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Coordinator Tasks Cooperative Foundations Cooperative Foundations/Coordinator Tasks null ca840476-4a64-46e7-85b5-1b9ab88112b6 2026-03-09T15:44:41.971Z Jennie R.F.

Session 0: Kickoff + Onboarding

Pre-session

  • Remind folks we'll be meeting in a Huddle in the cohort channel
  • Set up Miro boards for each studio
  • Prepare Tag Yourself slides
  • Share pre-session welcome message with participants (what to expect, access needs)

Post-session

  • Add notes and agreements to Slack channel
  • Post reflection questions for asynchronous check-ins:
    • How did that session go for you?
    • Anything you'd like to ask or clarify before we dive in?
  • Share resources:
    • Power & Privilege Wheel (Catalyst Project)
    • Intro to Co-ops (ICA)
    • Baby Ghosts Values & Mission documents
    • Coop Journey Map visual (link to Miro or PDF)

Session 1: Coop Principles and Power

Post-session

  • Share the values map and session notes in Slack
  • Post follow-up reflection prompts:
    • Think about a time your values and actions didn't align under pressure. What made it hard to act according to your values? What support might have helped?
  • Share "The Talk" prep questions with clear instructions
  • Share resources:
    • International Cooperative Alliance Principles: ICA
    • Seeds for Change: Values and Visioning Tools
    • Collective Courage by Jessica Gordon Nembhard
    • "What's In a Value?" by adrienne maree brown

Session 2: Shared Purpose and Alignment

Post-session

  • Post reflection prompts in Slack:
    • What's one conversation you now realize you need to have?
    • What does "sustainable" mean for your studio?
  • Remind teams they will be Continuing "The Talk" in Peer Support sessions [WIKILINK-03: needs link]
  • Check in with Peer Supports about how the in-session activity went — any teams that need extra support?
  • Share resources:
    • Obvious Agency's original "The Talk" framework (with attribution) [WIKILINK-04: needs link to Solidarity Economy Bosses V3_The Talk_2023_CS.pdf]

Session 3: Actionable Values and Impact

Pre-session

Post-session

  • Post reflection prompts in Slack:
    • What's one value your team says it has but doesn't consistently practice?
    • Where do you notice a gap between your intentions and your effects?
  • Check in with Peer Supports:
    • How did the teams receive the WWH exercise?
  • Share resources:

Session 4: Decision-Making in Practice

Post-session

  • Post reflection prompts in Slack:
    • What decision-making patterns did you notice in the facilitation rotation activity?
    • Where do decisions actually happen in your studio right now?
  • Check in with PSs about which frameworks studios are trying this week
  • Share resources:

Session 5: Coop Structures and Governance

Pre-session

  • Create the Gamma Space Community Rule example on communityrule.info

Post-session

Session 6: Equitable Economics

Pre-session

  • Create sample financial summary template to show

Post-session

Session 7: Conflict Resolution and Collective Care

Pre-session

  • Pick an example of conflict to discuss in the activity section — something related to money, workload, deferring to a single person, etc.

Post-session

  • Share conflict resolution policy template link in Slack
  • Post reflection prompts for studios:
    • What conflict are you avoiding?
    • Is it interpersonal, structural, or both?
    • What's one brave/kind/honest/humble step you could take?
  • Share the following content with teams (from Session 7 deep-dive material):

Shame gets in the way

When someone is told they've caused harm, a common response is shame. It's a physiological response: you go inward, you lose the relational connection needed to actually hear the other person, and shut down. A performance of accountability - "I'm so sorry, I'm the worst, I'll do whatever you want" - is still centred on the person who caused harm, rather than attending to the impact on the other person.

When your body is in a shut-down shame state, you can't really take accountability. This is because it requires you to be grounded enough to move toward the person you've hurt: To listen, sit with discomfort, and take agency in changing your behaviour.

Centring someone else changes how you give and receive feedback. If your response to "hey, that thing you did in the meeting hurt me" is to collapse into "I'm a terrible person," you've just made the other person take care of your feelings about their pain.

A practical tip: Name the shame when you see it (in yourself or others). "I think I'm shame-spiralling right now" is an okay thing to say. It doesn't get you off the hook, but it allows your teammates to give you a beat so that you can actually ground yourself and focus on the conversation.

Adapted from Building Accountable Communities, a video series by Dean Spade, Mariame Kaba, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW). Building Accountable Communities

Reflection before conversation

Before you raise an issue, get clear on:

  1. What specific behaviour did I observe? (not feelings or interpretations)
  2. What "no"s are coming up for me?
  3. What's my part in this?
  4. What do I actually need?

Session 8: Self-Evaluation and Pathways

Post-session

  • Share personal assessment form (tell folks to make a copy – don't edit the original!)
  • Studio assessment is already in your Miro board