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Opportunity: Worker Ownership State Advocacy (WOSA) Fellowship
This looks like an amazing opportunity! The Worker Ownership State Advocacy Fellowship (WOSA) is a program of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives that equips and supports worker-owners as advocates and spokespeople for worker co-op initiatives, particularly in their home state. In our second year of the fellowship, we are pleased to be able to
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Our Jumpstart Is Back
SAVE THE DATE for May 7th, 2022! The Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED) will be hosting our fourth Worker Cooperative Jumpstart on May 7, 2022! After a hiatus, we are excited to bring back this jam-packed day of workshops focused on establishing and running worker cooperatives. Whether you’ve been a worker-owner for years, are
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Restaurant Co-ops And Economic Justice
Article by Robert R. Raymond In an exploitative system like the restaurant industry, restaurant co-ops offer economic justice and peace of mind. Members of Red Emma’s and other worker-owned co-ops talk with Truthout about how the co-op business structure is changing the game for workers. “Being an owner of a business is a great feeling
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Hiring at BRED!
Job Description: Project Officer BRED helps worker co-ops in the greater Baltimore area get the capital they need to start and grow. Our non-extractive lending process prioritizes inclusion and equity, rather than locking communities out of the funding they need to start owning their economy. Combining the financing we offer, with technical assistance and cooperative
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Watch Co-op 101
Here it is! We recorded the Co-op 101 webinar from 5/20, so in case you missed it you can watch it when you are able. Click this link: Recording: Co-op 101
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Wanna Learn About Co-ops? Co-op 101 Is Here For You
Are you co-op curious? Come join Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy for Co-op 101, a fun filled hour full of conversations about legal structures and capital! We will be discussing the pro’s and con’s of cooperatives, different types of co-ops and their flexible forms of doing business, and how you can put what you have
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New Chapters for Some of our Projects
Baltimore is becoming recognized more and more for its growing ecosystem of worker-owned cooperatives. We work with many of them and some our supported projects have reached some great milestones in the past couple months. In April, Earthbound Building was able to buy land! With a land purchase loan from BRED, these builders are able
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Bloomberg Businessweek Recognizes Baltimore Cooperatives
On March 31, 2021 Lawrence Lanahan published an amazing article in Bloomberg Businessweek about the cooperative landscape of Baltimore. We are so happy to be included along with Seed Commons, and a few of the co-ps we work with, in an article that highlights cooperative businesses and some of the work we have done. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-31/employee-co-ops-need-financing-these-impact-investors-want-to-help?utm_source=url_link
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Local Company Benefits From Cooperative Conversions
WYPR published an article about Joe Squared, written by Emily Sullivan, explaining how this business has stayed afloat amidst this pandemic. Joe Squared is just one of several Baltimore businesses converting to coops. Converting to a cooperative saves the business and all the workers receive the benefits. One of the personal benefits of the cooperative
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Watch Our August Webinars
This month we put together a series of free virtual webinars. Jim Johnson and Joseph Cureton helped viewers learn about cooperative basics and cooperative conversions.
