Co-ops Not Cops: A Conversation about the Impact of Co-ops in Abolition Work
Channel: Grassroots Economic Organizing
Date: 2020-11-24

Intro Music 00:00
Webinar begins 01:10
Poem (The Trail, by Shonda Buchanan) 03:57
Why co-ops and abolition? 05:41
"Describe your journey of becoming a cooperative abolitionist?" 07:50
"How can cooperatives serve the abolition movement?" 26:32
"What qualities of abolition work are not showing up in the cooperative space, and vice versa?" 44:54
"What are your wildest dreams for cooperative abolitionist work?" 01:04:00
Audience Q&A 01:14:09
Outro Music 01:20:43

Join us as we discuss the impact of co-ops in abolition work. [Transcript and closed captioning coming soon. Watch this space.]

Panelists

*Morning Star Gali - Project Director for Restoring Justice for Indigenous Peoples, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for Pit River Tribe. https://www.indigenousjustice.org/ 


*Ed Whitfield - Co-managing Director of the Fund for Democratic Communities, New Economy Coalition, The Working World, Southern Reparations Loan Fund. https://neweconomy.net/ https://southernreparations.org/ https://www.theworkingworld.org/us/ 

*Jessica Gordon-Nembhard - Professor of Community Justice & Social Economic Development at John Jay College, Author of 'Collective Courage: A History of African-American Coopertive Thought and Practice'. https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-06216-7.html 

*Esteban Kelly - Executive Director of the US Federation for Worker Cooperatives, Co-founder and worker-owner at AORTA (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance). https://usworker.coop http://aorta.coop/ 

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