Jake Schlachter's guest appearances

Jake Schlachter

The CU2.0 Podcast

The Cooperators: Podcasting about the Cooperative Movement

The Madisonian Podcast

Cathie Mahon

Mike Edwards

Angela Russell

Cliff Rosenthal

Mike Reuter

Jack Henry

Pete Souza

Paul Davis

Daniel Ford

Richard Davidson

Brad Smith

John Lanza

Michael Jones

Chris Borland

Scott Anderson

OwlTail

Jake Schlachter is an organizer, an agitator, and a advocate. He fights for fairness and the rights of member owners within cooperative organizations like credit unions. He roots out corruption, educates member owners on their rights and shortfalls of their rights, and assists in making the cooperative sector more fair for all.  We Own It: weown.it Nutkrack: nutkrack.com Our Website: themadisonianpodcast.com Merchandise: teespring.com/stores/themadisonianpodcast               Music Credits: Voices by ASHUTOSH | https://soundcloud.com/grandakt Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

Jake Schlachter is an organizer, an agitator, and a advocate. He fights for fairness and the rights of member owners within cooperative organizations like credit unions. He roots out corruption, educates member owners on their rights and shortfalls of their rights, and assists in making the cooperative sector more fair for all.  We Own It: <a href="http://weown.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">weown.it</a> Nutkrack: <a href="https://nutkrack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nutkrack.com</a> Our Website: <a href="http://themadisonianpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">themadisonianpodcast.com</a> Merchandise: <a href="http://teespring.com/stores/themadisonianpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teespring.com/stores/themadisonianpodcast</a> Music Credits: Voices by ASHUTOSH | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/grandakt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/grandakt</a> Music promoted by <a href="https://www.free-stock-music.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.free-stock-music.com</a> Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US</a>

49: Jake Schlachter, Organizing and Advocating for Cooperatives and their Member Owners

 Now just may be the worst of times but it also is an opportunity for credit unions to reinvent themselves, by reimagining their roles and taking an active part in helping to limit what many experts see as a coming eviction crisis, as renters who have suffered enormous economic hardships in the Covid-19 pandemic are put out on the streets. What if credit unions made available emergency loan funds to help renters avoid that outcome?That's the question Jake Schlachter, executive director of We Own It, an organization devoted to reinvigorating the cooperative movement, asks.A starting point is that many credit unions have more set aside than the 7 to 8% excess capital required by the regulator. What if those institutions used some of that money to help renters avoid eviction. What if....Credit unions just might be seen as community heroes.Suddenly, many would know exactly the difference between banks and credit unions.Schlacter has sent out a letter to the CEOs of 1430 credit unions with assets above $100 million and significant excess capital. Here's a link to the letter.Now what happens? Listen to the podcast. You will hear Schlachter's hopes and dreams.This is a challenge to just about every credit union.  But the need is real and the possible payoffs are also real.Want to hear more Schlachter? Here's a podcast I did with him for a different series a year ago.  This one focuses on cooperatives in general with minimal direct references to credit unions.Like what you are hearing? Find out how you can help sponsor this podcast here. Very affordable sponsorship packages are available. Email rjmcgarvey@gmail.comAnd like this podcast on whatever service you use to stream it. That matters.Find out more about CU2.0 and the digital transformation of credit unions here. It's a journey every credit union needs to take. Pronto

Now just may be the worst of times but it also is an opportunity for credit unions to reinvent themselves, by reimagining their roles and taking an active part in helping to limit what many experts see as a coming eviction crisis, as renters who have suffered enormous economic hardships in the Covid-19 pandemic are put out on the streets. What if credit unions made available emergency loan funds to help renters avoid that outcome?That's the question Jake Schlachter, executive director of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2728743621858833550/990666311663068783?hl=en#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Own It</a>, an organization devoted to reinvigorating the cooperative movement, asks.A <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2728743621858833550/990666311663068783?hl=en#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">starting point</a> is that many credit unions have more set aside than the 7 to 8% excess capital required by the regulator. What if those institutions used some of that money to help renters avoid eviction. What if....Credit unions just might be seen as community heroes.Suddenly, many would know exactly the difference between banks and credit unions.Schlacter has sent out a letter to the CEOs of 1430 credit unions with assets above $100 million and significant excess capital. Here's a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2728743621858833550/990666311663068783?hl=en#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link </a>to the letter.Now what happens? Listen to the podcast. You will hear Schlachter's hopes and dreams.This is a challenge to just about every credit union.  But the need is real and the possible payoffs are also real.Want to hear more Schlachter? Here's a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2728743621858833550/990666311663068783?hl=en#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcast </a>I did with him for a different series a year ago.  This one focuses on cooperatives in general with minimal direct references to credit unions.Like what you are hearing? Find out how you can help sponsor this podcast here. Very affordable sponsorship packages are available. Email rjmcgarvey@gmail.comAnd like this podcast on whatever service you use to stream it. That matters.Find out more about CU2.0 and the digital transformation of credit unions here. It's a journey every credit union needs to take. Pronto

CU2.0 Podcast Special Edition Jake Schlachter on the Eviction Crisis and the Opportunity to Reinvent Credit Unions

