Democracy at Work Institute

This organization is a 2023-2024 Chicago CWB Initiative Grantee

Technical Assistance Provided:

Cooperative Development and Operations, Education & Training, Marketing & Communications, Other, Project Management, Relationship Building, Research

Service Area:

Citywide

Sector:

Professional Services

Website:

https://institute.coop/

Accepting New Clients:

Yes

Details:

We are excited to announce a new worker cooperative developer training program for Chicago developers. See

Who we are:

The Democracy at Work Institute expands the worker cooperative model to meet the needs of workers locked out of good jobs and business ownership opportunities, especially BIPOC, recent immigrant, and low wage workers.

How we can help:

We help build capacity for worker cooperative development as a community wealth building strategy. We train cooperative developers to improve their impact and outcomes, educate key business service providers about worker ownership, and support local partners to develop simple evaluative metrics.

We are excited to announce a new worker cooperative developer training program for Chicago developers.

The 2024 Chicago Worker Cooperative Developer Cohort is facilitated by the Democracy at Work Institute with support from the Chicago Community Wealth Building Ecosystem Hub at the University Illinois-Chicago as part of the Community Wealth Building Initiative of the City of Chicago. This is a bi-lingual (English-Spanish) program.

We are seeking to build the capacity of local organizations to develop worker cooperatives. Participants will shape a clear and effective project roadmap, strengthen their development acumen, and establish relationships with seasoned developers and technical assistance advisors to accompany their journey.

This year-long community of learning and practice launches in January 2024. Applications are due Dec. 1, 2023. Interested applicants must attend one of two informational webinars to be held on Nov. 14 and Nov. 16, 2023. Please see attached documents for more information.

For more information, contact Rebecca Bauen, DAWI Education & Training Director, at rbauen@institute.coop

Thank you!

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¡Hola!

Nos llena de emoción anunciar un nuevo programa de entrenamiento para desarrolladores de cooperativas de trabajadores para desarrolladores de Chicago.

La Cohorte de Desarrolladores de Cooperativas de Trabajadores de Chicago es facilitada por Democracy at Work Institute (Instituto para la Democracia en el Trabajo) con el apoyo del Chicago Community Wealth Building Ecosystem Hub (Ecosistema de Creación de Riqueza Comunitaria de Chicago) de la Universidad de Illinois-Chicago como parte de la iniciativa de Creación de Riqueza Comunitaria de la ciudad de Chicago. Este en un programa bilingüe (Español-Inglés).

Buscamos fortalecer la capacidad de las organizaciones locales para desarrollar cooperativas de trabajadores. Las personas participantes formarán una hoja de ruta de proyecto clara y efectiva, fortalecerán su perspicacia de desarrollo y establecerán relaciones con desarrolladores experimentados y consejeros de asistencia técnica que las acompañarán en su camino.

Esta comunidad anual de aprendizaje y práctica tomará lugar a partir de enero 2024. El proceso de solicitud cerrará el 1ro de diciembre, 2023. Solicitantes deben participar uno de dos webinarios informativos que serán llevados a cabo en noviembre 14 y noviembre 16, 2023. Favor de ver los documentos adjuntos para más información.

Para más información, comunícate con Rebecca Bauen, DAWI Directora de Educación y Capacitación, escribiendo a rbauen@institute.coop

¡Muchas gracias!