Everything Co-op with Vernon Oakes

Vernon interviews Terry D. Simonette, President and CEO of Capital Impact Partners (CIP). Vernon and Terry discuss how CIP uses it's CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) Status to transforms underserved communities into strong, vibrant places of opportunity. Capital Impact Partners is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution which operates nationally to help underserve...

Vernon and Judy discuss her involvement in the cooperative movement, trends in cooperative development, and how to effectively engage politicians in the cooperative movement. For over 40 years, Judy has been a champion for cooperative development, articulating a steady and unswerving vision about the power of cooperation, and persistently reminding cooperatives and cooperative institutions that th...

Vernon interviews John Holdsclaw, Senior VP of Corporate Affairs at National Cooperative Bank (NCB). Vernon and John discuss the role NCB has played in building communities, and the tools that are used to sustain them. They also discuss many examples of how cooperatives were used to solve community problems by empowering the community within to create cooperatives, and take control of their destin...

Vernon interviews Doug O'Brien, Senior Policy Advisor for Rural Affairs, for the White House Domestic Policy Council. Vernon and Doug discuss marketing cooperatives, the impact cooperatives have had in Rural America, and other initiatives of the Policy Council. Doug O'Brien has served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Rural Affairs since January 2015. Before that time and since March of 2009, O'Bri...

Vernon interviews Charles Gould, Director-General of the International Co-operative Alliance. Vernon and Chuck discuss the "Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade," the impact of cooperatives on the economy, Co-op Identity, and new initiatives of The Alliance.

Vernon uses excerpts from President Obama's speech during the reenactment of the March in Selma on Bloody Sunday 50 years ago to draw comparisons to the core principles of cooperatives.

Vernon and Melbah discuss the role women have played in the cooperative movement and in the facets of the movement that she has personally been involved with; and some of her experiences in working with groups to help form cooperatives and her personal experience of as a member of a local cooperative. Ms. McAfee Smith worked for nearly 40 years as a trusted co-op developer in some of the most impo...

Papa Sene has been serving with NCBA CLUSA for three decades, but has a life’s history of accomplishments in the cooperative movement and their impact on development. Sene grew up in Naikhar, Senegal, where cooperating was a natural way of life. Throughout his life, he shared, taught, enhanced, and finally globalized the values and practicality of cooperatives everywhere he went. He began spreadin...

Vernon and David discussed the emergence of food co-ops, his new book, and the role of cooperatives in the Economy. This month marks the 2nd anniversary of Everything Co-op, and the celebration of National Co-op Month. Cooperative Network's 2015 Co-op Month theme, Take Ownership, celebrates how the cooperative model gives consumers a real stake in their economic destinies, because co-ops are owned...

Vernon Oakes interviews Kim Koontz, and Mai Nguyen, Executive Director and Cooperative Development Specialist at the California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD). They discussed the upcoming California Co-op Conference, which will be held in San Diego, and programs and many different programs and services offered through CCCD.

Vernon interviews Hall of Fame Hero Dr. Ann Hoyt. Vernon and Dr. Hoyt discuss her journey as a Cooperator, cooperatives in the Italian prison system, consumer cooperatives, economic justice, and economic Democracy.

Vernon interviews Charles Gould, Director-General of the International Co-operative Alliance. Vernon and Chuck discuss the "Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade," the impact of cooperatives on the economy, Co-op Identity, and new initiatives of The Alliance.

Everything Co-op, is a radio show that airs on WOL, Radio One's premiere talk show station. The show features people who have influenced or participated in the advancement of the cooperative business model to change lives and/or help people to leverage cooperation, for the betterment of others.

Vernon and his guests discuss the evolution of housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C., the prospect of forming a federation of limited equity housing cooperatives, and the role cooperatives play in improving the quality of life for its participants. Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo has been a co-editor of Grassroots Economic Organizing, (GEO) for more than 10 years. GEO, a 30-year-old publication, reports o...

Vernon interviews Charles E. Snyder, President and CEO of National Cooperative Bank (NCB). As Everything Coop begins its celebration of National Co-op Month and its 3rd Anniversary, Vernon explores this year’s theme of "Cooperatives Build." Vernon and Mr. Snyder discuss different types of cooperatives that are supported by NCB, and the importance of cooperative banking. Charles E. Snyder is the pr...

Everything Co-op, is a radio show that airs on WOL, Radio One's premiere talk show station. The show features people who have influenced or participated in the advancement of the cooperative business model to change lives and/or help people to leverage cooperation, for the betterment of others.

Ron Hantz, Board President of the Network for Developing Conscious Communities, Appears on Everything Co-op. Vernon and Ron discuss how the organization uses cooperative principles to build economically sound and equitable communities. Hantz, has more than 25 years of experience in the development of affordable housing. When addressing the need for minorities to challenge the institutional barrier...