what we do
We support groups of workers and neighbors as they seek to turn what they have into what they need to demand their share of the region’s prosperity. We help groups fire the boss, kick out the landlord, and elect themselves.
We start worker- and community-owned co-ops, such as the Cleveland Solar Cooperative, PowerUp Purchasing Cooperative, and co-ops that have graduated Co-op U, our incubator program for new cooperative workplaces. We work with residents who want to purchase the building they live in and convert it to resident-owned co-op housing. We organize with neighborhood residents who demand control over public resources through a People’s Budget, also known as participatory budgeting.
The common thread of our work is economic democracy--the shared stewardship of economic institutions that impact our lives. We bring 'nothing about us without us' to life through economic democracy projects in the city we love.
We start worker- and community-owned co-ops, such as the Cleveland Solar Cooperative, PowerUp Purchasing Cooperative, and co-ops that have graduated Co-op U, our incubator program for new cooperative workplaces. We work with residents who want to purchase the building they live in and convert it to resident-owned co-op housing. We organize with neighborhood residents who demand control over public resources through a People’s Budget, also known as participatory budgeting.
The common thread of our work is economic democracy--the shared stewardship of economic institutions that impact our lives. We bring 'nothing about us without us' to life through economic democracy projects in the city we love.
