Annual Member Meeting // Reunión anual de membresía
Annual Member Meeting // Reunión anual de membresía
PACA is based in Philadelphia, PA
Español abajo // PACA annually convenes its co-op membership, partners, and all who are "co-op curious" for a look at our region's cooperative economy. In 2020, we'll continue this tradition—virtually this time—and welcome you to join us! At this virtual meeting, you'll have the chance to connec…
Tuesday, November 10 2020
6:30 PM
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8:00 PM
The Practice of Democracy in Our Daily Lives
The Practice of Democracy in Our Daily Lives
PACA is based in Philadelphia, PA
This election season, we are hearing candidates and activists calling to "save" or "protect" our democracy. Here at PACA, as a cooperative organization, democracy is one of our core values. But what does it mean—really—to practice democracy? What does it mean to engage, to participate, beyond the b…
Thursday, October 29 2020
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Housing Justice, Organizing, and Cooperation
Housing Justice, Organizing, and Cooperation
PACA is based in Philadelphia, PA
In recent months, unhoused folks and housing justice activists have demanded "housing now"—specifically, the transfer of vacant properties to a community land trust for permanent low-income housing administered by local community-controlled committees. Coalitions have called for a moratorium on uti…
Tuesday, October 27 2020
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Study Sessions on Mutual Aid and Cooperative Economics
Study Sessions on Mutual Aid and Cooperative Economics
Link to be emailed, PA
In mutual aid efforts, communities come together to pool resources and distribute them as necessary. The same principle drives our most successful cooperatives: Resources are pooled and distributed as available and as instructed by the needs and desires of their members, rather than by arbitrary or…
Fri, May 1 2020
7:30 PM
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Fri, May 15 2020
9:00 PM
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE // Ujima, Ujamaa: The Cooperative Hxstory of the Civil Rights Movement
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE // Ujima, Ujamaa: The Cooperative Hxstory of the Civil Rights Movement
Philadelphia, PA
Update on 3/12/20 at 4:46 p.m.: This workshop is POSTPONED, and will be rescheduled when 'social distancing' as a result of COVID-19 is no longer a recommended practice. — Original description: Join Dominique, one of PACA’s Cooperative Business Developers, for a conversation exploring the ways B…
Friday, March 13 2020
6:00 PM
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7:30 PM
Let's Watch It! The North Pole web series
Let's Watch It! The North Pole web series
Philadelphia, PA
The North Pole Show, set in Oakland, is "The North Pole is a comedic web series about three best friends born and raised in North Oakland, CA, who struggle to stay rooted as their neighborhood becomes a hostile environment." We will screen the first season, then reflect and analyze on what it means…
Saturday, November 16 2019
2:00 PM
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5:00 PM
2019 PACA Co-op Summit & Annual Meeting
2019 PACA Co-op Summit & Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
PACA annually convenes its co-op membership, cooperators, and the general public together for a look at our region's co-op economy and to envision how to make it stronger. In 2019, we'll continue this tradition and welcome you to join us! What to expect? enjoy delicious food prepared by PACA's bo…
Friday, November 1 2019
5:30 PM
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8:30 PM
CANCELLED: Let's Study Co-op Principles! Why and how we practice them
CANCELLED: Let's Study Co-op Principles! Why and how we practice them
Philadelphia, PA
The Seven International Co-op Principles are explained at every co-op new member orientation and are a key part of the co-op identity. Join PACA at the Kensington Community Food Co-op to start or deepen that learning! Their origins go back to the Rochdale pioneers who led the way for our modern co…
Wednesday, October 23 2019
6:30 PM
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8:30 PM
Co-op Month Kick-off! Fun & Games Gathering
Co-op Month Kick-off! Fun & Games Gathering
Philadelphia, PA
Co-hosted with PACA co-op member Bonfire Media Collective, gather with cooperators from around the region to celebrate together how the greater Philadelphia area does cooperation and community. We will have board games, co-op trivia, share success stories, and talk about our work. Plus, we'll eat!…
Friday, October 4 2019
5:30 PM
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8:30 PM
Participation & Equality in Cooperatives: Lessons from Spain
Participation & Equality in Cooperatives: Lessons from Spain
Philadelphia, PA
What might it take for participation and equality to happen in practice? Dr. Bryer, an Anthropologist and Reader in Accounting from the University of Bristol, UK, has conducted fieldwork on these issues with cooperative businesses and social movements in Argentina, Spain, and recently begun prel…
Thursday, September 26 2019
6:30 PM
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8:30 PM
