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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Is there a Seed Commons version of Project Destined in the works, and if not, can it be developed soon? Their reflections reinforced the value of what I call coherence, or integrated, learning.

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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

Zirkel on wikimedia Can universities be effective community builders? Observers going back to the early 20th-century US philosopher John Dewey have also contended that universities play an essential role in creating a democratic citizenry. But do universities actually produce local solutions? Well, it depends.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

Efforts to organize workers into unions within the sector have been on the rise—including among universities, museums, and community advocacy groups. 46 Education in community economics is also key. 48 In a thriving community, this civic infrastructure acts as a kind of “shadow government.”