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https://cunysps.swoogo.com/youthlabor2 Join us fo

https://cunysps.swoogo.com/youthlabor2 Join us for a conversation about the possibilities and complexities of incorporating worker-owned cooperatives into the youthwork sector.

Congratulations to Genesis, one of our co-founders

Congratulations to Genesis, one of our co-founders, who is THE recipient of the 19th annual Meredith D. Wesby Young Leader Award!

And if you dare not to struggle you don’t deserv

And if you dare not to struggle you don’t deserve to win.

Tune in 4pm to 5pm TODAY! August 28 https://us02we

Tune in 4pm to 5pm TODAY! August 28 https://us02web.zoom.us/w/81726330114?tk=GSBJsFDCICZQXhZby8op6QFCLr2iEQrdwbiQsAEhaFQ.DQMAAAATB0TVAhZYcWtJZ000clNmZTNwMUcxMHU2MFdRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&uuid=WN_taJ3HwBJSHOCBb0Uh-Fp-w

Solidarity from the youth to the front line of the

Solidarity from the youth to the front line of the font line workers still on strike at Saint Vincent hospital. We call on the community and we have been called to support the struggle of then nurses to protect patients, themselves, and the community from unsafe work conditions. As a political practice, Mutual Aid is strongest when focused on those who are actively struggling against, not just surviving, capitalism. This is because the only sustainable way to survive is to successful struggle against and overcome capitalism by building a world of non-exploitative, cooperative social relations. Mutual aid becomes a factor in (r)evolution when those who make the sacrifices and take the risks of overt struggle are aided in the fullest sense of the word. The youth rode out on their bikes to offer cold water to the nurses, but the primary objectives included learning from the nurses why they are strike and how they could be better supported. Thank you to the nurses who told us about the struggle and why it is all worth it! We will see you again soon!!

Thank you @ryangardell and @artifaktstudios for su

Thank you @ryangardell and @artifaktstudios for supporting our power to create this collective piece!

Introducing the Worcester Youth Cooperative for Se

Introducing the Worcester Youth Cooperative for Self-Defense and Empowerment. Jahir and Joel partnered with @worcester_dyo to deliver free lessons to dozens of kids all summer long. Self-Defense is more than just a physical practice. It’s also about things like empowerment, discipline, and mental strength. Self-Defense skills are crucial for our survival and our survival is crucial to our liberation! We also need to take care of ourselves to be there for others. It’s a discipline, and it’s a Cooperative! #Solidarity #solidarityeconomy #youthcoop #workerowned

Embracing change and celebrating new beginnings, h

Embracing change and celebrating new beginnings, here and now, youth are the PRESENT! ❤️ Dare to Co-op, Dare to Win.

Call for Mutual Aid! Three homeless youth in our c

Call for Mutual Aid! Three homeless youth in our community, one of them pregnant, are in a very tough situation. We've been through all the options, and they and their community have determined is best right now is to pay for a hotel until the pregnant teen can be admitted to the hospital (any day now) for the delivery.
Our friends prefer to remain anonymous, so we are putting our Venmo and CashApp information. Any and all cash assistance would be more than helpful and greatly appreciated.
As you help us resolve this urgent short-term need, we are working hard in the background to provide more sustainable support for them in our community.
Venmo @BuildWYC
CashApp $PowerWYC

It’s a co-op! This summer we’re welcoming some

It’s a co-op! This summer we’re welcoming some new members, and we can’t get wait to discover what they bring to the table! Cooperative work among the people becomes resilient struggle against gentrification and other forces that attack the people! @savethebridge508

Wheeling and Dealing. #cooperativeeconomics #youth

Wheeling and Dealing. #cooperativeeconomics #youthcoops #mondragoncitychallenge #youthorganizing #youthpower

Big shout-out to our friend Amelia (Amelia2Sassy)

Big shout-out to our friend Amelia (Amelia2Sassy) for putting together this bike give-away event for her community in Washington Heights. It was a blessing to be a part of it and we had a lot of fun! We look forward to seeing you and your community thrive this summer!

The vision takes a village! Our friend Kilo is so

The vision takes a village! Our friend Kilo is so talented! Thank you for creating this piece. #activistart #youthcoop #solidarity #daretostruggle #daretowin

How can we use housing cooperatives as a tactic in

How can we use housing cooperatives as a tactic in to advance the push for housing and economic justice in Worcester?? We want to know! If you want to know, or if you have ideas of your own, join us on Tuesday June 29th for a discussion with Craig Saddlemire from @raise_op_housing_coop , one of the most successful housing coops we know about in New EnglandJoin us on Zoom (DM us for the zoom info!)#housingjustice #housingcoop #lewistonmaine #worcesterma #cooperativeeconomics #solidarityeconomy #daretocoopdaretowin #youthorganizing #youthcoops

Words cannot express how proud we all are of our g

Words cannot express how proud we all are of our graduating members, many of whom are founders of WYC. We are proud not only for reaching this personal milestone, but because of their collective accomplishment of putting the means of social justice into their own hands even before acquiring the credentials they were taught were necessary to enter the “real world.” In less than one year, in the midst of a global pandemic, these youth formed multiple cooperatives to address social issues, launched an internship program from younger kids, designed a coop curriculum and academy. While people became more and more isolated, these youth created a system to connect with more and more people right where they’re at; the point of survival of capitalism where radical cooperation is our ticket to a new world that is necessarily to secure victory and justice. Dare to Co-op, Dare to Win!Congratulations class of 2021.

Youth are the Present!

Youth are the Present!

What a day!!! In our post-industrial city, we have

What a day!!! In our post-industrial city, we have a name for the production and policing of space that facilitates capital accumulation; GENTRIFICATION. We understand that although it sometimes looks pretty, gentrification is a process of accumulation for the rich through dispossession of the poor, and it fundamentally works against our project of building a world free of exploitation. The history of struggle over space is characterized by colonialist violence and anti-colonial resistance. At WYC we identify social issues we care about, form solidarity groups to form cooperative solutions to those issues, and through communication and mutual accountability we develop an understanding THROUGH PRACTICE the unity of social issues that appear unrelated on the surface. We desire unity with all who understand the necessity to struggle in an organized fashion towards collective liberation.

One of our youngest members behind the wheel of ou

One of our youngest members behind the wheel of our new RV on the way to @savethebridge508, where we linked up with new friends and met some new young artists from the community.

Our program is a planned disruption of business as

Our program is a planned disruption of business as usual. We see our destiny as intertwined with all of those who would shake their chains to earth like dew. From the river to the sea, we see you!
#sayhername #mikaylamiller #freepalestine. We have taken some time recently to align our voices around some of the things happening in our community. It’s hard and it takes time, but those who dare to struggle dare to win!

Goal reached!!! Thank you everyone who supported.

Goal reached!!! Thank you everyone who supported. Big things for the BikeLife Delivery Co-op as our network supports them.

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