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Coops as a Tool for Racial Justice - London

Event

Start date / time
Wednesday 13 July 2022, 4:00pm
End date / time
Wednesday 13 July 2022, 7:00pm
Location
SPACE4, 113 Fonthill Road, London, N4 3HH
More information
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Co-ops Racial Justice

This workshop will explore the legacy of co-operative development as a political and economic strategy that builds a racially just economy.

Co-operatives have a rich history and legacy in communities of colour in the UK, with the first cooperatives being formed by the Windrush generation. This workshop, led by Decolonising Economics, will explore this legacy of co-operative development as a political and economic strategy that supports the aims of building a racial justice economy.

What to expect:

  • Understanding the history and legacy of co-operative development in BPOC communities
  • Understanding how building co-operatives is a strategy to support racial justice
  • Understand how to support and work alongside BPOC communities to develop co-operative and collectively owned assets as part of your own organising

Decolonising Economics is led by Nonhlanhla Makuyana and Guppi Kaur Bola, a small collective working to build a solidarity economy movement that is rooted in racial justice principles. Work is inspired by a long history of resistance by BPOC communities who have been building alternatives to the extractive capitalist economy. The collective emerged as a response to the white dominant culture and practice of mainstream 'new economy' organisations in the UK. It seeks to transform the practices and culture of the new economy movement towards just transition principles, alongside an investment in the leadership of BPOC communities.

This workshop is part of the Cooperate Islington programme & funded by Islington Council.