Anchoring Communities Workshops

These workshops are facilitated by Jay Cumberland, Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by the eBay Foundation. They help workers understand how to buy a business together and help tenants understand how to buy a building together. They also help workers understand what it's like to operate a business together and tenants understand what it's like to manage a building together.

Workshops for Individual Workers and Tenants 

These informational workshops are for individual workers or individual tenants. These are workshops you can come to without bringing your co-workers or fellow tenants with you. Attending these workshops will give you the knowledge you need to organize other workers or other tenants. Check this event calendar to find upcoming workshops.

Workshops for Groups of Workers

Groups of workers from the same business should request this workshop. This workshop is tailored to your specific circumstances. Your circumstances include the number of workers interested, the total number of workers in the business, the city the business is located in, and the industry, among others. You'll receive a big picture overview of what the conversion process might look like from start to finish. This includes how to work together throughout the process, how to work with consultants, how to understand business valuation and the feasibility of a sales price, how to use various strategies to negotiate good deals, and how to structure a cooperative. The goal of this workshop is to help your group make an informed decision about whether and how to move forward with a worker cooperative conversion. Contact Jay Cumberland at [email protected] to request this workshop for your group!

Workshops for Groups of Tenants

Groups of tenants from the same building should request this workshop. This workshop is tailored to your specific circumstances. Your circumstances include the number of tenants interested, the total number of tenants in the building, the city the building is located in, and affordability restrictions on your units, among others. You'll receive a big picture overview of what the conversion process might look like from start to finish. This includes how to work together throughout the process, an overview of the various structures available for housing co-ops, and if and how to work with community land trusts. The goal of this workshop is to help your group make an informed decision about whether and how to move forward with a housing cooperative conversion. Contact Jay Cumberland at [email protected] to request this workshop for your group!