Welcome to Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Nina Stender who leads the rapid response cooperative development project at the Democracy at Work Institute. An expert in worker owned cooperatives, Nina has educational and professional experience on cooperatives. On today’s show, Nina describes worker owned cooperatives, how they are organized and operated, and outlines the important role they play in communities. I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Democracy at Work Institute

https://institute.coop/

Rapid Response Cooperatives Sales and Client Development

https://institute.coop/rapid-response-cooperatives-sales-and-client-development

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership

https://slu.cuny.edu/urban-studies/graduate-programs/advanced-certificate-cwop/

New York City Participatory Budgeting

https://council.nyc.gov/pb/

Book: Collective Courage by Jessica Gordon Nembhard

https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09750-3.html?srsltid=AfmBOoroVh0WXLOVbJfaUxHjpDivwh3lcXbvwEbl-qs6GVok8fuozm4l

Book: We Decide: Theories and Cases in Participatory Democracy by Michael Menser

https://tupress.temple.edu/books/we-decide

Welcome to Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Malik Yakini, co-founder and former executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network. In that capacity, he provided leadership and vision on many projects, including the Detroit Food Policy Council, the D-Town Farm, and the Detroit Food Commons. On today’s show we talk about Malik’s work around food justice and black sovereignty, the history of Detroit, and his assessment of the present moment in society. I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and D-Town Farm

https://www.dbcfsn.org/

Detroit Food Policy Council

https://www.detroitfoodpc.org/

Detroit People’s Food Co-op

https://detroitpeoplesfoodcoop.com/

Detroit Food Commons

https://www.dbcfsn.org/detroitfoodcommons

Welcome to Crossing the Chasm. On today’s episode, I am joined by Charolette Gonzales, policy and advocacy director at the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Charlotte identifies as a Navajo woman and as a Pueblo woman and has degrees in political science and critical justice studies. On this episode, she talks about violence against indigenous women, what contributes to that violence, what is being done about it and her own experiences that draw her to this work. Thank you so much for tuning-in and I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women

https://csvanw.org/

CSVANW Policy Resource Hub

https://csvanw.org/focus-areas/policy-and-advocacy/csvanw-policy-resource-hub/

Oliphant vs. Suquamish Indian Tribe

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/435/191/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliphant_v._Suquamish_Indian_Tribe

Bureau of Indian Affairs

https://www.bia.gov/bia

Women Who Run With Wolves

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/47111/women-who-run-with-the-wolves-by-clarissa-pinkola-estes-phd/