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True Apodaca

Board Member

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Jem Aspen

Executive Assistant

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Social co-ops: An innovative solution to our social care crisis?

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Spring Up’s Flagship Cohort is Open for Applications

At RMEOC, we believe that workplace democracy isn’t just about ownership—it’s also about how we care for one another, handle conflict, and make decisions together. That’s why we’re proud to support Spring Up, an organization building the future of liberatory work cultures through intentional practice and shared leadership.Their 6-month Shared Leadership Cohort—a deep dive into… Continue reading

Where Values Meet Capital: Spring Up’s Journey with Non-Extractive Financing

Colorful. Liberating. Rooted in consent, accountability, and transformation.That’s Spring Up—a Denver-based, majority Black and queer worker cooperative founded in 2013 and collectively owned by nine members. Spring Up teaches and practices the skills to be free together through generative conflict, shared power, and collective decision-making. Rooted in a deep commitment to liberation and care, their… Continue reading

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Nora Bashir

Board Member

George F. DeMartino

Professor and Co-Director of the MA degree in Global Economic Affairs

Now on tap: A plan to brew more employee-owned companies in Colorado

Colorado Legislature passes measure to promote employee-owned businesses

Democrat Jared Polis kicks off gubernatorial campaign at employee-owned Colorado Springs grocery store

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Can Employee Ownership Hold Back a Tsunami of Small Business Closures?

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Colorado EO & the RMEOC Revisited

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Trident Booksellers & Café

Bootstrapping employee ownership: a case study for alternative equity structures (AES)

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Bill Kirton

Founder

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Ahmed Eloumrani

Board Member

Sophie Mariam

Secretary

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Larry Dunn

Founding Board Member

Kathy Rendon

President (Chair)

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