June 2024

Reflections on the 2024 National Conference on the Black Cooperative Agenda

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The 3rd Annual National Conference on the Black Cooperative Agenda was held June 13-15,2024 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The conference was organized by the Network for Developing Conscious Communities (NDCC) and Nexus Community Partners with the theme Driving Economic Wealth: The Power of Black Cooperative Enterprises. While national in scope, the conference highlighted the growing […]

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Advancing the ownership economy: 2024 annual summit highlights

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This May 6-8, the 2024 Employee Ownership Equity Summit convened policymakers, funders, business owners and advisors to address some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities around broad-based employee ownership. Exceptional speakers, ranging from acclaimed journalist and author Nick Romeo to former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs inspired attendees to develop visionary, actionable plans that will

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Building Black Wealth through EO: A New Research Collaboration with Morehouse and UC Riverside

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Broad-based employee ownership (EO) has emerged as a transformative strategy to boost incomes and build wealth for working people, including low- and moderate-income workers and workers of color. But as EO gains momentum across the country, questions remain about its specific impacts on Black communities: To what degree are Black workers currently benefiting from EO?

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