NOW Webinar - Cooperative Economies for Collective Leadership

Date/Time: Apr. 22, 2021, 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Register here: http://bit.ly/NOWWebinar-April2021

Join us for the April 2021 NOW Webinar: Cooperative Economies for Collective Leadership at 1pm ET-2pm ET. 

RSVP Here: http://bit.ly/NOWWebinar-April2021 

Cooperative Economies for Collective Leadership:

New Paradigms for Funding Community-Determined Efforts to Advance Child Wellbeing and Equity

Thursday, April 22, 2021

10-11am Pacific / 1-2pm Eastern

Cooperatives have long served an important model for building community wellbeing, guided by values of democratic decision making, shared power and ownership, and equitable distribution of health, economic, and social benefits.  Learn from leading experts and practitioners in the field who will provide an overview of the principles and structure of cooperative economies and models, including barriers and challenges, as well as benefits and opportunities of implementing this model to advance community wellbeing.  

Featured speakers:

• Nia Evans, Executive Director, Boston Ujima Project

• James Vamboi, Chief of Staff, Community, and Culture, Boston Ujima Project

• Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development, City University of New York (CUNY)

• Marcos Beleche, Board President, Dorchester Food Cooperative

•  Moderator: Ronda Alexander, Director of Operations, Vital Village Network

NOTA: Hay una línea en español disponible para los participantes que deseen escuchar interpretación en vivo durante el seminario web.