"What motivates me most in my job is fostering a sense of ownership and community. This is the first place that has really felt like it’s actively trying to help people belong and actively trying to reach out to people and welcome people. I want to be a part of that. Everybody feeling like they belong and feeling a human connection is really important. The big thing is that the way I’m approaching my job means that people feel good and people feel needed and people feel important.”
The concept of local control has excited me since seeing old footage of the Republican presidential party, of stake holders in heated debate. Power used to be that decentralized and cooperative. It, like independent press, is essential to our democracy to thrive. The co-op brings small businesses together to thrive. It is a template for participation, (that little thing Pete Seeger said would save the whole humankind.)
So as expensive as it can be, I remember the ways its not. Preventative health care of body and spirit (Connection to a cause bigger than one self. As long as its predicated by critical thought, that can be empowering.) And being able to buy only what you need, and not have to…