Preferred shares investment crowdfund for an indigenous woman-founded lei-making worker co-op. Minimum investment is $250, target dividend is 5%, and the minimum raise was recently adjusted down to $25k, which is much more achievable than their original goal when they first launched the campaign. I met the founder at the #WCNC18, have made a small investment personally, and would be curious as to others' impressions.

Details: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/campaigns/mdfxl1gl

One of the cooler projects I encountered during the #WCNC18 was a start-up #WorkerCoop run by #PacificIslander women making and selling #leis in #California. Had a great conversation with their founder at the conference...

They're doing an #investment crowdfunding campaign to scale up, and the offering details are here, for those interested in such things: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/campaigns/mdfxl1gl #CoopCapital #coops #coop

Inspired and honored to be part of the SolidarityLA project mapping the people & places that point to a better LA with Solidarity Research Center, Llano del Rio Collective, Data Commons Coop. Presentation: http://tiny.cc/slapresents #WCNC18

Connected IRL with the Mighty Mighty @clayton himself at the #wcnc18 today...

Turns out @Steve is a helluva dancer... #wcnc18

Hanging out at #wcnc18. Met @mattcropp in the flesh. Took eight pages of notes in two days, with one day left. All in all, an excellent conference.

Amazing story of the black-led #creditunion organizing project that came together out of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in #Minneapolis following the police killing of Philado Castile. #wcnc18

Learning about CHI, the first #WorkerOwned farm-labor contractor in #California that's owned as as an "employee benefit trust."

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The executive directors of The US Federation of #WorkerCoops and the Democracy at Work Institute give an overview of how the biannual conference works to build movement capacity in host cities before sending attendees off to sessions... #WCNC18

#MandelaGrocery, a black-owned and -led #WorkerCoop in West #Oakland, offers 50% off on produce to folks with #EBT.

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When the home care #coop in Wisconsin found itself in a rough spot, rather than laying off frontline workers, they eliminated their executive director position and gave everyone raises with the savings.

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#WCNC18 opening plenary with worker owners from landscaping, grocery, and home care #WorkerCoops.

#workercoop #coop #coops

#Indigenous ceremony opening the #wcnc18 this morning in #LA.

Made it across the continent for a few days of hanging with US-ian #WorkerCoop folks in #LA at #wcnc18. Had a very chatty seat-mate who runs an diversified organic farm in Indiana, which, as a bit of an extravert, helped pass the time nicely...

Weather's looking good for #WCNC18!

Flying out tomorrow, and it will be my first time to #California... :)

For those who'll be getting in early for the #WCNC18 in #LA, I'm pulling together an informal #CoopFinance nerd dinner gathering Thursday night neat the conference hotel at 7pm.

@ me for details... :)

Any other #SocialCoop folks going to be in #LosAngeles for the #WorkerCoop National Conference in September?

https://conference.coop/2018-conference/conference-sessions/

I'm going to get in a day early (Thursday) and am going to try to pull together an informal #CoopFinance nerd dinner gathering that evening.

Also, we should have a social.coop #tootup if there's critical mass...

#LA #WCNC18