All items tagged 'Capacity Building'

Lauren Berke

Lauren is a staff attorney in the Capacity Building practice. Before joining TakeRoot Justice, Lauren represented tenants with the Legal Aid Society in Queens. Prior to law school, she worked as an organizer and an educator with Tibetan communities in

Patricia Alejandro

Patricia is a Staff Attorney in the Capacity Building practice, where she supports community-based organizations and coalitions by providing transactional services to worker cooperatives, nonprofits, and small businesses, as well as providing support in policy development and community education efforts.

Our Capacity Building team strengthens the solidarity economy in New York and supports workers as owners and decision makers. In collaboration with our longtime partners, the NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives and Green Worker Cooperatives, we legally formed New York