Co-op Calendar
Help Us Build a Strong Local Network – Let’s Celebrate Co-ops!
[Calendar under Re-Construction] To help us build this network beyond the conference, we encourage you to let us know about your co-op’s upcoming events so that we can add them to this shared calendar. Please let us know if you have an event to add by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Be sure to include the event title, time, and location as well as a short description.
Coop DC 
Thanksgiving in Community
Thursday, November 22
4 PM
For anyone without plans for Thanksgiving, plan to spend it in warm community at Maitri House (www.maitrihouse.org). Dinner starts at 4 PM. Feel free to come over as early as 1 to help prepare. This will be an opt-in potluck (contributions are welcome, but not required.) Please, no alcohol. For more details or to RSVP, please email Ryan at ryan@notjustskin.org
Sounds lovely! Added to the calendar – thanks!
another event for the calendar please!
Lunchy Brunch Potluck for Lovers of Living Together
Sunday, December 9
11AM – 2PM (or whenever people want to skiddadle)
Maitri House (address provided upon RSVP)
For communal living geeks, peoples with unmet dreams of community, and everyone in between, bring a potluck dish to share (cool points for non-chips and hummus) and come learn and explore what it means to live together. Coops, group houses, intentional communities, co-housing are all welcome!
The plan.
First, eating and hanging out.
Then, group sharing. For those who live communally, what does your community do well? What needs improvement? What tools and skills do you have to share with others? For those who are interested but are not yet there, what’s your vision of the community you’d like to live with? What are your stumbling blocks to getting there?
Finally, more hanging out. Maybe meet your future housemate??
To RSVP or for more info, email me! karen – kleu82@gmail.com
Sponsored by Maitri House, a residential intentional community of 17 people that values social justice, close relationships, environmental stewardship, and kids.
Lunchy Brunch Potluck for Lovers of Living Together
Sunday, December 9
11AM – 2PM (or whenever people want to skiddadle)
Maitri House (address provided upon RSVP)
For communal living geeks, peoples with unmet dreams of community, and everyone in between, bring a potluck dish to share (cool points for non-chips and hummus) and come learn and explore what it means to live together. Coops, group houses, intentional communities, co-housing are all welcome!
The plan.
First, eating and hanging out.
Then, group sharing. For those who live communally, what does your community do well? What needs improvement? What tools and skills do you have to share with others? For those who are interested but are not yet there, what’s your vision of the community you’d like to live with? What are your stumbling blocks to getting there?
Finally, more hanging out. Maybe meet your future housemate??
To RSVP or for more info, email me! karen – kleu82@gmail.com
Sponsored by Maitri House, a residential intentional community of 17 people that values social justice, close relationships, environmental stewardship, and kids.
Mark your calendars for the next
* MEETING of the Mid-Atlantic Food Co-op Alliance *
* 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 5, 2014 *
* Greenbelt Food Co-op 121 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770 *
Everyone is welcome. You don’t need to be a MAFCA member to attend.
Greenbelt, MD is a truly cooperative community! Join us and see the Greenbelt Food Co-op and enjoy lunch at the New Deal Co-op Cafe. Greenbelt was one of the nation’s first planned communities and once was home not only to a food co-op but also a cooperative gas station, barber shop, movie theater, beauty parlor, variety store and tobacco shop. (Here’s some interesting info from the city government: http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/558.)
Today the *Greenbelt Cooperative Alliance* includes the food co-op and the cafe, as well as a credit union, nursery school, newspaper and housing development. Our guest speaker will be the Chair of the Greenbelt Cooperative Alliance. Stay tuned for more details.
There is a DC Metro stop in Greenbelt, and lots of other public transportation options; here’s some info:
http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_bus_maps/PDFs/Greenbelt.pdf Plus there’s plenty of parking at the Co-op, and the Cafe is just 50 yards away. And as always feel free to contact me about carpooling from Philadelphia.
ONE LAST THING: CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE (www.mafca.coop), & “LIKE” OUR FACEBOOK PAGE (https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticFoodCooperativeAlliancemafca) if you haven’t already!
Acclaimed filmmaker, Steve Alves, joins Everything Co-op’s screening of his documentary Food For Change, and will hold a post-show discussion on Monday, October 31, 6:00 pm, at BusBoys and Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, Washington, DC. The Event is FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited. Visit EventBrite for tickets. Food for Change tells the story of the cooperative movement in the United States in a way that is both entertaining and informative. Sent by Pat Thornton, Producer of Everything Co-op.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-co-op-impact-conference-registration-57801052504
Impact 2019: Power in Purpose
The 2019 IMPACT Conference is an opportunity for all cooperatives to discuss innovations and share best practices in governance, communications, community involvement, education and cooperation among cooperatives. Sponsored by NCBA-CLUSA (National Cooperative Business Association).
Date And Time
Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 8:00 AM – Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
Location
Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204