NCBA brought 150 cooperative leaders from around the United States to the White House to engage in open dialogue with senior Obama Administration and federal agency officials on a range of key issues, including how co-ops are impacting job creation, food security and energy.
Here, you'll find media coverage, photographs and press releases from the event as well as the case studies and supporting documents, information about the economic impact of cooperatives, that NCBA provided to the White House and event participants for the Community Leaders Briefing.
Media Coverage and Press Releases:
Equal Exchange at the White House (Co-operative News, May 16, 2012)
Cooperative Leaders Meet with White House (Shareable.net, May 15, 2012)
Gary Pittsford Attends NCBA Community Leaders Briefing (press release, May 11, 2012)
Fifth Season Cooperative Attends White House Community Leaders Briefing (press release, May 9, 2012)
What happened when co-operatives went to the White House? (Co-operative News, May 9, 2012)
White House Briefing on Cooperatives, Jobs and Economy Opens Dialogue with Nation’s Leaders (NCBA press release, May 8, 2012)
Cooperatives Examine Economic Role (InsideIndianaBusiness.com, May 7, 2012)
CUs, CUNA stress MBL benefits in White House co-op meeting (CUNA News Now, May 7, 2012)
Home Care Cooperatives Spotlighted at White House Briefing (Direct Care Alliance, Inc. blog, May 7, 2012)
UMassFive One of 150 Cooperative Leaders at White House Community Leaders Briefing (UMassFive press release, May 5, 2012)
Cabot Creamery at White House meeting (Cabot Creamery press release, May 4, 2012)
HOPE Participates in White House Briefing on Cooperatives (HOPE Enterprise Corporation press release, May 4, 2012)
NCHN Executive Director & NCHN Member Attend White House Community Leaders Briefing (PRlog, May 4, 2012)
NCBA Brings 150 Cooperative Leaders to White House to Discuss Jobs and the Economy (NCBA press release, May 3, 2012)
White House Hosts Cooperative Leaders (Credit Union Times, May 3, 2012)
Photographs:
NCBA Community Leaders Briefing Flickr Photostream
Case Studies:
- A Fresh Alternative in the Grocery Landscape
- A Global Network of Diverse, Independent Retailers
- A Welcoming Environment for Seniors... That’s All Their Own
- Creating Stability through Cooperative Park Ownership
- Harvesting Sustainability
- Helping Military Credit Unions Combine Forces
- Helping People Improve their Lives and Communites
- High Quality Home-Care Services Are Just the Beginning
- Keeping the Financial Pipeline Flowing
- Lighting Up the Community in More Ways than One
- New HOPE for Financially Underserved Customers
- One of the Nation’s Leading Health Care Providers Sticks to its Cooperative Roots
- Powerful Solutions
- Uniting Farmers for Collective Success
- Wedge Community Co-op
