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On August 1, marketumbrella.org will unofficially graduate from Loyola University New Orleans as it spins-off to independent status. To commemorate the occasion, Loyola and marketumbrella.org will host a special graduation ceremony on Tuesday, July 8 at the Crescent City Farmers Market at 200 Broadway St. at 10 a.m.
Last Saturday the Crescent City Farmers Market’s shopper base became a little more international, if only for a day. A group of delegates from nine Eurasian countries, including such unpronounceables as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, were in New Orleans as part of the Special American Business Training Internship, a U.S. Department of Commerce program that “builds partnerships and provides technical assistance by training Eurasian leaders in U.S. business practices.”
The Twomey Center for Peace through Justice co-sponsored the 3rd National Conference of Workers Cooperatives and Democratic Workplaces this weekend at Loyola University in New Orleans. The conference, Democracy at Work, was a chance for information and skill-sharing, thinking about the movement for economic justice, creating connections with each other and other groups, and continuing to build the national Federation.
marketumbrella.org initiates and promotes the ecologies of local economies by developing markets, mobilizing people and resources, mentoring emerging leaders, and modeling best practices. Housed at Loyola University New Orleans, marketumbrella.org was co-founded by its executive director Richard McCarthy in 1995. With a staff of seven and an annual operating budget of $500,000, the community-driven organization is a department of the 501[c]3 nonprofit university.