Join us on February 8 at 8:00 pm EST!
THE ORIGINS OF COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS: ROSCAS
A BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT.
Moderated by: Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein, University of Toronto
Panelists:
Andria Barrett, The Banker Ladies Council
Mabinty Bangura, The Banker Ladies Council
Juliet Kego Ume-Onyido, Black Women Professional Worker Co-op/Whole Woman Network
Jonah Chininga, The Miq
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/2fdvyy7u
An exploration of some of the key systemic barriers that exist for under-represented groups wanting to develop, or currently operating a co-operative, as well as barriers to ownership, membership, employment, accessibility and leadership, followed by a discussion on how we can collectively overcome them through practices and policies that will make our businesses and the co-operative sector more inclusive. (1.5 hours). Guest speakers include Esther Enylou, Executive Director of the Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre, and Juliet Kego Ume-Onyido, Director and Co-Founder of the Black Women’s Professional Worker Co-operative.
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“Freedom can’t be contained within a paradigm that is individualistic.
One can not be free alone: freedom is collective.”
— Dr. Angela Davis
“The 2022 Worlding #Feminist Political Economies was a Blast this year!
@UTSC @UofT students learned about #collective & community driven political economy.
Thank you @OsccoMiraya and @FrancisGrandaB for all of your wonderful work, with #DISE
@AfricanaEconomy.” – @carolinehossein
Truly honored and thankful to be a part of the 2022 Worlding #Feminist Political Economies Lecture series. What an incredible/phenomenal year this has been! A huge thank you to mentors and heart-centric leaders like Prof. Caroline Hossein of the #UniversityofToronto for inspiring so many of us to reimagine the SolidarityEconomy & #BlackSocialEconomy. A lovely shout out to Prof. Michelle Stack of the #UniversityofBritishColumbia…And other thought leaders in this space such Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard and Dr. Keisha Blain. We stand on your shoulders.👊
Deep appreciation also to the amazing teams at #AfricanaEconomy#DISECollective, and of course the masters/phd/post-graduate 🎓 students of #UniversityofToronto @utsc @uoft for their participation, insightful questions, and for joining us in co-creating a space for shared learning about #Collectives#Cooperativism, #CommunityDrivenPoliticalEconomy.
And to all the fellow speakers and panelists from across the globe, thank you for sharing your lived experiences, knowledge and wisdoms.” – Juliet Kego Ume-Onyido #WorldingFeminist#SisterhoodSolidarity
“No one’s free until everybody’s free.” – Fannie Lou Hamer #Ubuntu#Nwanyibuife🔥#BlackFeministTheory
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