The 2012 Upstate Cooperative Summit was held in Syracuse in Saturday March 31st, 2012. The event was organized in celebration of the United Nation’s 2012 declaration of the International Year of the Cooperative.

Keynote speakers

• Steve Dubb, The Democracy Collaborative
• Lisa Stolarski, National Cooperative Business Association

Workshop presenters

• Ron Eherenreich, Cooperative Federal Credit Union
• Travis Hance, Syracuse Real Foods Co-op
• Naqia Edwards, Eat to Live Food Coop
• Deborah Kenn, Syracuse University College of Law
• Brian Henehan, Cornell Cooperative Enterprise Program
• Joe Marraffino, Democracy at Work Network
• Kim Pinkham, Pioneer Valley Photovoltaic
• Bob Proehl, Buffalo Street Books
• Hannah  Dobbz, The Big Idea Bookstore
• Howie Hawkins, South Side Community Coalition
• Elizabeth Friedrich, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions

Performance

• D.R.E.A.M. Freedom Revival

Sponsors

• NYS Small Business Development Center
• Marion Kauffman Foundation
• Gifford Foundation
• Green Core Company
• Cooperative Federal Credit Union
• Southside Community Coalition
• Syracuse Real Food Cooperative
• South Side Innovation Center

Flyer

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