Webinar: Black Women in the U.S. Cooperative Movement [] Center for Global Justice
Event Category: Presentations/Discussions
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Monday, March 22, 2021
The program will be presented in English with simultaneous interpretation provided by Maritere Dobarganes.
An important part of the history of cooperativism that is usually overlooked is the development of cooperative institutions and practices among African Americans. Emerging as defense against a hostile White world, this collective self-reliance has been a way to survive. Now this story of the agency of a self-conscious People is chronicled in Collective Courage by Jessica Gordon Nembhard. She has researched the long story of cooperative Black business ownership, intentional communities and mutual aid throughout U.S. history. As in so much of African American history, Black women have played a leading role.
What we do The Center engages in local community support and outreach to promote and advance initiatives and movements toward social justice, grassroots empowerment and democracy, and environmental sustainability. It is also devoted to critical analysis of the processes and impacts of globalization, both local and international. The Center works to develop alternative socio-economic systems that conserve and share the world’s cultural, economic, and environmental resources for the benefit of humankind.
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