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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
14 Jun 2022
Join @ChiCommons most Tuesday evenings before and after #ChiHackNight , Chicago's weekly #civictech event where learners and doers convene about tech tools and skills for the common good. Details here: chihacknight.org/events/index.h…
Banner with Chi Hack Night logoScree shot of www.chicommons.coop/get-involved page
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
19 Oct 2023
October is #CoopMonth —and today is also #ICUDay marking Credit Unions! ChiCommons celebrates #worker, #producer, #housing #consumer, and other cooperatives locally in #Illinois and globally!

Cc: @icacoop @NCBACLUSA @SelfHelpCU @TheNCUA @CUNA #CCConvergence
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ChiCommons Cooperative retweeted
International Cooperative Alliance@icacoop
17 Oct 2023
📢Are you looking to level up your #equity & #inclusion understanding?

Join us for an engaging webinar where we'll dive deep into these concepts in the context of the #CoopIdentity.

📺Secure your spot!
tinyurl.com/dk542xre

🕓16h CET

🗣️ Spanish Interpretation
#WeAreCoops
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
4 Oct 2023
It's National #DigitalInclusionWeek ! ChiCommons is part of the City's Digital Equity Coalition. We believe that all should have access to digital tools and services!  Find local resources here:   chicago.gov/city/en/sites/…
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ChiCommons Cooperative retweeted
Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER
@doctorow
3 Oct 2023
When I think about how the old, good internet turned into the #enshitternet, I imagine a series of small compromises, each seemingly reasonable at the time, each contributing to a cultural norm of making good things worse, and worse, and worse.

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A circa 2000 Google landing page. In the bottom left corner are two serious figures seated at an elaborate electromechanical computing console. Their heads have been replaced with modern Google 'G' logos. Looming over the right side of the page is a poop emoji.
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
3 Oct 2023
Join us at #ChiHackNight during this #DigitalInclusionWeek 2023 for a great speaker from #CookCounty governement, and for breakout sessions afterwards
Chi Hack Night@chihacknight
3 Oct 2023
Join us tonight in-person or online to hear from Kyla Williams Tate, @cookcountygov’s Director of Digital Equity! She’ll discuss the inaugural Cook County Digital Equity Action Plan and the Cook Co. Digital Equity Map.

More info:
chihacknight.org/events/2023/10…
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
12 Sep 2023
"Worker owned"... love to see it😊!
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ChiCommons Cooperative retweeted
Center for Cooperative Media@CenterCoopMedia
31 Aug 2023
Join Natalia Contreras of @VotebeatUS/@TexasTribune and Ari Berman of @MotherJones on 9/5 for a discussion on how journalists can cover voter suppression and efforts to undermine democracy, moderated by @OsitaNwanevu!

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… @USDemocracyDay
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ChiCommons Cooperative retweeted
Illinois Clean Jobs@ILCleanJobs
31 Aug 2023
"Chicago Leaders Promote Benefits of Inflation Reduction Act." Check out this great clip from ABC 7 covering the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act! #IRAanniversary
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
31 Aug 2023
#Museums are local assets and anchors. #Illinois residents can take advantage of free museum days!
Block Club Chicago
@BlockClubCHI
31 Aug 2023
Free museum days are available for Illinois residents this fall.

