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2008 National Worker Cooperative Conference Schedule
| Schedule last updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2008 | |
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| THURSDAY 6/19 | |
| 4-11pm | Check in to lodging |
| 8-10pm | Movie Night |
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Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (available for purchase from California Newsreel) |
| Â | At Home in Utopia |
| Â | Argentina: Turning Around |
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| FRIDAY 6/20 | |
| 8am | OPTIONAL: Morning stretching in Audubon Park for early risers |
| 9am | Continental Breakfast & Check in to lodging |
| 9:45am | Welcome and Introduction |
| 10am | USFWC Membership Meeting: All Group |
| Â | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | Biodiesel: A Community Industry (Part 1) |
| Â | What's the Economy For Anyway? |
| Â | Social Capital and Democratic Participation |
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| 12pm | Lunch |
| 1-3pm | USFWC Membership Meeting: Small Groups |
| Â | Bylaws, Strategic Plan, Inclusiveness and Equity, Member Participation, |
| Â | Unions and Coops, Big Ideas |
| Â | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | Biodiesel: A Community Industry (Part 2) |
| Â | Intro to Worker Coops |
| 3pm | Break |
| 3:30pm | New Orleans-Focused Showcase of Cooperatives in Central City N.O. |
| 5:30pm | New Orleans Co-op Showcase Reception |
| Â | Rebuilding Tour of New Orleans |
| 7pm |
Party and Dinner hosted by New Orleans emerging co-op community |
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| SATURDAY 6/21 | |
| 8am | OPTIONAL: Morning stretching in Audubon Park for early risers |
| 9am | Continental Breakfast |
| 10am | Opening Remarks, Melissa Hoover, USFWC |
| 10:10am | Welcome to New Orleans, Jeff Brite, Shakoor Aljuwani, Ted Quant |
| 10:30am | Session 1: Economic Justice, Development, Community Self-Sufficiency |
| Â | "The Resurrection of Coopersatives," Harvey Reed, Louisiana Assn of Cooperatives; Kathia Duran, Latino Farmers Cooperative of Louisiana; Greta Gladney, The Renaissance Project |
| 11:30am | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | Intro to Worker Coops |
| Â | Green Union Coops: A Strategy for Development |
| Â | Youth Empowerment Through Cooperation |
| Â | Managing the Cooperative Difference |
| Â | Spanish-Speaking Workers' Space |
| 1pm | Lunch |
| 2:15pm | Session 2: The Cooperative Difference - Nuts and Bolts |
| Â | "Why Worker Coops?" Omar Freilla,Green Worker Cooperatives |
| 3pm | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | Building the Cooperative Movmement in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast (Part 1) |
| Â | Taking The Man out of Management |
| Â | Develop This! The Gloriously Imperfect World of Coop Conversions |
| Â | Construction Cooperatives |
| Â | Financial Planning for Growth |
| Â | Taxation of Patronage Dividends: Are They Subject to Self-Employment Tax? |
| 4:30pm | Break |
| 5pm | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | African American Women in Worker Cooperatives: Then and Now |
| Â | Rural-Urban Connections in Building a Cooperative Food System |
| Â | Feeling Lost and Confused? Maybe You Should Plan to Come to This Workshop |
| Â | Senior Workers Benefits |
| Â | Participatory Credit Union Proposal |
| 7pm | Dinner |
| 9pm | Benefit Party for USFWC/NOLA scholarship fund and Volunter Work Week at One Eyed Jack's in the French Quarter |
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| SUNDAY 6/22 | |
| 8am | OPTIONAL: Morning stretching in Audubon Park for early risers |
| 9am | Continental Breakfast |
| Â | Open Space on Continuing Education Opportunities |
| 10am | USFWC Membership Meeting and Elections |
| Â | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | Community Connections: Anti-Oppression in Coop Planning & Practices |
| Â | Effective Online Tools for Dummies |
| Â | Open space |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm | Session 3: International and Intercooperative Connections |
| Â | Speakers: Aaron Dawsom, Lisa Russell, Equal Exchange; Sabine Kienzl, Venezuelan Embassy |
| 2:45pm | WORKSHOPS |
| Â | Building the Cooperative Movmement in New Orleans (Part 2) |
| Â | The Role of Politics and Principles in Building an Inclusive Movement |
| Â | Argentinian Cooperative Movement and Cooperative Fund Experience |
| Â | Visualizing a New Economy: Local and Regional Federations |
| Â | Swimming in the Mainstream: Alliances with Small Business & City Gov't |
| Â | Union-Coops Roundtable |
| 4:15pm | CLOSING EVENT |
| Â | Bringing the Conference Back: Sharing Practical Applications |
| 5pm | Dinner |
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| Â | Click below to download a PDF of the schedule as a four-color chart. |
