Where your passion to make a difference can come alive!

Do you feel that connecting with a group of like-minded people would help you to leverage your social enterprise effort and be more effective? Are you passionate about making the world a better place and not sure where to start?

Sound ConneXions is an organization that supports social innovators and people with a desire to help by hosting Forums where you meet others working on complimentary passions. Meeting and connecting with like-minded others may be exactly the catalyst you need. Many people are clamoring for this shift.

We invite ALL leaders of businesses and non-profits, agents of social change, community leaders and all who are eager to work collaboratively with others to create the positive social and ecological SHIFT that we hunger for.

If you are interested in…

• joining a growing network of people who are dedicated to developing new ways of working together to create generative solutions to our pressing social problems;
• supporting social change by connecting with others;
• building relationships with others who share a common vision;
• advancing grassroots community development efforts;
• exploring what a group of people can do collectively;
• accelerating and nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship through partnerships and collaboration;
• working collaboratively with others to reshape the marketplace and the way people work together to create goods and services…

Please join us for a full-day forum on Saturday June 26th.

For more info: New Community Vision is eager to work with Sound ConneXions Chicago and other groups to spawn a movement to think about our social and housing paradigms in a new context. Community gatherings to address our universal challenges are the fertile soil in which durable solutions take root. Please subscribe to this blog and contact us for more information.

Where your passion to make a difference can come alive!

If you are interested in…

• joining a growing network of people who are dedicated to developing new ways of working together to create generative solutions to our pressing social problems;
• supporting social change by connecting with others;
• building relationships with others who share a common vision;
• advancing grassroots community development efforts;
• exploring what a group of people can do collectively;
• accelerating and nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship through partnerships and collaboration;
• working collaboratively with others to reshape the marketplace and the way people work together to create goods and services…

…then the Sound ConneXions Chicago Community Forum is for YOU!

Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm CT

Locaiton: Loyola University Chicago, Lewis Towers | Beane Hall,
111 E. Pearson, 13th floor, Chicago, IL 60611

Parking: Parking garage located across the street and limited parking on street
(Parking garage tickets can be validated at Loyola University for a reduced
parking rate)

10:00am – 10:45am      Sound ConneXions Project Spotlight

11:15am – 3:15pm        Open Space Community Forum
(Includes Break for Lunch)

3:15pm – 4:30pm         Community Announcements & Closing
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Admission by donation: Recommended donation is $15 to cover lunch and refreshments

Click here to register. Donations are welcomed at the door.

The Sound ConneXions Community Forum includes:

• Networking opportunities to foster social transformation;
• Sound ConneXions Project Spotlights to increase awareness of social innovation and entrepreuneurship;
  Open Space conversations to  share your idea or project with others, to facilitate peer learning, and to garner support for your project;
• Share knowledge of experience and lessons learned to help these endeavors succeed;
• Stimulate action on work that is meaningful and necessary for your emerging projects and ideas to evolve.

Please forward this invitation to others you think might be interested!

And don’t forget to register as soon as possible so we can adequately prepare for your arrival!

We look forward to seeing you on June 26th!

Click to register. Donations are welcomed at the door.

We will exchange ideas, learn new skills, and examine the connections between land use, human rights, economic development, and the cooperative movement. Through workshops, discussions, film screenings, panels, and caucuses, we will share the knowledge and tools to prepare the soil from which we will grow our vision of a just land system for ourselves and our communities.

Visit the NASCO Institute page for online registration, low-income scholarship applications, info about housing, childcare, and accessibility, a complete list of workshop descriptions, and more.

Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Our Vision

We work for a world where all people have enough, where all communities are healthy and safe, and where the bounty of the Earth is preserved for all the generations to come.

What Makes Co-op America Unique

• We focus on economic strategies—economic action to solve social and environmental problems.
• We mobilize people in their economic roles—as consumers, investors, workers, business leaders.
• We empower people to take personal and collective action
• We work on issues of social justice and environmental responsibility.  We see these issues as completely linked in the quest for a sustainable world.  It’s what we mean when we say “green.”
• We work to stop abusive practices and to create healthy, just and sustainable practices.

Through our comprehensive education, co-op development, communications, public policy, member services, and international development programs, NCBA helps co-ops strengthen their businesses so they can better serve their members. It also provides a strong, unified voice on Capitol Hill.

Our Mission
To develop, advance and protect cooperative enterprise.

Our Vision
NCBA is the leading U.S. organization strengthening the cooperative form of business to empower people and improve quality of life worldwide.

Our Goal
To make cooperatives a strong, distinct and unified sector, recognized by the American public.

Our Members
NCBA membership is open to all cooperatives and associations of co-ops. Our member co-ops operate in the areas including agricultural supply and marketing, childcare, energy, food distribution, processing and retailing, financial services (credit unions), health care, housing, insurance, purchasing and shared services, and telecommunications.

NCBA associate members offer goods and services to the cooperative sector. Our individual members support our legislative and business development work.