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What's At Stake

What's At Stake

We need our cooperatives to embrace and lead the future, or we risk losing them completely. Find out what's at stake.

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For many Americans, Covid-19 unveiled an economic system fueled by exploitation, while exacerbating injustice in the country's most vulnerable communities. Congress has chosen to bail out billionaires and ignore the despair of the American people. With no one coming to save us, we have been forced to fill the gaps on our own, through mutual aid and community organizing. The need to empower those left out of a hijacked economy is greater than ever before. We Own It believes cooperatives are the path forward, laying the first stones in the foundation for a new and just economy.

The Issues

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    Emergency Loans

    In the U.S. today, 5,000 credit unions serve one-third of the population, with over $54 billion in reserves from member fees. Americans need financial help now, through emergency loans from their credit unions.

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    Democratic Control

    It's been decades since most co-ops or credit unions functioned as democratic organizations. Credit unions hire bankers, rural electric cooperatives hire CEOs, and food co-ops hire grocers. Our co-ops have forgotten how to organize, and we need to teach them.

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    Building BIPOC Power

    Co-ops are democratic associations that own and control a business. That democracy must be just, equal and representative. BIPOC communities have been systemically excluded from aid. We Own It is committed to providing resources to bolster successful organizing and eradicate white supremacy in these communities. 

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    Mutual Aid 

    Community Supported Organizing campaigns will call upon our neighbors, congregations, schools, food pantries, and cooperatives to ensure that everyone has what they need, RIGHT NOW. 

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    Community Supported Organizing

    Like a CSA, but instead of vegetables, we're growing leaders. Monetary pledges will allow members to hire a local organizer, trained by We Own It, to start organizing cooperatives in our communities.

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    Healing Division

    Cooperatives are locally owned and democratically controlled, presenting an opportunity for Americans to come together around what's best for our communities and the businesses we share ownership of. 

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