Blog

We at Cleveland Owns were honored to have Josephine Galdamez on the team as a Yale Environmental Fellow with Emerald Cities Collaborative this summer. Read more about her work with us in her own words!

Last month the ~first ever~ statewide Co-op U started with 18 aspiring worker-owners from Cleveland.

We gathered with dozens friends and comrades in East Cleveland in July to discuss an important part of the solidarity economy: Housing co-ops.

Rust Belt Riders’ warehouse was full of energy and solidarity on May 4th as Cleveland Owns supporters from across the region gathered to celebrate 5 years of blossoming economic democracy. Many thanks to the friends and allies who joined the party - it was fun and restorative to feel the power of our community!

Today we're pleased to release Cleveland Owns' first-ever strategic plan, a document that describes our vision, values, and work now and for the next three years.

Check out our thread on how community ownership of the Brown could work -- it's working in Green Bay! And how we'd need to launch a national campaign to make it happen.