"Rather than a trickle down strategy, it focuses on economic inclusion and building a local economy from the ground up; rather than offering public subsidy to induce corporations to bring what are often low-wage jobs into the city, the Evergreen strategy is catalyzing new businesses that are owned by their employees..."
This week's Planet Local post highlights the innovative Evergreen Cooperatives. Read the post http://bit.ly/lfGlPl and watch The Democracy Collaborative's new animated video about the initiative.
In Engage, we learned about the three forms of power: power-over, power-within and power with. In the beginning of the video, “power-over” is shown through the factories and businesses around the city of Cleveland. A trickle-down effect occurs as businesses leave resulting in “disinvestment, lack of educational opportunity and barriers to employment compound themselves.” Although problems are mounting, the people of the city of Cleveland somehow will themselves to work together. Some businesses in the “Cleveland Model” are worker cooperatives, which means the workers own the business. This represents “power-with” because they show the ability to work with each other and voice ideas in an equal and positive manner. I really learned a lot from the video. Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteIn Engage, we learned about the three forms of power: power-over, power-within and power with. In the beginning of the video, “power-over” is shown through the factories and businesses around the city of Cleveland. A trickle-down effect occurs as businesses leave resulting in “disinvestment, lack of educational opportunity and barriers to employment compound themselves.” Although problems are mounting, the people of the city of Cleveland somehow will themselves to work together. Some businesses in the “Cleveland Model” are worker cooperatives, which means the workers own the business. This represents “power-with” because they show the ability to work with each other and voice ideas in an equal and positive manner. I really learned a lot from the video. Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteIn Engage, we learned about the three forms of power: power-over, power-within and power with. In the beginning of the video, “power-over” is shown through the factories and businesses around the city of Cleveland. A trickle-down effect occurs as businesses leave resulting in “disinvestment, lack of educational opportunity and barriers to employment compound themselves.” Although problems are mounting, the people of the city of Cleveland somehow will themselves to work together. Some businesses in the “Cleveland Model” are worker cooperatives, which means the workers own the business. This represents “power-with” because they show the ability to work with each other and voice ideas in an equal and positive manner. I really learned a lot from the video. Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteIn Engage, we learned about the three forms of power: power-over, power-within and power with. In the beginning of the video, “power-over” is shown through the factories and businesses around the city of Cleveland. A trickle-down effect occurs as businesses leave resulting in “disinvestment, lack of educational opportunity and barriers to employment compound themselves.” Although problems are mounting, the people of the city of Cleveland somehow will themselves to work together. Some businesses in the “Cleveland Model” are worker cooperatives, which means the workers own the business. This represents “power-with” because they show the ability to work with each other and voice ideas in an equal and positive manner. I really learned a lot from the video. Thanks a lot!
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