Zebras Unite believes that everyone has an equal right to imagine and create the future. We catalyze community, capital, and culture for people building businesses that are better for the world. We are both international and intersectional, and are a founder-led movement for and by founders, investors, thought leaders, and practitioners of all different stripes.
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Congratulations Start.coop for another incredible cohort!
Today 41 cooperative founders representing 33 businesses are kicking off Start.coop's 1st ever Black Founder Peer Circle! Couldn't be more proud of the work to create more pathways to shared ownership for black communities! https://lnkd.in/eFbKYxaP
This Giving Tuesday, support radical public experimentation in collaboration with Zebras Unite, towards a more thriving economy for all. The nonprofit sector is largely constrained by narrow-focus, project-specific funding and Zebras Unite is developing more expansive possibilities in coalition with their community. General operating funding allows Zebras Unite to convene unlikely allies and run bold, community-led experiments shaping the next economy. Unrestricted, tax-deductible donations sustain Zebras’ core experimental infrastructure to launch new coalitions, prototype systems-change experiments, and develop community resource projects. We can't transform the economic system through business-as-usual funding. Join us as an ally in supporting deeper collaborations and bolder experiments to birth real alternatives! Experiment-in-Public with us this Giving Tuesday: https://buff.ly/3QVYa2Q
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Calling all leading changemakers in the Capital Institute Community! Do you have a deep-rooted passion and commitment to regenerating the broken systems that our organizations, governments, communities, and institutions operate in? We invite you to join this 2024 Fellowship and come grow alongside other leaders ushering in a regenerative future and bringing life to our broken economic and financial systems. We are seeking to support 25 leading changemakers from diverse sectors and backgrounds → LEARN MORE & APPLY https://lnkd.in/eegzFiJM Through the With Life landscape, we’ve teamed up with nRhythm to cohost the 2024 Fellowship Program. In its third year, the program’s foundation of online courses, workshops, and resources is now expanded to include Capital Institute’s flagship courses, resources, and community of regenerative leaders. The Fellowship is an opportunity for you to receive the leadership training, tools and peer-to-peer support you need to lead the change in economics and finance and build your capacity to regenerate the health and potential of the systems you are a part of alongside a supportive community. This is the 12-month program that will accelerate your growth as a regenerative leader far beyond your imagination. Join us for one of the upcoming Fellowship Program Live Information Sessions on Oct. 31 or Nov. 9 to get more details on the program and hear from our Fellowship alumni why it's a transformative investment in your leadership potential → RSVP Here: https://lnkd.in/g6-8tCwA John Fullerton nRhythm Zebras Unite LIFT Economy Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll Buckminster Fuller Institute Design Science Studio #changemakers #regenerative #leadership #regenerativeeconomics #systemschange
💡 DazzleCon DC Spotlight: Groups like Beloved Community Incubator (BCI) carry on DC's solidarity economy legacy. As #DazzleCon23 approaches, let's learn from orgs continuing to build more mutualistic economics in DC. BCI provides incubation and support for new worker-owned cooperatives led by poor and working class BIPOC folx in the DC region. They also support existing co-ops via their BCI Network with training, legal assistance, and financing access. We're excited to lean into learning from all levels of global and local leadership when we convene in DC next week!
As we approach our time in Washington DC, we appreciate the rich history we are stepping into. DC has a long lineage of solidarity-based social enterprises launched by marginalized community working towards economic and political liberation. In 1907, W.E.B. DuBois spoke in favor of co-ops, which have remained a key strategy for equity. In the 1970s, community organizers started MLK Coop Store No. 2, the nation's first food co-op in public housing. As we prepare for #DazzleCon23, let's appreciate DC's legacy of more cooperative economics.
🌱 ✨ We'd like to kickoff this week with BIG gratitude for our major supporters who have helped make DazzleCon happen, including: - Catalyst Partners: Open Society Foundations, Omidyar Network, Smith & Connors - Activist Partners: BECU (Boeing Employee Credit Union), MacArthur Foundation - Supporter Partners: Moon Song Fund, Hearken, Inc, National Cooperative Bank, Halcyon We are also grateful to numerous others who are helping us keep DazzleCon accessible via our Solidarity Fund!
Don't miss Smith & Connors CEO Talie Smith at DazzleCon, where she'll share her insights on designing brands and experiences that bring people together through purpose-driven business. As a certified B Corp, Smith & Connors understands the future of value-aligned entrepreneurship and helps guide others there. Beyond design, Talie speaks to the deeper currents of mutualism and interconnection that flow beneath all new economy work. Get your tickets to #DazzleCon today to hear Talie's invaluable perspectives!
We're eager to sit down with Omidyar Network's Thea Anderson at DazzleCon to explore the topic of building Community Infrastructure & Public Interest Tech. As a director on Omidyar's Responsible Technology team, Thea makes strategic grantmaking and investments with an intersectional lens to address power imbalances, ensure accountability, and strengthen safeguards around emerging technologies. She recently launched investments to support workers in the platform economy and a new portfolio focused on interactive media and creative economies. Thea's insights will be invaluable as we discuss how to leverage technology for public good, not harm. Join us at #DazzleCon to explore this critical set of issues.
Don't miss Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center's Minsun Ji at DazzleCon on our "Can Solidarity Co-ops Save the Care Economy?" panel. As an expert on inclusive ownership models, Minsun will provide critical perspectives on how solidarity co-ops can provide quality care and livelihoods, and already are across the country. This is a session you won't want to miss! What questions do you have for Minsun?
We're thrilled to announce Zebras & Company Co-Founder Yoshi Tabuchi will speak at DazzleCon about how Zebra companies have become a key component of Japan's economic policy. At next month's convening, we'll dive-into Zebra policy innovation and tour "what's working" in new economic practice across the globe. Yoshi's insights into Japan's political process and the impact of Zebra companies will be invaluable. Join us at DazzleCon and roll up your sleeves with leaders like Yoshi!