Building the Solidarity Economy in the context of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter
/Building the Solidarity Economy in the context of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter
US Solidarity Economy Network Session at the World Social Forum of Transformative Economies held June 25th - July. 1st, 2020
In the US, the dual crises of COVID and racist policing are highlighting failures in our racist capitalist patriarchal economy, forcing us to create institutions that better fill our needs. Our panel will discuss grassroots solidarity economy responses - such as mutual aid networks, community gardening, bartering and time banking, and movements for community control of policing and resources - and strategize about bringing them together into a movement for systemic economic transformation. -- Moderated by Mike Strode of The Kola Nut Collaborative, this panel featured Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, Nia K. Evans of Boston Ujima Project, and Dominique Pearson of Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance.
