Tune in to WOL 1450 AM, tomorrow, at 10:30 a.m. for Everything Co-op, hosted by Vernon Oakes. This week Vernon interviews Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development, and author of Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice.  Mr. Oakes and Dr. Gordon Nembhard will discuss her latest research and project work on the development of  worker Cooperatives with incarcerated and returning citizens, The Movement for Black Lives and other initiatives she has supported.

Dr. Gordon Nembhard, is a cooperative ambassador, economist and community economic development expert. After 15 years of careful research, she published “Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice”. Her book argues that co-ops not only should be, but have historically been a social justice tool within African American communities. Since the publication of her book Dr. Gordon Nembhard has become involved with efforts to establish worker cooperatives and has lent her knowledge and support to several other cooperative projects and programs.

Her research has focused on community and asset-based economic development and democratic community economics; cooperative economics and worker ownership; racial and economic wealth inequality and wealth accumulation in communities of color, and alternative urban economic and youth educational development strategies. Her future research and policy analyses will connect community-based economic development, asset building, and economic justice strategies with community-based approaches to justice.

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