Meghan
Director of Administration
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About us
A community center with cooperative roots.
We model non-hierarchical leadership and grow worker power one collective at a time.
Theory of change
Worker ownership shifts power.
When community members own the means of their labor, decisions about wages, hours, and reinvestment stay in the neighborhood. We support that shift through cooperative incubation, youth education, and shared infrastructure.
Our shared-leadership model means staff make decisions collaboratively, not top-down. The same is true of every cooperative we incubate.
History
Rooted in Grace in Action church.
Grace in Action Collectives grew out of the worker-justice ministry of Grace in Action church in Southwest Detroit. Over a decade later, we incubate cooperatives across food, retail, tech, and care work.
Today the Collectives operate as an independent nonprofit, in close partnership with the church and with cooperatives across Detroit.
Our team
Shared leadership in practice.
100-word bios coming from each staff member.
Maureen
Director of Programs
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Jocelyn
Co-director of Youth Development
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Angeles
Co-director of Youth Development
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Fey
Co-director of Cooperative Development
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Idalis
Co-director of Cooperative Development
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Karizma
Digital Steward & Building Manager
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Rita
Digital Steward & Bookkeeper
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Aldo
Digital Steward
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