We've started getting an overwhelming number of requests for interviews on cooperativism, community resilience, and related topics, largely from students. Not sure what happened in 2026, but we've gone from a couple requests a year to several a month. It's awesome that there's all this enthusiasm, but we are so under resourced to respond to constant inquiries 😮‍💨

If anyone out there works for an org that wants to fund co-operative education and peer support, we are already doing this work for free, but would do more of it if we had funding!

@firestorm We also get a wildly disproportionate number of requests for interviews and surveys from students / researchers. And -- more fun but less frequent -- from folks trying to actually start their own co-op!
@firestorm Some time ago a bookstore I was working with received help from the local Milwaukee food coop, the Outpost. (Actually a prosperous supermarket.) You might hit up https://www.ncg.coop/ these folks to try to rustle up education support.
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@firestorm Feel free to send them at the Sustainable Economies Law Center (https://www.theselc.org/cooperatives-resources) or U.S. Federation of Workers Cooperatives (https://www.usworker.coop/en/).
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