobs 857,000 direct
Co-ops in Canada• 9,000 cooperatives and credit unions in
Canada
• 18 million members (more than 50% of population)
• Employ 150,000 people
• 100,000 volunteer directors and committee members
• Highest per capita credit union membership in the world
What is a CDC?• Community development
corporations are community-based non-profits that work in low and moderate income communities (typically, 80% of area median income or below).
• Founded as part of civil rights movement in the 1960s; goal is to allow low-income residents to exert economic control over their communities.
CDC National Groups
• LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)
• Enterprise Community Partners• NeighborWorks America
These groups are known as intermediaries because they funnel dollars either from banks and private donors (LISC & Enterprise) or the federal government (NeighborWorks) to local CDCs. They also provide technical assistance & education.
What is a CDFI?• Community Development Financial
Institutions include credit unions, loan funds, banks, and venture capital firms that finance development in low-income communities.
• Many CDFIs were founded as part of civil rights movement to combat red-lining. Loan volume has climbed from $2 billion in 1999 to over $60 billion today.
• Although not certified as such by the government, the Kagawa Fund is effectively a miniature CDFI.
CDFI National Groups
• Opportunity Finance Network represents banks & loan funds (including Northcountry, NCB Capital Impact & Cooperative Fund of New England)
• Association for Enterprise Opportunity represents micro-lenders.
• National Federation of Community of Community Development Credit Unions (Natfed) represents low-income community credit unions.
What is a community land trust?
• Non-profit board typically has one-third residents, one-third non-resident community members, and one-third government officials (can vary).
• Most commonly “shared equity”—for instance, residents may get 25% of the equity gain while the other 75% of the gain is held by the trust.
• Trade association: National Community Land Trust Network
National Community Organizing Networks
Church-based• Direct Action for Research & Training (DART)• Gamaliel Foundation• People Improving Communities through Organizing
(PICO)
Individual membership based• Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)• National People’s Action (NPA)
Washington DC advocacy-based• Center for Community Change (CCC) • National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
Co-op Websites(courtesy of Nicholas Harvey)
• Quite a long list of job openings at Organic Valley
• Farmers Cooperative jobs
• Jobs with Energy Cooperatives
• NCBA/CLUSA big list of job openings
• US Federation of Worker Cooperatives job board
Nonprofit Job Sites(courtesy of Nicholas Harvey)
Philanthropy News Digest job classified page
Nonprofitjobs.org
nonprofit-jobs.org
Idealist.org
Bridgespan - nonprofit job board
Common Good careers (mostly management)
opportunityknocks.org ("Jobs that change the world")
DeepSweep - a small nonprofit job board
Nonprofit Opportunities site
Educational Resources
• COMM-ORG - http://comm-org.wisc.edu Lists community organizer and university-based community development education programs.
• Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)http://www.smu.ca/academic/sobey/mm/ Provides cooperative and credit union management education.
• Highlander Research and Education Centerwww.highlandercenter.org Based near Knoxville, TN and in operation since 1932, known for its civil rights work.
• Midwest Academywww.midwestacademy.com Provides training in direct action organizing. Trainings held regionally throughout the United States.
Leading Graduate Schools for Community Change Work
• General Community Economic Development: U of Illinois at Chicago, Concordia (Montreal)Building nonprofit organizations; Nonprofit managementCommunity economic development; Housing developmentCommunity Organizing and Public Policy
• Planning and Urban Studies (MIT, Cornell, UCLA)GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mappingHousing; Economic and social planningParticipatory planning and participatory researchStudy of roles of public, private, and nonprofit sectors
Source: Andrew Mott, University Education for Community Change (2005)
Leading Graduate Schools for Community Change Work
• Schools of Social Work (U. of Maryland-Baltimore, U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
• Analysis of social problems and programs• Community organizing; community
process skills• Organizational development; study of race
and diversity
• Public Policy (Carleton U. (Ottawa), U. of Maryland-College Park)
• Critical analysis of democratic practice• Community organizing; participatory
techniques
Source: Andrew Mott, University Education for Community Change (2005)
Steve DubbResearch Director, The Democracy
www.community-wealth.org
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Questions?