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April 20, 2023

The Unsung Cooperative Hero Award & Ella Jo Baker

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.

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August 14, 2020

From Door to Door: An Interview with Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

An interview with Jessica Gordon-Nembhard.

December 31, 2018

A GEO Get-Together with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

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Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ph.D., has been a member of GEO since 2001; is a co-founder of the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (and was its long term Treasurer), and a charter member of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. She is a political economist and Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Department of Africana Studies at John Jay College, City University of New York; an affiliate scholar at a couple of co-op research centers, as well as a board member of several non-profit organizations. Author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice, she’s a mother of two and grandmother or four.

 

May 27, 2014

Black Co-ops Were A Method of Economic Survival

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

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Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard on Everything Co-op

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ph.D., Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development, and author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice discusses the her book and upcoming projects with host, Vernon Oakes on Everything Co-op.
 
During February, Everything Co-op celebrates Black History Month by focusing on the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's Theme.
March 10, 2022

Racial Justice and Co-operatives

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

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December 26, 2023

Solidarity Economy & The Economics of Abundance

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

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April 18, 2022

Black Women in Co-op Movement & CDF's “Unsung Heroes Project”

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."

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March 23, 2016

Movements at the Crossroads

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

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February 11, 2022

A Brief History of Black Cooperatives in the U.S.

An interview with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

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February 4, 2019

Worker Co-ops, Solidarity Economy, and Social Justice

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August 1, 2022

The History of African American Cooperative Eco-Systems

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.

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May 7, 2018

Cooperatives, Community Development and Social Justice

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May 30, 2024

From “An Economy of Hope” to the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

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.

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June 13, 2010

Meet the GEO Collective!

About the members of the GEO Collective.

August 12, 2014

Collective Courage

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

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July 5, 2021

Co-ops Not Cops - Part 2

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

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