This week on Everything Co-op, the Social Economy Road Show visits New York City and Boston

Tune into WOL 1450 AM, 95.9 FM or the WOL Livestream on Thursday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. EST for Everything Co-op, hosted by Vernon Oakes.

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This week, Everything Co-op features Part II of the Social Economy Road Show featuring guests Michael A. Peck, Iñigo Albizuri, Ibon Zugasti and Kaisu Tuominiemi. Vernon and his guests will explore the vision behind the event-an opportunity to connect with regional stakeholders, share knowledge and identify opportunities for collaboration and joint action to drive social and economic change.

The event is organized by the American Sustainable Business Network, (ASBN), CUNY School of Law Community & Economic Development Clinic (CEDC), Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF) in Boston, the Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC), Manufacturing Renaissance and Humanity At Work & Life (H@W&L).

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Michael A. Peck served as Mondragon International's USA/Canada delegate (1999-2019) and currently serves as the ASETT (Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank) USA & Canada representative. He co-edited Humanity@Work&Life volumes I & II (Oak Tree Press, 2023/2025) with Dr. Christina Clamp. In 2023, Michael co-founded the Affordable-Cooperative-Mutualist Housing Coalition. In 2021, he co-founded the Own-The-Metrics-Campaign (OTMC) to support UNRISD's Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPIs). In 2014, Michael co-founded the 1worker1vote nonprofit to advance the USW-Mondragon International union-coop model.

Iñigo Albizuri - ASETT General Director, Global Head of Public Affairs at Mondragon, President of CICOPA (the international organization of industrial and service cooperatives) and International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Vice-President - Cooperatives Europe, representing Spain.

Ibon Zugasti - International Project Manager at LKS Cooperative (the Management Consulting Division of Mondragon Corporation), Deputy Director of the Millennium Project Global Futures Think Tank, Managing Partner/Director in PROSPEKTIKER - European Institute for Futures Studies and Strategy, and leads the ASETT Foresight Hub. Recognized by Forbes as one of Spain's top 40 Foresight experts.

Kaisu Tuominiemi - a Finnish entrepreneur, educator, learning experience designer and member-owner at TAZEBAEZ S. Coop, where she serves as Lead of Educational Programs and a Senior Learning Facilitator with the Travelling U team affiliated with Mondragon Team Academy (MTA) and Mondragon University (MU). Kaisu's work has served to launch and nurture learning communities in diverse cities such as Berlin, Shanghai, New York, Barcelona and Bilbao shaping more connected, equitable, and innovative futures.