Friday, February 6, 2015

Brooklyn Youth Turn To Cooperatives For Economic Opportunity

A group of Red Hook youth have started a guerilla marketing business—owned by its employees.


Red Hook is a predominately black and Latino part of Brooklyn, where around 38% of the population lives below the poverty line. For people raised and growing up in such an environment, the prospect of financial security—much less owning one's on business—can seem like a prospect that's perpetually out of reach.


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from Co.Exist http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041819/brooklyn-youth-turn-to-cooperatives-for-economic-opportunity?partner=rss

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