10 May

Cooperatives, Community Development and Social Justice

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An Interview with Jessica Gordon-Nembhard and Ed Whitfield

Richard Rice interviews Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, PhD and Ed Whitfield on Cooperatives, Community Development and Social Justice.

Jessica is the author of “Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice” [and a member of the GEO collective]. Ed is a social critic, writer and co-Managing Director of the Fund for Democratic Communities.

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