Website of the HUMANs Global Cooperative
An article in the local new in Madison about their active member of congress, Mark Pocan, mentioned us: “In Madison, the same weekend Pocan had his big town hall meeting, community organizers from around the country converged for a summit on mutual aid networks organized by local activist Stephanie Rearick, with the aim of building…
This article on one of our most favorite community news platforms Shareable introduces the idea of our Mutual Aid Network and the new name for our network coop, HUMANs – previously called the Main Man. Have read, and subscribe to shareable to hear all the good news from the real sharing economy. The full article…
This year we’ve seen two articles about St. Louis MAN pilot participants’ efforts to create a timebanking-supported Youth Court there, in collaboration with Madison MAN pilot participants Dane County TimeBank. Time is money in a new program in St. Louis, linking people to share skills By Kristen Taketa , St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mar 14,…
The MAN was featured in STIR’s spring 2016 edition. STIR is a UK based quarterly magazine, which explores community ownership, co-operatives, post-growth economics, food sovereignty, alternative finance, law and social change, open data, cultural activism, peer-to-peer production, and the future of work. Get the complete edition here: http://www.stirtoaction.com/issues/issue-13
Yes, I’m posting a lot but this one’s brief. We’re very happy with these new articles telling the world what we’re all about. And stay tuned for another Huffington Post within the month, on Mutual Aid Networks. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/time-banks-a-tool-for-res_b_6754292.html http://rsfsocialfinance.org/2015/02/seed-fund-dane-county-timebank/ Please pass them on!