Roots Coop

02/26/2016

Here's my latest article about the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship at Saint Louis University. It's a challenge to take the title beyond resume decoration & into action. http://www.unewsonline.com/2016/02/25/mlk-more-than-just-a-scholarship/

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps perpetuate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating

02/19/2016

In fact, research shows that at one point CO-OPs in the forms of businesses, housing etc. was essential to black survival in America. The truth of the matter is that at this time it was best for black to keep their tactics for economic survival under wraps, and within their communities only. If whites knew of these collective efforts it was guaranteed than an attack was sure to follow.

02/19/2016

We hear many people say Blacks don't do coops. However that is a false narrative because Coops have a rich history within both black and brown communities as a pathway to liberation. Roots coop is in good company. http://www.shareable.net/blog/interview-the-deep-roots-of-african-american-cooperative-economics

Wedge Food Coop in Minneapolis Anticipating the upcoming Jackson Rising: New Economies Conference in Jackson, Missisissippi, I interviewed Jessica Gordon Nembhard, an expert on African American History and Cooperatives. Here's a sneak peek of insights from her groundbreaking new book, Collective Cou…

01/15/2016

We did it!!! With your help we raised $5008 and are now off to pay our LAST balloon payment. With this payment our activist home will be 50% paid! Thank you so very much for your love and support! Stay tuned to for our upcoming newsletter. Also we do still have a couple rooms open for interested activists with a passion for truly grassroots community building and who need affordable housing. Thanks again!!

12/30/2015

NYC shutting it down for .

12/28/2015

We are open for 2 more coop members. Please apply if interested and feel free to dm me with any questions.

The Roots CoOp is a collaborative community for Black and Brown Power. Our mission is to manifest Black and Brown self-determination through common ownership, community collaboration, and radicalized solidarity.

12/23/2015

Pleased to announce that the mirrored casket created by Artivists Stl has been officially accepted into the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. We didn't create it for a gallery but rather to somehow express pain and suffering that went beyond words. The idea came from De Nichols. She was on the streets of Ferguson when protesters were met with tanks. At the direction of Tef Poe protesters got on their knees and raised their hands up. People in the pathway of a tank started literally praying. For several nights afterwards De had a recurring dream of a fractured mirrored casket. Marcis Curtis and Damon Davis turned it into reality. Other Artivists like Elizabeth Vega, Sophie Lipman, Mallory Nezam and Derek Laney supported the effort by securing funding, gathering supplies and planning marches where it would be used. Congrats Artivists!!
http://codeblackreport.com/nmaahc-smithsonian

11/23/2015

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In our Pamoja session tonight we have and presenting on their work.

09/16/2015

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09/16/2015

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