California

Mandela Grocery Coop

June 2020—Project Equity had a chance to connect with Andrea Talley, the general manager of Mandela Grocery Coop, an Oakland icon and one of Project Equity’s Thrive program clients. We talked about the store’s focus on its community mission, the power of Black cooperatives, and how this essential business has survived and even thrived since COVID-19

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Recology

May 1, 2020—Project Equity reached out to Julie Bertani-Kiser, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Recology, to find out how their ESOP company was responding to the health crisis. Recology is based in San Francisco, and provides waste and recycling services in California, Oregon, and Washington and has over 3,800 employee-owners. How does being

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