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We had a blast celebrating community decision making with our neighbors at Participatory Budgeting (PB) In Action last weekend!

We celebrated our third annual event with friends and co-conspirators at Luke Easter Park Saturday, Oct 16th

You're invited to join Cleveland Owns for our cooperative scavenger hunt and annual event Saturday, October 16th at Luke Easter Park on MLK and Kinsman!

This week Cleveland Owns and our partners Greater Cleveland Congregation and CPA took a big step towards founding a purchasing cooperative for houses of worship and other nonprofits when we completed a group purchase of electricity!

We're proud to be part of a coalition of awesome grassroots groups calling for participatory budgeting in Cleveland.

Last week we joined our allies at the Energy Democracy Project, a national formation of grassroots energy democracy groups, to present our ideas for federal policy related to energy democracy to Senator Merkley of Oregon and other members of Congress at a briefing.

It was a pleasure to spend the weekend with some 50 local activists as we explored the principles and practice of energy democracy at the Energy Democracy Summit in Northeast Ohio!

Our ED Jonathan is joining some stellar Cleveland leaders, including Sam from The BC, to discuss how community ownership of solar promotes environmental justice.

A new video out this week highlights our partnership with Legal Aid.

We must build a digital commons owned by Clevelanders that ensures high-speed free access to wireless internet as a 21st century human right for everyone, everywhere in the city, all the time.

Earlier this month our ED, Jonathan, joined Sam of The BC in Hough on a statewide panel about community solar in Ohio.

Cleveland Owns is recruiting a new team member motivated to challenge racial capitalism by building cooperatively owned enterprises as an Americorps VISTA. Submit applications via our partner Think Tank, Inc. by Friday, February 26th for an April 12th start date (negotiable).