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a graphic of a seedling struggling to grow with text over it that describes the root causes of disengagement. Two headshot photos of matt feinstein who has light skin short hair and wears a baseball cap and smiles and maureen darras who has light skin and long brown curly hair, wears a white collared shirt and smiles, both staff of the cooperative clinic.  Text reads foundations of workplace democracy, member engagement wednesday march 11 on zoom 3pm eastern time.

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This webinar includes simultaneous interpretation between Enligsh and Spanish. 
Este webinar incluye interpretación simultánea entre inglés y español.  

Date / Fecha: Wednesday March 11, 2026 / miércoles 11 de marzo 2026
Time / Hora: 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET | 90 mins
Language / Lengua:
English and Spanish / inglés y español
Cost / Costo: Free / Gratis 

 

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About the Webinar 

This training will review one of the Co-op Clinic's newest mini guides on Member Engagement. Join us to learn:

  • how to build clarity in your materials and meetings about member rights and responsibilities
  • how to make decision-making rewarding and impactful processes
  • how to build a culture that connects daily work to long-term goals and aligns with social movements
  • how to diagnose the root causes of disengagement when it occurs


Matt Feinstein is the Co-op Clinic Technical Assistance Manager with the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Before that he was a peer advisor with Co-op Clinic and specialized in co-op governance and decision-making processes.  He is based in Central Massachusetts and is a worker owner of Future Focus Media Co-op and Co-Founder of Global Village Farms, a center for land-based education, farming and co-op development. For over ten years he was the co-director of Worcester Roots, a grassroots co-op organizing group that focuses on urban worker cooperatives with a social justice lens. Matt is passionate about social and environmental justice organizing, worker cooperatives and supporting youth to become agents of change. Using documentary film as a tool for connecting social movements worldwide, Matt speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and French and has collaborated on film projects with groups in Argentina, Brazil and Worcester, MA.


Maureen Darras is the Co-op Clinic Training Manager at USFWC. Born and raised in Queens, NY, she has spent over a decade living in rural areas across the country and across Chile participating in peoples' movements. Prior to working at the USFWC, she served as cooperative developer and agroecology coordinator with Community to Community Development, a farmworker-led organization in Washington State. She now lives in New Mexico and is excited to support cooperativism in the Southwest.

 

Thank you to our sponsor National Cooperative Bank who provides banking products and services to cooperatives, their members, and socially responsible organizations nationwide.

 

Sobre el Seminario Web

Este taller repasa una de las últimas mini guías publicada por la Clínica Cooperativa sobre participación de la membresía. Únete a nosotres para aprender:

  • cómo crear claridad en tus materiales y reuniones sobre derechos y responsabilidades de la membresía
  • cómo hacer que el proceso de tomar decisiones sea gratificante e impactante
  • cómo crear una cultura que conecta el trabajo cotidiano con tus metas a largo plazo y alinea con los movimientos sociales
  • cómo diagnosticar las causas fundamentales de la falta de participación cuando occuren

Gracias a nuestro patrocinador National Cooperative Bank que ofrece productos y servicios bancarios a las cooperativas, sus socios y organizaciones responsables socialmente en todo el país.

 


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When
March 11th, 2026 from 12:00 PM to  1:30 PM
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