BIOGRAPHIES OF FOUR CO-CYCLISTS
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Hendrix Berry
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Charlotte Cadieux
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Margo Dalal
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Leah Grossman
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Hendrix Berry
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I grew up in Leverett, MA, a small town in Western Massachusetts, and after spending a semester in high school studying Latin American history in Argentina, I decided to study economics in college. I focused my early studies on issues of US economic imperialism. After visiting a Zapatista municipality in Chiapas, Mexico, my interests shifted to seek creative alternative economic models for democracy, autonomy, and dignity. I joined the Co-Cycle collective to learn about cooperatives and about my place as a young person in America.
After Co-Cycle, I wrote my senior economics thesis about the distinct incentives that exist in labor-controlled firms and the implications for production, for place, and for market-based economies. I used the Evergreen multi-stakeholder co-op as a case study. Currently I'm a paid intern at the New Economy Coalition and pursuing a life for myself working in cooperative development and community-finance. By giving me a vision for a better world, Co-Cycle showed me to fight for reconstruction when I had been fighting for deconstruction. Co-Cycle gave me the hope to pursue a stronger, respirited, and regenerative economics. |
Charlotte Cadieux |
In a nutshell I am a citizen of the world, an explorer, and a learner of life. I am a graduate of a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts (Hampshire College) that opened many new avenues of learning for me. At Hampshire, I formed my connection to Co-Cycle. I received my BA from Hampshire, and then received my Masters degree in teaching and learning in Environmental Conservation Education from New York University. While on Co-Cycle I became connected to the current team of incredible individuals I work with in developing Agile Learning Centers for children.
While on Co-Cycle I experienced first hand the power of explorative education and this led me to my current career in education, creating opportunities for innovation and experience in school. Co-Cycle taught me that with options guided in safety and community, and exposure to many possibilities, we become powerful problem solvers and innovators. |
Margo Dalal
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I'm a fourth year student at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. I'm studying Urban Planning and writing my thesis on informal development in Detroit, MI. My work explores the shift in the roles of developers and designers in the city, and how residents adapt to the challenges the city faces. I found my love for Detroit through Co-Cycle and after graduating I hope to continue to make a home for myself there. I continue to bike through cities and countryside, through rain and shine, and will always have my mind on imagining and designing alternative systems. My passions include baking pies, reading stories, exploring cities and dreaming big.
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Leah Grossman |
I grew up in the small town of Boxborough, Massachusetts, spending a lot of time exploring in the woods. I studied environmental design at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. My senior design project was based around reconnecting people to the Connecticut River through place-based installations. After graduating, I coordinated a summer semester program on the Hampshire College Farm and then joined Co-Cycle in Minneapolis, MN. I biked with them back to Amherst, and had an incredible time exploring the country and learning about cooperatives.
I moved to Austin, TX, at the start of 2013 to work at a non-profit organization, Skillpoint Alliance. As the Velocity Program Lead, I organize a high school program that engages youth in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. I also support and bring green tech content to our other programs for both youth and adults. My life after Co-Cycle was very much influenced by the experience. The trip energized me to dig deeper into co-op history and find out more about how co-ops are organized today. I was inspired to live at a co-op, keep my money at a credit union, shop at a co-op and get involved with the lively local cooperative movement. I am very invested in seeing the co-op movement develop and grow into the future! |