CO-UP! A Community Teach-In for Cultivating Economic Justice
Saturday, April 1, 2017 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Be one of 300+ engaged, spirited people at this extraordinary teach-in designed to cultivate economic justice in Philadelphia.
You'll meet community organizers, cooperators, activists artists, farmers, bookkeepers, construction workers and more — all of them building economic control block by block as they start cooperative businesses. Learn, connect, network, and share your ideas at this cross-class, multi-racial, intergenerational gathering.
- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, author of the groundbreaking book COLLECTIVE COURAGE: A History of African American Cooperative Thought and Practice (Penn State University Press, 2014)
- Workshops on how to pool resources to gain power
- Panel on learning from our past to cultivate economic justice for our future
- Free Childcare & Cooperative Activities for the Kids
- Lunch included
- Cost: Sliding Scale $5 - 65
Organizer Name:
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
Organizer Phone:
215-843-2350, ext. 118
Organizer Email:
Organizer Website:
Event Venue:
Universal Audenreid Charter High School
Event Location:
3301 Tasker St, Philadelphia, PA 19145