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CO-OP HANDBOOKAn Organizer’s Guide to the CCE Co-Op
DIRECTORYCo-Op Basics 1
Mission Statement 2Coalitions 2
The Basics 2Goals 2
Organizer Positions 2Director Position 3
Organizer Information 3Duties 3Academic Year Timeline 3Types of Projects 4Supervisors 4Important Contact Information 5
CCE Staff 5CCSGA 5High Impact Partners (HIP) 6
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Co-Op Basics The Co-Op, which officially got started during the academic year of 2018-2019, is now in
its second year of operation. The Co-Op lives at the CCE, which means it is a program advised by CCE staff and supported by CCE resources, however it is run primarily by students in collaboration with CC faculty and staff members, and community members.
Mission Statement The CCE Co-Op is designed to initiate purposeful, intentional collective impact work on
the CC campus that integrates community organizing learning with project-driven, community-informed work. The tagline for the Co-Op is: “Collective Action for Community Needs.”
Coalitions
The BasicsStarting this 2019-2020 academic year, there will be three coalitions that are formally a
part of the CCE Co-Op. They are: the Political Advocacy Coalition, the Education & College Access Coalition, and the Sustainable Community Development Coalition. Each of these three coalitions will have public blockly meetings, open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members. It is up to the organizer to arrange for when these coalition meetings should occur, and recruit attendees. Ideally, coalitions will be made up of student organization leaders and members, other staff, faculty, and students who are interested in the issue-area, and potentially interested community members as well. These coalition meetings will provide opportunities for student org leaders and any other individuals doing work related to the issue-area to describe problems they are facing with their work, successes they have had, and concerns they would like to address through future project-based work. These meetings could also feature faculty members who are doing related research for each issue-area and community partners who are more intimately connected with the issue-area through their organization focus; ideally, they would be able to provide mini-presentations for the rest of the coalition about their issue-area.
Goals- Enhanced shared identity among student organizations within issue area- Shared and public forum for all interested individuals and groups to come together,
connect with each other, learn from each other, and create with each other- One of the following: A co-created campaign action, either internal or external; Co-
created project, either white paper or event-oriented; Co-created awareness week, with multiple events, actions and that involves on and on-campus partners; or Co-created capacity-building project where focus can be for on-campus and off-campus -- maybe designing a workshop, or a training sequence for student leaders
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Organizer PositionsThere will be two organizers for each of the three coalitions, for a total of six organizers.
These organizers will be formally known as “Co-Op Organizers,” and will be set-up as student employees within the CCE. Their primary responsibilities will be to recruit for and run Coalition meetings, and to initiate a project that can be completed within the year. They will remain in their Organizer positions for one academic year, with the chance to renew their position at the end of the year.
Director PositionThere will be one Co-Op Director each year, which will be a paid position at the CCE for
a student. Directors will have had to have a minimum of one year of experience as a Co-Op organizer before they can be considered as a Director. The Director’s primary duties are to advise and support the Co-Op Organizers, serve as the primary contact for faculty, community partner and student interest in the Co-Op, and ensure the success of each Coalition through attendance and participation at all Coalition meetings.
Organizer InformationAs an Organizer this year, it is important that you understand your role within the Co-Op,
resources you can reach out to for support, and the specifics and overall timeline of the work you are expected to do.
DutiesStudent Co-Op Organizers-- 2 per Coalition -- Paid Employees of the CCE -- 5 Hours/Week
- Co-facilitate blockly coalition meetings- Attend Introduction to Community Organizing Adjunct- Create written work of the coalition- Oversee “implementation phase” of action during Blocks 5-7- Ensure presentations are ready in Block 8
Academic Year TimelineBlock 1:
- Attend PA Adjunct Mondays, 3:30-5pm- Plan agenda, spread the word, and lead blockly coalition meeting during first week!- Write up your issue brief and submit to Summit by 5pm on 4th Wednesday!
September 18th
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Block 2:- Attend PA Adjunct Mondays, 3:30-5pm- Plan agenda, spread the word, and lead blockly coalition meeting during first week!- Write up three clearly defined problems related to this issue (1-2 paragraphs per
problem) and submit to Summit by 5pm on 4th Wednesday!
Block 3:- Attend PA Adjunct Mondays, 3:30-5pm- Plan agenda, spread the word, and lead blockly coalition meeting during first week!- Finalize and simplify problem statements, and create operationalized actions for each
problem (at least three actions that could be taken) and submit to Summit by 5pm on 4th Wednesday!
Block 4:- Attend PA Adjunct Mondays, 3:30-5pm- Plan agenda, spread the word, and lead blockly coalition meeting during first week!- Relate the issue to the problem (on paper) and submit to Summit by 5pm on Monday
of 2nd Week- Develop a timeline for action and submit to Summit by 5pm on Monday of 3rd Week - Delegate duties and submit to Summit by 5pm at 5pm on Monday of 4th Week
Blocks 5-7:- Plan agenda, spread the word, and lead blockly coalition meetings during each first
week!- Implementation phase
- Recruit students, staff, and faculty to join your project- Ensure action areas are being operationalized
- Check-in with Co-Op Director as needed- Submit blockly reports in writing (~2-3 paragraphs) to Summit by 5pm on Monday of
4th Week
Block 8:- Plan agenda, spread the word, and lead blockly coalition meeting during first week!- Write-up campaign/project outcomes and process and submit to Summit by 5pm on
Monday of 2nd Week- Prepare for presentations (and delegate those responsibilities) happening 2nd week- Attend celebration event (2nd week)
Supervisors Co-Op Organizers will report directly to the Co-Op Director, which for the 2019-2020
academic year will be Sophia Pray, the Civic Leadership Paraprofessional at the CCE. For further advising, Anthony Siracusa, the Assistant Director at the CCE, can be contacted.
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Important Contact Information
CCE Staff
Sophia PrayCivic Leadership Program CoordinatorEmail:[email protected]: (719) 227-8247
Anthony SiracusaAssistant DirectorEmail: [email protected]: (719) 389-6885
Jordan Travis RadkeDirectorEmail: [email protected]: (719) 389-7270
Richard BishopAdministrative AssistantEmail:[email protected]: (719) 389-6846
Niki SosaCommunity Partnerships CoordinatorEmail: [email protected]: (719) 389-6022
CCSGA
Max KronstadtVice President of [email protected]
Fran GrandonicoVice President of Student [email protected]
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High Impact Partners (HIP)
The following list of High Impact Partners are community organizations that the CCE has identified as partners who we will try to work with more deeply, and intentionally, moving forward. Each organization varies in structure, issue-area, and size, though they are all on-board to start working more closely with CC. They are great organizations to bring in to coalition meeting spaces, and work with as collaborators. Contact information is listed on our CCE website as well.
- RMFI- Catamount Institute- CSFR- COS Parks and Rec- Citizen's Project- CHP- Mitchell- Inside Out- North- CONO - Concrete Couch
