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October 19, 2026

Fall Event Schedule!

Hi everyone!

We’re wrapping up our first book in the study group and re-working the dates and times for our cooperative culture workshop series!


Next Study Group

We’ve been reading through E.G. Nadeau’s The Emerging Cooperative Economy and talking about what lessons we can (and can’t) learn about cooperation from history and are looking forward to diving in on solutions for a more cooperative-focused future!

October 29th, 2026
6-7:30pm
Two Dollar Radio HQ
Reading/discussing chapter 9 through to the end!

Cover of the book The Emerging Cooperative Economy

Cooperative Culture Workshops

An image of a flyer for the workshop series, all details are covered in the following text.

After running the first co-op culture workshop with Roger, last month, we realized that hosting them on Saturday afternoons in the fall might have been a mistake (sorry Buckeye fans!), so we’re rescheduling and condensing the timeline a bit!

In this workshop series, Roger will guide us through his keys to creating a cooperative culture–a practical framework for understanding how group culture forms and how we can shape it intentionally.

  • How meaning, norms, and social practices interact to weave a group culture out of individual actions

  • Why self‑development is the foundation of cooperative development

  • How stress regression undermines our capacity to interact cooperatively

  • Why power plays are antithetical to cooperation

  • How cooperative negotiation offers a viable alternative social practice for resolving differences

  • The pitfalls of positional bargaining and personal rescue

We intend for this series to be hands-on, reflective, and designed to help groups build cooperation consciously rather than leaving it to chance.

Self development and stress regression covered on Thursday, November 5th, 6pm-8pm, at Grandview Heights Public Library, meeting room A.

Power plays and cooperative negotiation on Thursday, November 19th, 6pm-8pm, at Grandview Heights Public Library, meeting room A.

Bargaining + rescue and wrapping up on Thursday, December 3rd, 6pm-8pm, location TBD.

Each session builds on the last, and we encourage you to attend all three if you can!

RSVP here!


That’s all for now!

In Solidarity,
Ben, Co-op Columbus

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