RESIST WEBINAR -- This presentation will be a brief journey looking at how our current system of government and law have evolved to protect wealth and privilege over community self-government; we'll look at how corporations have received more rights and protections than those of you living in your community; and we'll look at how communities have pushed back against these oppressive structures to reclaim democratic self-government in the their communities.

Are you a nonprofit or volunteer group who is interested in taking a more holistic approach to your community-based work? Or someone who is interested in receiving financial support for your community event, tool, or program? The New England Grassroots Environment Fund invites you to join our Executive Director, Julia Dundorf, on January 9, 2018, to learn about our Guiding Principles for strong community organizing that increases your impact and revenue. Julia will be joined by Program Director, Nakia Navarro and Program Manager, Ally Philip, who will share available opportunities for support from the Grassroots Fund, from grants to stipends to sponsorship. 

RESIST WEBINAR -- During this webinar, participants will learn how grassroots groups can use online organizing tactics to boost their campaign and build community power. We’ll learn how to think about online organizing as a simple extension of what you already do on the ground, and walk through which tools and tactics to use in different campaign scenarios. Toxics Action Center’s Communications Directorm Katelyn Parady, and 350NH Interim Coordinator, Griffin Sinclair-Wingate, will lead this webinar using recent examples from community groups organizing to create safer and more sustainable communities in New England. 

During this webinar, participants will learn how grassroots groups can effectively use local media to further campaign goals. Join the Grassroots Fund and Toxics Action Center on June 16 and learn what makes something “newsworthy” in local and regional media channels. Andy Jones (Toxics Action Center)  will lead this webinar using recent examples from South Portland’s pipeline, propane-by-rail, and healthy lawns campaigns.
 

In this webinar, Janet Milkman from the Marion Institute will provide participants an understanding of what fiscal sponsorship is, what organizations offer it, and how it can help non-profit leaders put their energies into program and mission while ensuring that back office tasks – such as donor tracking, tax filing – are accomplished efficiently and effectively. 

Learn how to run meetings that your group not only looks forward to, but gets lots of results. We've all been there: meetings with no clear agenda, that take too long and that have discussions that go in circles. No more! In this webinar you'll get an easy framework and concrete tools to have fun and productive meetings. We'll go over how to prepare for a meeting, principles of good facilitation and how to set up next steps. 

Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Building a powerful team is key to successfully organizing your community. There are reasons why groups come together and fall apart, and things you can do to maintain and build them. Learn how to identify problems within your group and solutions to fix those problems. We will also discuss models of decision making, group building and recruitment, and help to maintain a leadership team. 

In this webinar with Joe Marraffino of Democracy at Work Institute will provide participants an understanding of specific ways to present financial information to support organizational transparency and other reporting needs their cooperative might have. 

Joe Marraffino, is a guest facilitator with Cooperative Design Lab. He joined the Democracy at Work Institute in 2015 as a cooperative developer, focusing on tool-building and training. He coordinates the Development Fundamentals program for new developers and runs a monthly startup workshop for worker cooperative entrepreneurs. He lives in Ithaca, New York. Joe was the Finance Manager for GreenStar Cooperative Market in Ithaca for three years. Previous to that he was a worker-owner of Arizmendi Bakery in San Francisco for seven years, and worked as a bookkeeper and business developer for the Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives to help launch two bakeries. Joe was a founding member of the of the New York Cooperative Network and the Democracy at Work Network.

In this webinar Participants will understand various the legal structures that cooperative entities can use. 

Entity formation is an important milestone on a cooperative development or conversion pathway. This session will help Cooperative Design Lab participants and interested parties in the New England Grassroots Environment Fund community prepare for a meeting with legal counsel. 

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In this webinar with Annie Sullivan-Chin of A Bookeeping Cooperative Workshops, participants will understand the functions of accounting systems and ways to share financial data. 

A Bookkeeping Cooperative provides full-charge bookkeeping and financial services to non-profits, worker cooperatives, and small businesses in NYC and beyond. Annie started working with ABC in 2012 as an intern with the Democracy At Work Network. She is working both as a freelance bookkeeper and ABC bookkeeping services provider.