Dean’s Social Science Lecture Series and the UCSB Blum Center Presents:

Keynote Address in Cooperative Economics by Jessica Gordon-Nembhard

 “African American Cooperatives and Economic Justice”

April 19, 5:00-6:30 PM PT

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Drawing on deeply-rooted traditions of collective action, African Americans have historically engaged in cooperative enterprise in pursuit of economic justice and community empowerment, and to build democratic alternatives to prevailing models of capitalist growth. In this talk, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard will share insights from her pathbreaking research to discuss the history and legacy of Black cooperative movements and how they continue to inform on the ground efforts to realize a more just economic future.

Panel Discussion to follow w/ Professor Christopher McAuley, UCSB Department of Black Studies and Marcelino Sepulveda, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative.