The Maritime Miracle
of the Men of Antigonish
"They will use what they have to secure what they have not."
�Dr. Moses Coady
  • Deeply significant movement produced extraordinary developments in many areas of Adult Education.
  • Programs evolved to improve the lives of people locally and around the world.
  • Education based on practical needs and linked with action brought economic salvation to people.
  • Revitalized democracy and the democratic process.
  • Developed leadership in the rank and file.
  • Imbuded people with a sense of importance, ownership and control of their destiny.

    Achievements and Accomplishments
  • Specific methods such as study groups as the forerunners of action.
  • Credit unions and accumulated savings.
  • Improved credit and insurance benefits.
  • Increased earnings through cooperative marketing for both farmers and fishermen.
  • Cheaper purchasing through consumer cooperatives, cooperative housing developments.
  • Communism was replaced in the Cape Breton area with dynamic democracy.
  • Social transformation evolved through a process embedded in education and cooperation.
  • Formerly antagonistic religious groups unitee in common and concerted effort.
  • People developed spirit of the cooperative communities.
  • Legacy ~ continues to remake the lives of people through study and education.
  • Miracles by the people, for the people!

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