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Registration $10 Friday evening 7-8:30 pm Leader Retreat Schedule Fri July 29
5:00 pm Registration Opens
5:30-6:30 pm Dinner
6:30-7:00 pm Opening
7:00-8:00 pm Concurrent Cast Study Sessions #1: Community Business Planning (Choose one session: Energia with Mark Tajima, Green Worker Cooperative with Omar Freilla, Northeast Biodiesel with Lynn Benander, and Toxic Soil Busters with Sarah Assefa)
8:00-8:30 pm Closing
Sat July 30
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00-10:00 am Community Business Planning: Participatory Community Planning, Early Stage Business Development,
the role of the local organizing council, common office support, Board Development
10:00-10:30 am Break
10:30-12:00 pm Concurrent Case Study Sessions #2: Community Business Development
12:00-12:30 pm Lunch
12:30-1:15 pm Break
1:15-2:15 pm Community Business Development: Corporate Structure Options, Business Planning and development, Financing Options
2:15-2:30 pm Break
2:30-3:30 pm Community Business Development: Opportunities and Challenges, Models for Success
3:30-5:00 pm Closing: Group discussion of case studies; planning for next steps
Directions to the Roundhouse
68 Van Nuys Rd. ~ Colrain, MA (413) 624-5140 Head west on Route 2 from the Greenfield rotary at Route 91 Exit 26 and Route 2. Turn right onto Colrain Rd. at your first stop light -- just one block from the Rotary & just before the Irving gas station on your right and opposite the MacDonald's on your left . The Center is about 5.5 miles from this turn. Go out Colrain Rd. about 3 miles. (You may notice that Plain Rd. forks off to the right after a mile and a half or so -- be sure that you do not fork off onto it by accident.) Go straight until you pass through a colonial village type of settlement; at its end there is a triangle in the road with roads forking around it. There is a sign there, pointing Colrain to your left and Leyden to your right. You want to go RIGHT (towards Leyden) on Green River Rd. Go 1/10 mi. over a little bridge; then, go diagonally left up Smead Hill Rd., leaving Green River Rd. Clock your odometer from this point! The Center is 2.5 miles from this turn. (Smead Hill Rd. merges into Van Nuys. Go straight up the hill, bearing left when in doubt (at forks, etc.) until you reach the Center. The entrance to the center is on your right at 68 Van Nuys Rd. Just beyond the drive is a green mailbox with the reflector numbers, "68" behind it. The house is down the hill on the right; it is rounded with a cupola on top. Go down to the parking area, & ask for permanent parking instructions, as they are dependent on numbers and weather. If you get lost, call the number above or ask anyone for help. The Center is locally known as the Roundhouse or ReBekka's Place. Past Leadership Summits
Session I: Community Organizing:
From Civil Rights to Mondragon
Speakers:
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![]() Shakoor Aljuwani
Civil Rights and Cooperative Activist for 40
years; Co-op Power's Director of
Community Development Programs
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![]() Danah Tench
Staff Lawyer for Environment Northeast;
Founding member of Co-op Power
Metro-East
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Training Materials from the Retreat
Community Organizing from Civil Rights to Mondragon-By Shakoor Aljuwani
Door-to-Door Canvassing-By Shakoor Aljuwani
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OTHER UPCOMING LEADER TRAINING EVENTS
Sept. 23-24, Co-op Power Sustainable Energy Summit, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield MA
October 4-7 National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) Co-op Conference, Minneapolis MN
Nov. 4-5, Co-op Power Leader Retreat Session III: Community Sustainable Energy Solutions, Colrain MA
Trainings & Workshops




