EVENTS|COMMUNITY
Gathering with Purpose
From small workshops to national summits, we design and manage events that foster connection, learning, and collective action. Bridging the gap between cooperatives, non-profits, and public institutions to solve complex problems. Connecting disparate local initiatives into a cohesive national movement for cooperative growth. Strengthening organizational memory and fostering peer-to-peer learning within your enterprise.
New York is home to, by some counts, more worker cooperatives than any other state in the nation, as well as a vibrant community of credit unions, food co-ops, housing co-ops, and more. However, given the state’s large size and the cultural chasm that can sometimes exist between upstate and downstate communities, cooperators in different regions can often feel isolated from one another…given ICA’s deep belief in the importance of robust local and regional cooperative ecosystems and the fact that several of our staff members are based in NY State, we decided to invest in the success of this gathering…I We are deeply committed to building a powerful and cohesive co-op movement in New York
– Mike Sandmel, ICA Group, “New York State’s Co-op Movement Comes Together”
Ecosystem Networking Event for the City of Chicago Community Wealth Building Initiative.
Launching the Rahma Edible Forest Garden in Syracuse, NY - a 1/5th-acre urban site in partnership with the Rahma Free Clinic - "Bringing the health care mission of the clinic outside its doors".
Workers to Owners Collaborative Members' Annual Retreat, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2025. A national gathering of worker cooperative development leaders.
The New York Cooperative Summit. A legacy of bringing together the New York State cooperative movement. Lionhearted is proud to be the founding organizer and co-developer of these pivotal gatherings. Debuted in 2012 and 2013, relaunched in 2024 in Syracuse NY for the United Nations International Year of the Cooperative, and now in our 3rd consecutive year with annual growth in attendance and organizing team membership.
