What is Dreamfish?
Dreamish is a global work cooperative. Our mission is to connect people to human work to empower dreams and change lives. As we do, we alleviate poverty.
How does Dreamfish work?
We help each other as we help ourselves. Dreamfish offers you a work community of like-minded people, a Marketplace and a Project Hub for project work, and peer groups and events to support your development
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What does the word "Dreamfish" mean?
Dreamfish has a few meanings. 1. We dream as in Martin Luther King's "I have a dream", and we fish our dreams through getting stuff done. 2. Engaging our diversity makes us stronger. Some of us are more dreamers. Some of us are more fishers. Working together, we dreamfish. 3. The words, dream and fish, are also used in many cultures to reference a life-affirming sense of something larger than ourselves.
What is a cooperative?
A cooperative enterprise is a democratic legal structure, where each member is an equal owner, and has 1 vote as a decision maker. A member is not just a consumer or a worker. Rather, we as members are all consumers/workers/leaders. Over 800 million people globally are cooperative members, and cooperatives provide more jobs than multi-national corporations. The United Nation estimates that half the world's population has been made more secure by cooperative enterprise. Cooperatives are also known for being resilient organizations, often sustaining over 100 years. For more information, see the International Cooperatives Alliance
Where can I learn more about the Dreamfish vision?
In fifity years, we see Dreamfish enabling millions of people to create sustainable work. Our vision for sustainable work is expressed in our Humanifesto.
To deliver services to members, Dreamfish as a solution is built of three components: 1) community-based human and organization development 2) relational technology 3) economic empowerment model.
Who operates Dreamfish?
Members operate Dreamfish through service teams. Learn more about Dreamfish leadership and governance.
Where is Dreamfish? Can I visit?
Dreamfish is wherever you are. Dreamfishers are distributed on every continent. Dreamfish started in San Francisco. There are local clusters of Dreamfish members.
Where can I meet Dreamfishers in person?
Dreamfishers connect in many ways - on the web, in email lists, on the phone, at kitchen tables, art studios, cafes, coworking centers, and libraries. Whatever way works. To meet Dreamfishers in person, you can host a group, a Change Jam, or a project in your city, and announce it in Dreamfish Announcement list.
How does Cooperative membership work?
Learn about Member Benefits
Can I help build Dreamfish?
Yes, explore how to get involved.