[Justin Hammons]

October 22, 2025 at 8:33 pm

How can we raise the cooperative voice on the global stage?  
This discussion asks how we can work together — through storytelling, shared campaigns, or collective representation.

Discussion

[Jacob Matthew Drum]

Speaking the same “language” as the decision makers. (Economic impact, tap into local and global issues and show value)

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[Jacob Matthew Drum]

Aligning interests (individual and collective)

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[Jacob Matthew Drum]

Be very intentional about pushing an inclusive definition of cooperatives as well as going more precisely explaining our own model. (When you meet one coop, you meet one coop)

It has to be both inclusive and concrete, applied. Both explanations have value.

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[Shaun Fensom]

speak the same language as the decisionmakers. explain what people have to gain from corporatives. tackle a common culture of individualism. be ready to use the current jargon being used in policy circles.

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[Shaun Fensom]

make the distinction between Cooperatives as businesses and people’s conception of them as charities or political organisations.

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[Shaun Fensom]

be inclusive about different types of cooperative with different social missions rather than exclusive and judgemental

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[Jacob Matthew Drum]

Engage with high level allies at a global level and ask them to be a voice for the movement/sector, or to explain the value they see and obtain from cooperatives.

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