On May 1st 2016, the MIT Co-Design Studio team, Research Action Design, Intelligent Mischief , the Detroit Community Technology Project, and Boston Civic Media (bostoncivic.media) are calling on YOU to join us at the Boston Co-op DiscoTech.

Where: SEIU 32BJ

26 West Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, 0211, MA

The Co-op DiscoTech (shorthand for a Cooperative Economy Discovering Technology fair) is an event designed for people of all backgrounds and skill levels to learn about how technology can be used to support the growth of the cooperative economy – worker-owned cooperatives, consumer cooperatives, housing cooperatives, and more!

If you’d like to know more, or you want to present your work or host a workshop at the DiscoTech, please contact Katie: klarthur@mit.edu

More info: http://codesign.mit.edu/discotechs

*NOTE: *If you’d like to eat free, delicious food when you come to the DiscoTech, *please RSVP here: **https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coop-discotech-boston-tickets-23441822121***

We’ll focus on creating welcoming spaces where a wide range of people (not just techies!) will feel welcome sharing and learning about each other’s experiences with cooperatives: worker-owned co-ops, consumer co-ops, housing co-ops, hybrid cooperatives, co-op support organizations … pretty much anything that has to do with the cooperative economy! We’re also inviting cooperative organizations, technologists, developers, and designers to come to the DiscoTech to learn, teach, sprint, hack, meet up, explore projects, and build community together.

We’ll dive in deep to understand worker cooperative tools, systems, and histories, through speakers, skillshares, workshops, and activities open to all. We’ll also get hands-on with tools and approaches that can strengthen worker, consumer, housing, and hybrid cooperatives. We’ll link existing co-ops, technologists, designers, and community organizers to strengthen our strategies and tools for a cooperative future!
After/Party at Make/Shift, 7pm+