Here’s when to visit: blockclubchi.co/3sxF9et
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
22 Aug 2023
Grateful 🙏🏽to join a #FoldedMap "Disrupting Segregation" bus tour with @tonikagj @6figga_dilla and @CandaceMoore56 and fellow Chicagoans in #Chicago ’s #Englewood and #LincolnPark neighborhoods today! Sobering, informative, and inspiring.
Tonika Johnson@tonikagj
10 Jul 2023
Proud of this collab with my Brother-in-Culture ⁦⁦@6figga_dilla⁩ 🔥💯✊🏽 chicagotribune.com/people/ct-dill…
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ChiCommons Cooperative retweeted
Chicago Food Policy @ChiFoodPolicy
17 Aug 2023
Happy National Black-Owned business month! Join us in celebrating this month by investing in Black-Owned businesses. Throughout August we will be spotlighting Black-Owned businesses and this week we want to start off by highlighting 8 Black-Owned farms who are local to Chicago!
White title text over a dark brown oval that is centered at the top of the graphic reads, “Happy National Black-Owned Business Month!” Light green vines on an olive green background extend directly above the title text and down the sides of the graphic. Underneath and to the left of the title text is an image of a Black farmer with a yellow hat, a white top, and light green pants bending over grass holding harvested greens. To the right of the farmer is more white text that reads, “Join us in celebrating Black-owned business month by investing money into Black community members and local Black-owned businesses!” Underneath the white text located on the left side of the graphic is white text situated on a dark brown arrow that points to the right of the graphic and reads “Swipe Left to Learn About Eight Black-Owned Farms in Chicago!” In the bottom right corner is the Chicago Food Policy Action Council logo, which features a mixture of vegetables in a bowl alongside the Chicago skyline.Large white text sits centered on an olive green background which reads “Black-Owned Farms.” Below the white text sits 4 long dark brown ovals centered on the olive green background. In each oval white text is placed at the center. The text in the first brown oval reads, “Sistas in the Village @ 5800 S. Ada Street.” The text in the second brown oval reads, “Urban Growers Collective @ 9001 S. Mackinaw Avenue.” The text in the third brown oval reads, “Herban Produce @ 2900 W. Van Buren Street.” The text in the fourth brown oval reads, “Growing Home Urban Farm @ 5814 S. Wood Street.” Below the fourth, and last brown oval are light green and ornate vines on an olive green background that stretch along the bottom and up the sides of the graphic.
Large white text sits centered on an olive green background which reads “Black-Owned Farms.” Below the white text sits 4 long dark brown ovals centered on the olive green background. In each oval white text is placed at the center. The text in the first brown oval reads, “Eden Place Farms @ 4911 S. Shields Avenue.” The text in the second brown oval reads, “Grow Greater Englewood @ 5822 S. Halsted Street.” The text in the third brown oval reads, “Chi City Foods @ 10970 S. Vincennes Avenue and 9000 S. Mackinaw Street.” The text in the fourth brown oval reads, “Your Bountiful Harvest @ 4451 S. Federal Street.” Below the fourth, and last brown oval are light green and ornate vines on an olive green background that stretch along the bottom and up the sides of the graphic.
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
18 Aug 2023
Every locality should have access to affordable nutritious food 🥗🥬🥕.
Cc: .@ChicagoMkt @WildOnionMarket @ChiFarmandTable .@ChiFoodPolicy .@mbmhmc
WAND TV News@wandtvnews
18 Aug 2023
The new state law will invest $20 million into a grocery initiative to help grocery stores stay open and lift up local governments and independent grocers opening stores. wandtv.com/news/illinois-…
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
8 Aug 2023
It's Tuesday, time for another #ChiHackNight session online or in person. Bonus for in-person attendance at the @TechNexus downtown location: food! 😋🌮 #civictech #Chicago
Chi Hack Night@chihacknight
6 Aug 2023
Join us Tuesday in person or online to hear from @NWSChicago Meteorologist-in-Charge Eric Lenning! Eric will discuss how the NWS coordinates w/ the City of Chicago during hazardous weather, supports the public, & works to promote a Weather Ready Nation.
chihacknight.org/events/2023/08…
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
19 Jul 2023
New York’s Driver-Owned Ride-Hailing App Is Accelerating:
nextcity.org/urbanist-news/…
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ChiCommons Cooperative retweeted
United Nations Geneva
@UNGeneva
2 Jul 2023
‌Today is the 100th #CoopsDay.

Cooperatives have a critical role to play in achieving the #GlobalGoals, and help build a more inclusive future with #SocialJusticeForAll.

Let's build a better world together!
un.org/en/observances…
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
1 Jul 2023
Let's Celebrate July 1 as 2023 International Day of Cooperatives!  Cooperatives contribute to their communities in many ways. #CoopsDay
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
1 Jul 2023
Replying to @ChiCommons
... as well as SDG#17, Partnership, by convening a coalition of other cooperatives and allies to convene and strengthen our community called the Chicago Co-op Convergence (ccconvergence.org )
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
1 Jul 2023
Replying to @ChiCommons
.. as well as community projects to identify and map our regional cooperative ecosystem via an online map at chicommons.coop/cooperative-ma… #2023 #CoOpsDay #coops4sdgs
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ChiCommons Cooperative@ChiCommons
6 Jun 2023
ChiCommons potluck picnic this Sat. Jun 10 in the South Loop.. and more! See our latest Newsletter at us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=4a4b5c7e461…
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