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Mar. 23, 2015 12:30 pm
[Commentary] Thinking outside the ballot box: exercising everyday democracy
The next mayor is extremely eager to answer your questions right now. Candidates’ forums are happening throughout the spring leading up to the May 19 municipal primary. I’m particularly interested in the forums focusing on equitable development (April 1), arts, parks and recreation (April 22) and small business development and sustainability (April 25). Election season […]
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Mar. 20, 2015 12:57 pm
PPA Approves Taxi Worker Co-op Following Threat of Lawsuit
After six years of applying, being denied and applying again, the Alliance Taxi Co-op has been approved by the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) for a dispatch license. The license will allow the co-op to finally send its drivers, who are also its owners, out onto the streets. This is the first time a co-op has […]
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Mar. 5, 2015 11:30 am
Indego, How Philly Moves, Fighting for Schools: Philly, this is your February Impact
There were almost too many great things happening this month – here’s some highlights of what’s been going on around Philly. Have a moment you’d like to share? You can add to this list or email me at mo@generocity.org! [listly id=”ZZE” layout=”magazine” show_header=”false” show_author=”false” show_sharing=”false” show_tools=”true” per_page=”25″]
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Mar. 3, 2015 10:23 am
Clean Coal, Affordable Healthcare, Wage Hikes and Other Tentative Solutions – Social Impact Across the US
This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: [listly id=”bYS” layout=”full” show_header=”false” show_author=”false” show_sharing=”false” show_tools=”false” per_page=”25″] What do you think about what’s happening in Social Impact Across the U.S.? How could Philly learn from other cities and states? Please leave a comment to help us bring the national and local conversations together. View more lists […]
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Feb. 24, 2015 12:59 pm
Social Impact Across the US: Solutions From the Bottom-Up
This week in Social Impact Across the US: unexpected, bottom-up solutions to social problems, from co-ops that buy property to improve their communities to using a sugary byproduct of beer brewing to clean wastewater. [listly id=”b6r” layout=”magazine” show_header=”false” show_author=”false” show_sharing=”false” show_tools=”false” per_page=”25″] What do you think about what’s happening in social impact across the U.S.? How […]
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Feb. 23, 2015 11:32 am
Co-op Currents: The Hidden History of Interracial Co-op Organizing in Philadelphia
Recently, Drexel University professor Dr. Andrew Zitcer and I embarked on a research project to uncover the largely unknown history of the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Federation, an association of 18 consumer food co-ops, many of them black-owned, which was active from roughly 1943 to 1952. It’s a fascinating history that still matters today. In honor […]
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Feb. 4, 2015 1:12 pm
Philly, here’s your impact for January: OpenAccessPHL, #ReclaimMLK, Homeless Count and more
2015 started off with big movements and innovative new programs – check out these highlights from January: [listly id=”ZYy” layout=”magazine” show_header=”false” show_author=”false” show_sharing=”false” show_tools=”false” per_page=”25″]
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Feb. 2, 2015 12:54 pm
Temple’s Student-Run Rad Dish Co-op Opens Locally Sourced Cafe
The idea for the Rad Dish Co-op started back in the Fall of 2013, when a few Temple University students dreamed of opening a food co-op on campus. By spring of 2014, these students produced an independent study that included a mission statement, bylaws, and business plan for the co-op. Slowly but surely, plans for the food […]
people
Jan. 28, 2015 11:29 am
Weavers Way Launches New Food for All Program
Co-ops across the country, including West Philadelphia’s Mariposa Food Co-op, are developing programs to help low-income residents get access to healthy, local food. Weavers Way Co-op‘s Food Justice Committee, chaired by former board members Nathea Lee and Sue Wasserkrug, looked at these programs when it came to developing Weavers Way’s own program for lower income residents. “For example, GreenStar […]
people
Jan. 19, 2015 11:30 am
Co-op Currents: Possibilities for Co-ownership in the Sharing Economy
Who owns the cheerful, convenient apps and websites that allow us to hail taxis, rent strangers’ apartments, or borrow tools from neighbors, and what control comes with that ownership? The question of ownership in the sharing economy is looming large as these sharing platforms come of age. The sharing economy, if you’re not familiar with […]