CWOP
The Community and Worker Ownership Project (CWOP) supports efforts percolating around the nation and New York City focused on worker-owned cooperatives, economic democracy, and community planning. In this age of burgeoning inequality and pervasive challenges to political and workplace democracy, this project supports projects in worker participation and control, as well as grassroots leadership in community development in collaboration with a broad array of organizational stakeholders, including unions, worker centers, community-based organizations, businesses and worker cooperatives.
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New Mayor Brings Revived Hope For More Solidarity In Our City
Greetings in this post election season where we can begin to experience hope for our shared values translating to public policy and programs. In the video below Rebecca Lurie found herself being asked for an interview by a Chinese student in Bryant Park after class on Election Day! This was at the very hour the
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Dolphin Schools Spring 2025
In the final weeks of the Spring term, 2025, students in the WDCO certificate program debuted their ideas in our “Dolphin Schools”. The Dolphin Schools provides students with the opportunity to showcase their innovations and what they studied during the course of their time in the program. This process invites dialogue with stakeholders, advisors and
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Worker-Led Media: A virtual panel on building a better media economy. Taking Control, Operating with Independence & Building a Better Media Economy
By Prajna Brooks On June 11th, 2025, we held a panel discussion with journalists from worker-owned cooperatives. Hosted by the Writers Guild of America East, Matt Pearce from Rebuild Local News acted as a moderator. The speakers included Anh-Thu Nguyen from Democracy at Work Institute, Max Rivlin-Nadler from Hell Gate, Bikram Chatterji from Maximum Fun,
