The Cooperative Movement for #BlackAndBrownPower
Guests: Dhoruba Toure Shakur (@DhorubaShakur) , Elizabeth Vega (@chicanapoet1), Jalal Akbar Sabur
Co-Hosts: Susan Smith (@FergPalRadio), Daniel Ismael Aguilar (@Ferguson2NYC)
Topic: Roots CoOp (@RootsCoOpSTL), Black Souljahz (@BSouljahzSTL), Sweet Freedom Farm
This episode focuses on a growing Cooperative Movement for #BlackAndBrownPower.
Learn about two cooperatives that are working towards building a federation of cooperatives in North Saint Louis:
- Roots CoOp; Affinity Groups In Residence: Tribe X (@TribeX_STL); Artivists (@ArtivistsSTL), #ResistanceTheology (@ReclaimHolyWeek)
- Dhoruba Toure Shakur and others with Black Souljahz.
Visit their websites at www.RootsCoOp.org and www.blacksoujahz.wordpress.com.
Also, learn how the Sweet Freedom Farm through the Freedom Food Alliance and the Victory Bus Project are connecting cooperatives and farming to prisoner justice in the Hudson Valley, New York.
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