Connecting with the Past and the Future of Indigenous People By Noémi Giszpenc In June of this year, CDI and CFNE staff and board members had the chance to participate in a workshop offered by Wabanaki Reach on the 400-year
“Celebrating Collective Courage” Brings Together Practitioners and Educators
Saturday, March 7, the day before International Women’s Day and on the cusp between Black History Month and Women’s History Month, CDI took the opportunity to celebrate the impressive history and contemporary vitality of Black women’s leadership in cooperative thought
February Interactive Exhibit Opens
Happy Black History Month! February is here and CDI is taking the opportunity to celebrate the history and contemporary reality of Black cooperation, particularly in connection to arts and culture. We are sponsoring a month-long interactive exhibit in Jersey City, NJ that
Ask Co-op Cathy: What is the role of co-ops in the New Economy?
Meet Cathy, the Cooperative Development Institute’s new answerwoman! She can take on any co-op questions you might have, big or small. Today we ask: what is the role of co-ops in the new economy? See all of Cathy’s answers and
CDI places article in Jewish Currents on Cooperatives
CDI Executive Director Noemi Giszpenc contributed an article to the Autumn 2012 issue of Jewish Currents, entitled “Cooperatives: The (Jewish) World’s Best-Kept Secret“. It has interviews with CFNE’s Micha Josephy and Rebecca Dunn of Cooperative Fund of New England, Richard