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Case Studies

Here's how Seed Commons and its network members are building cooperative power with non-extractive finance

    Our impact, on the ground

    Members of the Sky Without Limits and community allies pose during a day working on the cooperative’s shared gardens.
    Members of the Sky Without Limits and community allies pose during a day working on the cooperative’s shared gardens.

    Solidarity is a place: How Right To The City is bringing non-extractive investment into the fight for housing justice and community ownership

    Case studies

    Connecting movement building and community-controlled capital, with tenant organizing stories from Minneapolis and Santa Fe.

    Workers pose in a garden, wearing blue work shirts reading "Swamp Rose Co-op" and standing in front a bright hand-painted sign that says "All Power to the Pollinators"
    Workers pose in a garden, wearing blue work shirts reading "Swamp Rose Co-op" and standing in front a bright hand-painted sign that says "All Power to the Pollinators"

    Organizing cooperatives, organizing the community

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    Building power for excluded workers in Washington, DC

    Zeke Coleman unloads a van at Our Harvest
    Zeke Coleman unloads a van at Our Harvest

    An infrastructure for dignity

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    Building a cooperative economy in Cincinnati, Ohio

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    A group of people smiling in front of a banner that reads "Our Community Emma"

    Cooperatives and community power

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    Poder Emma and the fight against displacement in Asheville, North Carolina

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    A construction worker lifts a 2x4 from a stack

    An ecosystem for economic democracy

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    Repairing neighborhoods and creating cooperatives in Baltimore, Maryland

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    People gathered in a restaurant, cutting a ceremonial ribbon

    Barbecue, hustle, and culture

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    Building the cooperative economy in Charleston, West Virginia