{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"We Are The Ones: Cooperative Power Rooted in People and Place","title":"Episode 4: Cooperation Works","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3095,"description":"This final episode of We Are the Ones explores how an environment that supports the development of co-operative businesses begins to take shape. In St. Louis, a well established network of mutual aid organizations gives rise to a fledgling co-op ecosystem through the work of Cooperation STL. Also, a look at worker co-op Garrity Tools.This way of organizing our economy won’t last forever. I don’t think it can. I think we’re already seeing and reaching the cracks in the system. And whether it’s climate change and loss of biodiversity and other ecological problems or unprecedented wealth inequity and other challenges, we’re seeing the stress the system is under. And the good news is, we don’t have to keep doing it this way. Yoni Blumberg, Community Wealth Building StrategistSpeakers:Cathy Statz - Co-operative Educator and Outreach Specialist. She provides education and outreach on the co-op business model for a number of local to international organizations, including the National Cooperative Business Association and the International Centre for Co-operative Management at Saint Mary's University.Joe Guinan - President of The Democracy Collaborative and author of numerous articles and books, including The Case for Community Wealth Building and publisher of the weekly news summary Tracking the Crisis.Jessica Gordon Nembhard - Political Economist, Professor and Author. She is Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Department of Africana Studies at City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice.Jenny Murphy - Artist, Brand Lead and Worker Owner, Garrity Tools, Cooperation STL Core Team Member.Xandi Barrett - Cooperation STL Core Team Member.Chris Wilcox - Cooperation STL Core Team Member.Yoni Blumberg - Community Wealth Building Strategist.The work of building a more equitable, democratic economy is taking place in cities and towns throughout the U.S. The first step usually involves a self-education process to counteract...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kxDeaaD0yP8-h6ImBE9M45XRgszJ5fQp9gX9nTl8fkM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNGI5/MjAwYWNkNTYzMmUy/OWMyNGUyZDAxN2Q3/ZGIxMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}