Southeast Center for Cooperative Development

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This week, we continue the conversation on housing. On Thursday we’ll be joined by @SEC4CD's Co-Executive Directors Benny Overton, and Rosemarie Henkel-Rieger. Tune in at 10:30am ET as they highlight pathways to empowered work groups and cooperative housing.

The TN Drivers Union will not allow Elon Musk to take over our city. First he came for Memphis, and now he's coming for us. But we won't stand for corporations & billionaires making decisions without input from us, drivers who actually take people from the airport downtown

Finding Solidarity in the Midst of Tragedy - mailchi.mp/sec4cd/12-02-1…

🚨DEMAND THE RELEASE of worker-owners targeted and stolen by ICE🚨

🚨 URGENT: Worker-owner Nacho and family member Heidi were violently taken by Border Patrol in Vermont - here is a thread of some ways you can support 🧵 #WorkerCoops burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/202…

Join us for a Facebook Live event this Friday at 2 PM, to discuss the power of workers and the solidarity economy in the face of democratic backsliding

We will be at the Rural Democratic Leaders Conference this Saturday. Come learn about what it means for us to be supporting cooperatives in rural areas in an era of Billionaire takeover. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 2025-26 COHORT! Solidarity Circles are one way the Wendland-Cook Program is seeking to revitalize and build the church and Christian theology in positive ways. We believe that this work is deeply connected to the mission and vocation of Christian churches. Broadly understood, the cooperative and solidarity economy are ways of addressing longstanding economic inequalities within our society, including white supremacy and gender and sex inequities. Participants meet monthly for 90 minutes virtually and have separate 1:1s with facilitators and their colleagues to deepen relationships and develop a deeper contextual analysis for their work. Participants are also offered a free coaching meeting with a WCP coach. Participants receive access to a unique, private social media platform to further connect and build with other cohort members, past and present. Don’t miss your chance to connect with peers, gain valuable insights, and drive meaningful change in your community. Apply today and help shape a better future! 🌍✨ 🔗 Apply Now: us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=d12b6…

Growing Cooperators, Regionally and Nationally🪴 - mailchi.mp/sec4cd/12-02-1…

👭Celebrating Women Cooperators in TN & Globally👭 - mailchi.mp/sec4cd/12-02-1…

Calling All Rosies! On Friday, March 21, 2025, wear your Rosie attire in celebration of National Rosie the Riveter Day! Tag @UAWWomen #WomensHistoryMonth

@tndriversunion @Fly_Nashville @Uber @lyft @Fly_Nashville unban the drivers!

Thank you to the 25+ Unions who have signed our letter calling on @Fly_Nashville to UNBAN the drivers who were unfairly retaliated against & banned from the airport for organizing for better conditions from @Uber & @lyft in the largest retaliation in American rideshare organizing

Solidarity!!

This week's newsletter: Housing Co-op and Co-op Academy work continue heartily!  - mailchi.mp/sec4cd/12-02-1…

🚨BREAKING: Drivers in the Tennessee Drivers Union are experiencing the largest and only recorded retaliation by Uber and Lyft for rideshare organizing in the country‼️

‼️NEW CAMPAIGN ALERT‼️ When rideshare drivers across Tennessee realized that they weren’t being given the work opportunities they deserved, they formed a statewide union. Now, we’re PUMPING THE BRAKES on corporate greed with a new law. Take action at gz4c.org/pumpthebrakes/

Updates on our Housing Cooperative work here in Tennessee - mailchi.mp/sec4cd/12-02-1…

57 years ago, sanitation workers showed unfailing courage in their fight to win dignity in Memphis. Black labor history is Tennessee history.