CDI places article in Jewish Currents on Cooperatives

CDI Executive Director Noemi Giszpenc contributed an article to the Autumn 2012 issue of Jewish Currents, entitled "Cooperatives: The (Jewish) World's Best-Kept Secret". It has interviews with CFNE's Micha Josephy and Rebecca Dunn of Cooperative Fund of New England, Richard Dines of Credit Union National Association, Jenny Silverman of DotCommCoop (and lately of Red Sun Press), Yoni Landau and Dan Spitzer of CoFed (Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive), and Deanne Dworski-Riggs who interned with the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Thanks to all for participating!

Op-Ed: Cooperatives could benefit Maine residents

Our own Rob Brown has written a great Op-Ed for the Bangor Daily News for Co-op Month, highlighting the benefits that Resident Ownership through cooperatives could bring to people living in manufactured home parks in Maine.
Check it out:
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/11/opinion/how-trailer-park-cooperatives-could-benefit-maine/