By Robert McGarvey Corruption. Greed. Ignorance. Racism. Sexism.  Words you don’t usually hear spoken about cooperatives.  But brace yourself because in the next hour you will as The Cooperators Podcast talks with Jake Schlachter, founder and executive director of We Own It, a Madison Wisconsin based organization aimed at energizing the 130 million of us who belong to cooperatives in the US to seize control, to put our cooperatives in the directions we want them to go. We have that power. We just have to know it. And use it. We are member owners.  We Own It wants to remind us about that. And offer us tips on how best to use our powers. The primary focus of We Own It right now are electric cooperatives and, yes, they have a glorious history. They brought light to the darkness of rural America.  It sounds like a Biblical moment. But now, at many rural electric co-ops, it’s more akin to the expulsion from the Garden of Eden.   Board members paid six figures for what many believe are volunteers jobs. Boards with no African Americans serving populations with many African American members. Boards with no women. Boards that could spell solar if you spot them the consonants. And many of those boards also just don’t get that adding broadband Internet to their services just may save them for generations to come. Some electric co-ops are grand indeed. Some aren’t.  We Own It aims to energize members to transform the latter. We Own It also has its eyes on credit unions which talk a good game of member ownership – but many credit unions fail miserably when it comes to empowering their member owners. Have you ever voted in a credit union election? Ever? The podcast also detours into food co-ops – and what they can teach electric co-ops and what they can learn from other co-ops.   BTW, Jim Blaine sits on the board of We Own It.  He gets his own podcast here.  Other, related podcasts include Stuart Reid (food co-ops) and C. E. Pugh (also food co-ops).  And Chris Mitchell discussed rural broadband and electric co-ops here. To read my interview with scholar Robert Putnam on “Bowling Alone,” read my interview here. This is fundamentally a very optimistic podcast. But at times it may seem we stepped into Apocalypse Now and all we can do is mumble the horror, the horror. Buckle up.   Like what you are hearing? The Cooperators Podcast seeks sponsors and supporters to help us spread the word about cooperatives and how they often are the better way. Contact Robert McGarvey to find out what you can do to sustain this podcast.

By Robert McGarvey Corruption. Greed. Ignorance. Racism. Sexism.  Words you don’t usually hear spoken about cooperatives.  But brace yourself because in the next hour you will as The Cooperators Podcast talks with Jake Schlachter, founder and executive director of <a href="https://weown.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Own It</a>, a Madison Wisconsin based organization aimed at energizing the 130 million of us who belong to cooperatives in the US to seize control, to put our cooperatives in the directions we want them to go. We have that power. We just have to know it. And use it. We are member owners. We Own It wants to remind us about that. And offer us tips on how best to use our powers. The primary focus of We Own It right now are electric cooperatives and, yes, they have a glorious history. They brought light to the darkness of rural America.  It sounds like a Biblical moment. But now, at many rural electric co-ops, it’s more akin to the expulsion from the Garden of Eden.   Board members paid six figures for what many believe are volunteers jobs. Boards with no African Americans serving populations with many African American members. Boards with no women. Boards that could spell solar if you spot them the consonants. And many of those boards also just don’t get that adding broadband Internet to their services just may save them for generations to come. Some electric co-ops are grand indeed. Some aren’t.  We Own It aims to energize members to transform the latter. We Own It also has its eyes on credit unions which talk a good game of<a href="https://www.cuinsight.com/is-member-ownership-a-credit-union-missed-opportunity.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> member ownership</a> – but many credit unions fail miserably when it comes to empowering their member owners. Have you ever voted in a credit union election? Ever? The podcast also detours into food co-ops – and what they can teach electric co-ops and what they can learn from other co-ops. BTW,<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/episodes/1307857-cu2-0-podcast-episode-40-the-jim-blaine-marathon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jim Blaine</a> sits on the board of We Own It. He gets his own podcast <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/episodes/1307857-cu2-0-podcast-episode-40-the-jim-blaine-marathon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Other, related podcasts include <a href="https://mcgarveyscooperators.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-cooperators-podcast-episode-9.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stuart Reid</a> (food co-ops) and<a href="https://mcgarveyscooperators.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-cooperators-podcast-episode-15-c-e.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> C. E. Pugh</a> (also food co-ops).  And <a href="https://mcgarveyscooperators.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-cooperators-episode-19-chris.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Mitchell</a> discussed rural broadband and electric co-ops <a href="https://mcgarveyscooperators.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-cooperators-episode-19-chris.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. To read my interview with scholar Robert Putnam on “Bowling Alone,” read my interview <a href="https://www.archive.legion.org/handle/20.500.12203/4336?show=full" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. This is fundamentally a very optimistic podcast. But at times it may seem we stepped into Apocalypse Now and all we can do is mumble <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcAYMb5uk4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the horror, the horror</a>. Buckle up.   Like what you are hearing? The <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=397208" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cooperators Podcast</a> seeks sponsors and supporters to help us spread the word about cooperatives and how they often are the better way. Contact<a href="http://www.mcgarvey.net/newsite/wp-admin/rjmcgarvey@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Robert McGarvey </a>to find out what you can do to sustain this podcast.

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