Las Rancheritas becomes a Cooperative

I just returned from Agustin Gonzales where I brought Yolanda, a representative and teacher from Global Justice. Global Justice provides training in forming cooperatives and Yolanda is the teacher. It was a delight to watch her take some rather skeptical women and turn them around to be excited about learning how to form a cooperative. She used words like democracy, shared power and equality. She made everyone, including myself, excited about learning this new skill. She will be going to the Rancho for 5 sessions to help them learn and create their own cooperative. Las Rancheritas are intelligent women that want to succeed and grow. Now they will have the skills. Hurrah! Forming a cooperative will also allow them to register as such and this in turn will provide them with a legal tax free status and connect them to government assistance programs. They will soon be selling in the Organic Markets on Sat. Did you know that the market is a cooperative with 70 members and the Rosewood donates the space? This has been a dream of mine for years. Las Rancheritas just needed education on how to organize themselves, and now they will receive it from a savvy Mexican woman that understands them and can speak their language and knows their culture. Thank you Kathy for connecting me Betsy and Global Justice. I feel like I can breath again.