Session materials from “Building Economic Democracy: Building Blocks for Co-op Strategy” presented by Steve Dubb at NASCO Institute 2024. How can co-ops not just serve member-owners, but act as the life-affirming institutions that we need to build a more democratic economy, rooted in values of solidarity? This session introduced key strategies that can build wealth and power in communities —such as community land trusts, participatory budgeting, public banks, and employee ownership. In this participatory session, participants had a chance to meet in small groups and workshop strategies to develop some of the concepts and examples highlighted in the sessions into actions that can inform cooperative and solidarity economy ecosystem building in their home communities.
