NEW YORK COOPERATIVE SUMMIT · HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
2024 · Syracuse
May 4, 2024 · The 2024 New York Cooperative Summit. Explore the keynote speakers, presenters, supporters, published program, and photographs from this gathering.
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The 2024 New York Cooperative Summit was held in Syracuse in Saturday May 4th, 2024. Around 100 people attended. Lunch was provided by consumer-owned Syracuse Cooperative Market, and coffee was donated by worker-owned Gimme Coffee.
Keynote speakers
- Jay Ward, CEO Emeritus of worker-owned Ward Lumber
- Micah Blumenthal worker trustee at the Good Work Institute
- Emmanuel Pardilla, Membership Director of the New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NoWC)
- Maurice “Mo” Brown, Onondaga County Legislature
Workshop presenters
- Mike Zak, cooperative developer for Cooperation Buffalo
- Alma Lowry, lecturer in Environmental Studies at Hamilton College and trainer with Columinate
- Zack Young, Director of Integrated Capital Solutions at Boston Impact Initiative
- Nina Stender, project director at the Democracy at Work Institute
- Ryan Demers, co-op developer at the Cooperative Development Institute
- Ryan Rose, founding worker-owner at Capital Bookkeeping Cooperative
- Angela DeFelice, Managing Director at Co-op Hudson Valley
- Joe Marraffino, loan officer at the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast
- Frank Cetera, Business Transfers Program Director at the Democracy at Work Institute
- Bathabile Mthombeni, founder of Untangled Resolutions
- Johan Matthews, Ecosystem Strategy Manager at the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast
Music
- Music for the event was from Mary Nickson
Sponsors
Many thanks to the event sponsors!
Field Builder level ($2,000+)
Rochdale level ($1,000+)
- Cooperative Development Institute
- Cooperative Development Foundation
- Cooperative Fund of the Northeast
- Cornell Cooperative Enterprise Program
- Gifford Foundation
- National Cooperative Business Association
- New Economy Coalition
- South Side Innovation Center
Arizmendi level ($500+)
- Cooperative Federal Credit Union
- Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union
- Democracy at Work Institute
- GreenStar Food Co-op
- Local Enterprise Assistance Fund
- Boston Impact Initiative
- Gimme Coffee
Franklin level ($300+)
Cooperator level ($100+)
- U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
- Sam Gray Coop & Community Law
- Shared Capital Cooperative
- Bread and Roses Housing Co-op
- Cabot Creamery
Program
Pictures
