Anti-Oppression Resources for Cooperatives

These are resources that can help cooperatives learn, adopt, and practice anti-oppression principles.

General Anti-Oppression

• Anti-Oppression Zine for co-ops‎ by the North American Students for Cooperation (NASCO). This document is ready to be printed and folded into a 'zine.
• NASCO's packet for their 2009 Action Camp. This is an introductory anti-oppression resource for co-ops, collectives, and democratically run communities.
• Anti-Oppression resources for further self-education (books, organizations, films, magazines, websites etc.).
• A sample grant form.

Anti-Racism and Racial Justice Focus

• Racial Justice
• Dismantling Racism. A very useful resource that focuses on anti-racist organizational development (i.e. non-profit organizations, community organizations).
• Political Education / Anti-Oppression Module from AORTA / Worcester Roots

Organizations

• Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA) is a collective that offers training and consulting.

External Articles

• Anti-Oppression Resources by Mira Luna. Compilation of free online educational resources and articles, oriented towards coops and social change groups that want learn, discuss and integrate anti-oppression practices, including some group activities, cartoons, films, and books.
• Educating the Cooperative Movement about Anti-Oppression: NASCO taking a lead on organizational and grassroots levels at GEO.Coop (Grassroots Economic Organizing) by Mingwei Huang, 2010.
• Cooperative Principles Can Be Applied in School Settings at GEO.Coop by kiran nigam, 2010.

See Also

• Starting a diversity committee in cooperatives
• Racial Justice Initiatives in Your Cooperative
• Examining Power and Privilege in Co-ops (Activities/Discussion Starters)
• Power Dynamics in Diverse Groups (Facilitated Discussions)
• Power Dynamics in Cooperatives (Longer Activities)