Mica Fisher@tbeckett @mattcropp omg! this is so cool!
Jzero@michaelafisher @tbeckett @mattcropp Sure is. I remember brainstorming with folks at an ECWD some years back about how to do create a co-op alternative to Wall Street 401(k) retirement savings. So glad to see people way smarter than me are taking it up.
@GuerillaOntologist @tbeckett @mattcropp Yes I talk about this all the time! I'm like I don't understand how to save for retirement without doing something that feels totally oppositional to my values. Hopefully this works out to be a strong alternative!
Paul from the Colorado Solidarity Fund has some encouraging things to say on the potential of #InvestmentClubs for getting our retirement savings to work for #Cooperatives (instead of for Wall Street).
https://soundcloud.com/user-961707688/interview-with-paul-from-the-colorado-solidarity-fund
Interview with Paul from the Colorado Solidarity Fund
Paul from the Colorado Solidarity Fund discusses how investment clubs allow people to invest their savings in local cooperatives, creating a source of affordable financing for co-ops and an alternativ
Matt Cropp 🌲🌲@GuerillaOntologist @michaelafisher @tbeckett I'm going to try to set up a phone call with them. My SDIRA (which I get through my employer as a SIMPLE) just broke $20k last month, and I've got it spread between a few co-op investments, but I'm hoping to streamline the process further with an SDIRA LLC set-up. Finger crossed these folks are thinking in that direction... :)