While studying International Business and Trade at the university, Juwon was looking for another path for his future. After undergoing major surgeries, he was looking for an organization where collaboration among colleagues, not competition, was encouraged. That is when he found Cooperative Value Sharing Center (CVSC), a workers’ cooperative formed by young people in their twenties to encourage their peers to understand that cooperatives can give them the independence to reach their future goals. Six years after the boom of cooperatives in Korea, he became a cooperator with CVSC.

Read his story here.

This year, the ICA is featuring 25 members of the cooperative movement who are under the age of 25, to tell the world what the cooperative identity means to them – in the form of a short video story, photos and other digital media. The stories will use real-life examples to inspire and vividly show the cooperative difference. Read more about the campaign here.

If you are under 25 and passionate about cooperatives, we are looking for you to share your story with the cooperative world as part of the 25 Voices campaign in a run-up to the World Cooperative Congress.

If you would like to share your story, please reach out to Shivali Sarna (shivali.sarna@icaap.coop), Communication and Membership Development Officer, ICA-AP.