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On behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
You are cordially invited to attend the free, virtual, and open to the public
meeting of the Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development
Moderated by
Hilary Abell, Division of Employee Ownership Chief, Labor Department
Cooperative Ecosystems:
Transformations in Worker Ownership, Housing, Community Development, and Agriculture
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from 2-3:30 pm Eastern REGISTER HERE
"The Future is Cooperative"
How are communities transforming their cooperative landscape?
What type of systems need to be in place for cooperatives to thrive?
This intriguing topic helps close out Cooperative Month with a splash!
- Moderation by Hilary Abell with Department of Labor (DOL), Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Office of Outreach, Education, and Assistance (OEA), Division of Employee Ownership Chief.
- Listen to cooperative development trailblazers from Colorado describing how the state has transformed cooperative statutes and programs.
- Matthew Licina, Colorado State-Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT)-Business Support Program Manager
- Jason Wiener and Linda D. Phillips with Jason Wiener p.c.
- Nathan Schneider assistant professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads the Media Economies Design Lab
- Hear how folks from Puerto Rico are growing their cooperative movement through USDA NIFA cooperative agreement with NCBA.
- José Julián Ramírez Ruiz, Executive Director for the Cooperative Development and Investment Fund (FIDECOOP)
- Jacqueline Pérez, Fundación Bucarabón Executive Director
Be on the lookout for our 2025 Interagency meeting updates!!
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