*Español Abajo* Overview The CEANYC Board of Directors convened the Annual Member Meeting on Tuesday, June 16th from 6PM-8PM over Zoom with over 40 individuals attending. The first hour of the meeting was devoted to checking in with one another, … Read More
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Solidarity Snapshot: René Vargas Martínez
Program Officer at Inclusiv How did you get into this work? Helping consumers and defending students through my work with credit unions and at the University of Puerto Rico made me fall in love with the concept of access for … Read More
Participatory Democracy from Brazil to Brooklyn!
Tuesday May 21st, 6-8pm Room 3305 Boylan Hall Brooklyn College Hosted by the Center for the Study of Brooklyn Brazil has been a source of many participatory democracy innovations and Brooklyn has experienced a surge of such efforts in the … Read More
Solidarity Snapshot: Gowri Krishna
Gowri Krishna Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School New York Law School Nonprofit & Small Business Clinic How did you get into this work? After law school, I went to the Community Development Project (CDP) at the … Read More
2019 Annual Meeting Reportback
*Español Abajo* The CEANYC Board of Directors convened the Annual Members Meeting on Thursday, April 11th from 6PM-9PM at DCTV in Chinatown. 31 individuals representing 29 organizations (including 21 member organization) and our Board of Directors registered, and 22 people … Read More
Solidarity Snapshot: Cole Carothers
Worker-Owner at Khao’na Kitchen How did you get into this work? I moved to NYC in 2012 as a full time volunteer and organizer. I struggled to make ends meet and found myself trying to find the most filling, cheap … Read More
Snapshot: Ysanet Batista
Worker-Owner of Woke Foods Co-op Academy Teaching Assistant at Green Worker Cooperatives How did you get into this work? In 2015 I moved back to NYC after working in my home country of the Dominican Republic. I returned to NYC … Read More
Snapshot: Zara Serabian-Arthur
How did you get to be a Filmmaker and Worker-Owner at Meerkat Media? I moved to NYC after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006, and was living with my partner and a few friends. Many of us were working in … Read More
Snapshot: Carlos Cano
Carlos Cano Program Manager of Worker Cooperatives, Urban Upbound How did you get into this work? Back in 2014, Urban Upbound began the process of developing a worker cooperative in Astoria Houses, a NYCHA development in Western Queens. I was … Read More
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