CO-UP! A Community Teach-In for Cultivating Economic Justice

Saturday, April 1, 2017 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Be one of 300+ engaged, spirited people at this extraordinary teach-in designed to cultivate economic justice in Philadelphia.

You'll meet community organizers, cooperators, activists artists, farmers, bookkeepers, construction workers and more — all of them building economic control block by block as they start cooperative businesses. Learn, connect, network, and share your ideas at this cross-class, multi-racial, intergenerational gathering.

  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, author of the groundbreaking book COLLECTIVE COURAGE: A History of African American Cooperative Thought and Practice (Penn State University Press, 2014)
  • Workshops on how to pool resources to gain power
  • Panel on learning from our past to cultivate economic justice for our future
  • Free Childcare & Cooperative Activities for the Kids
  • Lunch included
  • Cost: Sliding Scale $5 - 65
Organizer Name: 
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
Organizer Phone: 
215-843-2350, ext. 118
Organizer Email: 
Event Venue: 
Universal Audenreid Charter High School
Event Location: 

3301 Tasker St, Philadelphia, PA 19145