Tag: GRITtv

  • GritTV Cooperative Series: Beyond Care Childcare Cooperative

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    http://blip.tv/grittv/a-co-op-seriesl-beyond-care-childcare-cooperative-6618562 Domestic workers, such as housekeepers, home care aides, and nannies help with the day-to-day upkeep of family life. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 90% of home care health aides are women, 56% percent are women of color and 28% are foreign born having migrated from Latin America and the Caribbean. In…

  • GRITtv Spotlights Cooperatives in the Month of July

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    For the month of July, GRITtv will spotlight a few cooperatives that are growing an alternative economy. This week they are airing Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young of the documentary Shift Change which explores existing cooperatives in the U.S.  “Cooperatives in the United States have existed more or less under the radar. Taking many forms: worker cooperatives, housing…