When we first met La Leonesa in early 2009 they were trying to bring honey to the people. Specifically, they wanted to introduce serving-size bags of honey to the local Nicaraguan population. While Nicaraguan honey is a hot commodity on the international fair trade market, back home most people are unable to access it in...

Sí Se Puede! (We Can Do It!) Women’s Cooperative is an eco-friendly housecleaning business founded in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in August 2006. Born out of a project led by the Center for Family Life community organization, Sí Se Puede is run and owned by recent immigrants interested in taking control of their own working...

  Welcome to the Rockaways.   An exposed peninsula of Queens, New York, Far Rockaway was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. When the storm hit in October, 2012, it flooded the neighborhood, destroying thousands of homes and businesses, displacing hundreds of families and disrupting daily life in the...

Think of us as venture capitalists with a radical social mission: to lend people the tools to democratically build lasting wealth for themselves, their businesses, and their communities. The Working World is a non-profit organization that provides investment capital and technical support for worker cooperatives using an...