Without the promise of economic liberty, or the possibility of freedom’s pursuit, generations of Black families authored a new Declaration of hope and freedom.
As cooperative power gained steam, ingenuity was fueling the economic engine driving opportunity for Black communities from the Deep South to the North. Cooperation was transforming American demography and birthing a new economic body politic.
Though many cooperative models began as a means to survive, without restitution or resolution for social, political, and economic violence, Black cooperatives were a reclamation of human flourishing beyond the colonial gaze.
From the Combahee River Colony to the Freedom Quilting Bee, generations of Black women have been the binding thread holding the legacy of Black cooperativism together. We gathered a panel of experts leading organizations that are continuing this legacy.
Elizabeth L. Carter, Co-Founder of WisConnect Holding Cooperative and Tamah Yisrael, Co-Founder of Cooperation New Orleans, both members of Common Future’s 2024 Accelerator cohort, are demonstrating how cooperative models are closing the opportunity gap for Black women entrepreneurs.
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