Amethyst Carey [EN] she/her
Amethyst is a Philly-based organizer, solidarity economy practitioner, and a lover of cooperatives. She believes deeply in the potential for cooperatives to serve as sites of radical transformation and loves to support groups in aligning their practices with their values as an independent cooperative consultant.
Amethyst was previously a Cooperative Developer at the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA). There, she managed the Study Circles program, served as a Program Manager and Project Steward for Seed Commons, and helped to build the organizational development and collective budgeting processes of the nascent PACA Staff Collective. Before joining PACA, Amethyst served as a Co-op Organizer at the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) and supported resident and community engagement at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative’s nationally recognized community land Trust, Dudley Neighbors Inc.
Amethyst is a Board Member of the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast (CFNE) and an Advisory Board Member of CoFED. She is an avid gardener, a podcast and music lover, and passionate about resting as much as she works.