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Vernon interviews Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ph.D., Professor at John Jay College, and Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo, Co Editor at Grassroots Economic Organizing. Both are also economic social justice advocates. Vernon and his guests will discuss the Unsung Cooperative Hero Award, and its first recipient Ella Jo Baker.

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard talks about her research into the history of African-American co-ops.

Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard summarizes her work on solidarity economics and worker cooperatives.

Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard speaks on Racial Justice and Co-operatives.

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ph.D., Professor at John Jay College, and economic social justice advocate discusses her research on Black women in the U.S. co-op movement, and the Cooperative Development Fund's "Unsung Heroes Project."

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Abby Scher, and Michael Johnson discuss where the worker co-op movement should go from here.

An interview with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

In this session, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard will discuss the history of African American mutual aid and cooperative economics, Black cooperative economic thought, the most prolific periods in the US African American Cooperative movement, and contemporary and previous examples of worker-owned cooperatives, lessons learned, and the way forward.

While there are many people who contributed to the founding of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, I would like to provide reflections on the role played by the Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) Newsletter Collective.

About the members of the GEO Collective.

Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice

Part two of Co-ops Not Cops, featuring Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Esteban Kelly, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, and Ed Whitfield.