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The Past and Future of Black Co-ops: A Conversation with Jessica Gordon Nembhard

NonProfit Quarterly

Jessica Gordon Nembhard : In the late 1990s, I got very interested in cooperative business development as a community economic development strategy, especially for subaltern populations like African Americans. SD: You talk about historical waves of Black co-op development in the United States.

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From Policy to Power: Centering People by Supporting Tenant Unions

NonProfit Quarterly

In this environment, a new generation of tenant organizers has emergedpeople who understand that the single best place to connect with community members is at their door, talking about the single biggest economic issue facing their family. A tenant union can be neighborhood- or citywide, across multiple landlords.