Resources

* Resources local to St. Louis.

*Entrepreneurship Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis: Law students provide pro-bono legal support for cooperatives and local businesses each semester. Contact: Jonathan Smith, Executive Director - jwsmith@wustl.edu
*Entrepreneurship and Community Development at St. Louis University: Clinic provides transactional representation to entrepreneurs, nonprofits, community groups, and small businesses. Contact: Dana Malkus - dana.malkus@slu.edu
US Federation of Worker Co-ops Clinic: Network of providers of technical assistance services for co-ops. The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives also provides a vast library of written resources for cooperatives.
PathLight Law: Provides legal services to co-operatives. Able to offer 1 free consultation. Contact: Sarah Kaplan - sarah@pathlightlaw.com

Becoming Employee Owned Small Business Toolkit: an online toolkit created by Democracy at Work Institute that provides resources specifically for small businesses interest in converting to a cooperative structure.

Resources for Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits: a resource page developed by the Sustainable Economies Law Center that provides legal and structural guidance for worker self-directed nonprofits.

Sociocracy for All: a non-profit that provides training and resources on sociocracy, a circle based organizational structure and meeting format.

Sociocracy 3.0: a website that provides resources and training on Sociocracy 3.0, which applies sociocratic organizational principles to agile or lean thinking.

Democratic Governance: The Design of Governance Systems for Worker Cooperatives, The ICA Group, 2015. PDF.

thedecider.app: a website that compares and explains different decision-making models that can help you decide when a certain model is right for a certain type of decision.

Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice, Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, 2014. Book. ISBN: 9780271062174
Cooperation For Liberation Study & Working Group Forum Toolkit: a toolkit by the Coop 4 Lib study group of the Kola Nut Collaborative that details learnings and explorations of the Black cooperative tradition, 5 December 2018

In It Together: A Framework for Conflict Transformation In Movement-Building Groups, Interrupting Criminalization & Dragonfly Partners, nd. PDF and Webpage.
Turning Towards Each Other Workbook, Jovida Ross and Weyam Ghadbian, 2020. PDF.
Conflict and Accountability in Worker Co-ops, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, n.d. PDF.
Communication and Conflict Resource Packet, AORTA, 2017. PDF
Conflict Resolution Center - St. Louis: a St. Louis organization that offers safe, private meetings led by neutral facilitators who help individuals or groups in conflict have a dialogue on the situations they face.

*WEPOWER Capital: Flexible capital for Black and Latinx owned businesses in the St. Louis region

*WEPOWER Accelerator: 10-week entrepreneurship development program for Black and Latinx businesses

*UMSL Anchor Accelerator: 10-week entrepreneurship development program for underrepresented entrepreneurs with a $50,000 capital injection

*ArchGrants: Annual competition to win $75,000 in equity free funding plus services

Start.coop: An organization that provides a range of training resources for cooperative businesses, including a free online course, an accelerator, and various workshops.

Shared Capital Cooperative: A lending and investment fund for co-ops of all types and sizes throughout the United States

*Balsa Grant: Start up grants for small businesses in the St. Louis region to win $1000 and 10 week training program

A Bookkeeping Cooperative: a cooperative that provides bookkeeping services, financial systems consulting, and financial education for solidarity economy organizations.

Solidarity Economy St. Louis: a network of groups and individuals striving to build and grow a “solidarity economy" in St. Louis.
US Federation of Worker Co-Ops: a national grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces.
Democracy at Work Institute: an affiliate of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives that ensures that worker cooperative development in economically and socially marginalized communities is adequately supported, effective, and strategically directed.
Sustainable Economies Law Center: a national non-profit that provides legal education, research, advice, and advocacy for just and resilient economies.
New Economy Coalition: a national organization that support a just transition from an extractive to a regenerative economy by building the scale and power of the solidarity economy movement in Black, Indigenous, and working class communities in every region of the United States.