Registration Open for NY State 2025 Cooperative Summit on Saturday October 4 in Albany, NY

[Frank Cetera]

Hello all, Registration is open for the 2025 New York Cooperative Summit on Saturday October 4 in Albany, NY.   Contact me with questions or inquiries.

https://newyorkcooperative.org/2025-summit/ / Register at https://www.simpletix.com/e/2025-new-york-cooperative-summit-tickets-221493

📍Location
Empire Plaza Convention Center, Albany, NY.

📆 Date & Time
Saturday Oct 4, 2025, from 8:00 am – 8:00pm

🎟️ Registration
Tickets are offered on a sliding scale of $0 – $70 to ensure affordability.

🏨 Hotel Lodging
Hotel blocks are reserved for $139/night at two nearby hotels. The last day to book for the reduced rate is September 3rd

👶 Childcare is Available
Please enter your childcare needs during registration checkout :)

🟩 Workshops will focus on how cooperatives can meet New Yorkers’ material needs, find professional technical assistance, and act together as a movement.  We’ve got a great list of speakers this year, including:

• A keynote conversation between longtime CEO Melissa Marquez from Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union and Cooperation Buffalo board president India Walton from Rose Jade Consulting
• Johan Matthews from the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast on local Albany area co-op organizing
• Anh-Thu Nguyen and Julian McKinley from the Democracy at Work Institute, on rapid response and the national movement
• Chris Fox from Action OSH and Dylan Hatch from Cornell ILR on union / co-op collaboration
• Bathabile K.S. Mthombeni from Untangled Resolutions on nonviolent communication & conflict resolution
• Michael Heubusch from Cooperation Buffalo on meeting the moment
• Ghislain Guiebo from the The Working World, consultant Krys Cail, and Joe Marraffino from Cooperative Fund of the Northeast on co-op financing
• Ethan Winn from Obran on platform co-ops
• Emily Terrana from Rose Jade Consulting on decision-making
• The ICA Group on home care cooperatives
• New Economy Project on statewide policy projects
• The Northeast Transition Initiative on employee ownership as a small business exit plan

🏁  Who is organizing the Summit?  The 2025 event is being co-organized by a coalition of leaders from the Adirondack North Country Association, The Alchemical Nursery Project, CNY Community Foundation, Cooperation Buffalo, Cooperative Federal Credit Union, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Democracy at Work Institute, Capital Bookkeeping Cooperative, ICA Group, NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives, The Worker Place, Westchester Cooperative Network, and others.

💲Sponsorship opportunities also available if you would like to financially support this statewide movement for organizing.

Sincerely ~ Frank