## Exit to Community https://e2c.how/ https://e2c.how/E2C-Guides-e91bafee2f95409b85c875f462229cfb # Cooperatives I've been interested in co-ops as a form of [[Organizing | organization]] for a long time, but over the past few years they've become a larger part of my life. In 2019, I moved into a cooperatively run house and became a member-owner at the [Park Slope Food Coop](https://www.foodcoop.com). In Summer 2020, I participated in an online course called [[Platform Coops Now]] co-organized by [[Trebor Scholz]] of [[The New School]] and [[Jose Mari Luzarraga]] of [[Mondragon Corporation]]. Here is my intro video, to my classmates: <iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/introduction-by-casey-gollan" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe> > Hi! My name is Casey -- I’m an artist based in New York. > > I’m taking this course because I've been interested in the idea of "governance" for a long time. > > One project I'm working on now is an online archive of student activist publications -- and I'm wondering if that project might be a good fit for a platform coop model. > > Another thing I really want to discuss is the politics of tech companies, and how we escape our current system, where tech companies are explooiting gig workers > > I'm interested platform co-ops because I really relate to cooperative principles in general. I shop and I do work-shifts at a food coop, and I live in a cooperatively run house. > > When I look at the board of trustees of my college, I wonder: What qualifies a businessperson, or a real estate investor to run an ART school? — besides the fact that they're rich. I want to learn how an art school can be run by artists. > > I'm really excited by how global this course is, and I'm looking forward to meeting people from all around the world, and learning about how your experience is similar or different from mine. See you tomorrow!