Resiliency & Sustainability
In collaboration with Van Alen Institute, we are connecting neighborhoods hard-hit by the pandemic with firms in our network.
Join us for the two-part Neighborhoods Now Summit: Strategies for Reopening and Recovery, a culminating event reflecting on how collaborative design can inform neighborhood recovery strategies.
Join us for the two-part Neighborhoods Now Summit: Strategies for Reopening and Recovery, a culminating event reflecting on how collaborative design can inform neighborhood recovery strategies.
On July 8, join us for a lunchtime discussion on Amsterdam's sustainable 'Doughnut Model' for recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.
On June 26, join us for a roundtable session bringing together the Neighborhoods Now working groups and diverse built environment and community heath experts.
On June 23, candidates interested in the 2020 Forefront Fellowship, Cooperative Works, are welcome to attend a digital information session to learn more about the program.
On June 22, join us for a lunchtime discussion with Raquel Rolnik on how leaders in São Paulo are organizing to support communities hit hard by Coronavirus.
Cooperative worker ownership is a critical tool to empower BIPOC workers by democratizing economic resources. Planners, architects, and policymakers can accelerate new ways of thinking around equitable and non-extractive financial products for new and emerging BIPOC-majority cooperatives.
Posted — June 17, 2021
Rooted Resiliency explores ways to build community power through connected hyper-local networks. Strengthening local community and infrastructure networks can greatly empower bottom-up initiatives to succeed and give them staying power in the long run.
Posted — June 17, 2021
Creating and sustaining green careers — not just jobs — requires supporting entrepreneurship and grassroots businesses alongside a holistic and long-term approach to training and workforce development. A cooperative mindset will lead traditionally independent entrepreneurs to become influential through creating and sustaining long-term careers and services.
Posted — June 17, 2021
The Urban Design Forum interviews Rebecca Lurie, Coordinator of the Community & Worker Ownership Project at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, on building infrastructure for small cooperatives and opportunities to strengthen the cooperative movement in the construction industry.
Posted — September 10, 2020
