Report on the Summer of Our Power Southern People’s Movement Assembly on Just Transition

Report on the Summer of Our Power Southern People’s Movement Assembly on Just Transition

Over 250 Activists and organizers from Mississippi and throughout the south and southwest gathered at the Chokwe Lumumba Center for Economic Democracy and Development Friday, June 26th through Sunday, June 28th, 2015.

This report highlights the key questions discussed. the community report backs from the work done in five tracks: Youth, Gender, Labor/Worker, Economic Democracy and Energy Democracy.

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Community Wealth Building in Jackson, Mississippi: Strategic Considerations

Community Wealth Building in Jackson, Mississippi: Strategic Considerations

This report is based on over 40 in-person interviews with various community stakeholders and institutional leaders to discuss an anchor-linked Community Wealth Building strategy and explore potential opportunities in Jackson. In this report, the Democracy Collaborative explores the needs, opportunities and consideration for Cooperation Jackson implementing such a strategy. 

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Rainbow Co-op Members Collectively Donate to Cooperation Jackson

Cooperation Jackson received a donation from Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative as apart of their Rainbow Roundup. Each month Rainbow features an organization and it's members collectively contribute to the organization and its cause. Rainbow Roundup ask members to simply round up their purchase to the nearest dollar. All the change is collected and given to the organization. Cooperation Jackson thanks Rainbow and its members who rounded up their purchases to support us!

Reflections on the People’s Summit on Climate Change and our Climate Justice Movement

While attending the People’s Summit on Climate Change in Lima, Peru as a member of the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance delegation, my mind was focused on the relationship between the intensifying struggles at home with the deepening struggles throughout the world. Lima affirmed that my work through Cooperation Jackson to create alternatives to the extractive economy in the heart of the United States by building economic democracy rooted in cooperative economics and social solidarity as a model, can be and is a significant contribution to the global struggle for a just transition.

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Historic Human Rights City Resolution Passed in Jackson, MS to Create 1st Human Rights Charter and Commission in the South

Historic Human Rights City Resolution Passed in Jackson, MS to Create 1st Human Rights Charter and Commission in the South

The Jackson City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday, December 16th to create a Human Rights Charter and Commission that will support Jackson becoming the first Human Rights City in the historic South. 

The passage of this resolution will help the City of Jackson better confront many of the social ills that confront our society.

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Cooperation Jackson hosts The Democracy Collaborative to launch a Community Wealth Building Initiative in Jackson

Cooperation Jackson hosts The Democracy Collaborative to launch a Community Wealth Building Initiative in Jackson

Cooperation Jackson hosts The Democracy Collaborative to launch a Community Wealth Building Initiative in Jackson. Cooperation Jackson, a newly formed community-based organization in Jackson, has asked The Democracy Collaborative — a nonprofit research and advisory group with offices in Washington, DC and Cleveland, Ohio — to explore the feasibility of a Community Wealth Building strategy in Jackson. The aim of this approach is to transform neighborhoods through job creation by identifying areas where local business is under-developed and creating employee-owned businesses that can fill those gaps while employing residents, paying living wages and meeting procurement needs of existing large employers. 

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Exercising “Our Power” : Cooperation Jackson joins the Climate Justice Alliances' Campaign of Communities United for a Just Transition

Exercising “Our Power” : Cooperation Jackson joins the Climate Justice Alliances' Campaign of Communities United for a Just Transition

Cooperation Jackson is proud to become the newest Pilot Site in the Climate Justice Alliance’s (CJA) “Our Power Campaign: Communities United for a Just Transition”. Cooperation Jackson is honored to join the Black Mesa Water Coalition in Black Mesa, Arizona; the East Michigan Environmental Action Council in Detroit, Michigan; and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network and Communities for a Better Environment as critical “Hot Spots” in the Campaign. 

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Cooperation Jackson Community Meeting and Orientation

Cooperation Jackson Community Meeting and Orientation

On the third Saturday of every month from 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Cooperation Jackson holds a community meeting and orientation at the Lumumba Center for Economic Democracy and Development. We provide updates on our work, and discuss relevant topics related to cooperatives, building a solidarity economy, and sustainable communities.

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