Join us as we prepare to build up collective power and reshape the economy to serve Black Communities!

Register for the Black CoopNomics Academy, a 10 week course built to teach and empower you to launch your own Black-led cooperatives within your community.

Each week, a professional in the field will have a lecture about topics like

• The history of Black cooperatives within the United States
• Tools and knowledge to build your own cooperative
• Strategies designed to build self determination, and how to build collective wealth within your community
• Real life examples of Black led coops throughout the country.

Each week on Saturday mornings, starting September 13, we'll meet at 10:30 am at the Network for Developing Conscious Communities headquarters, at 4115 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229

Here are the presenters and sessions:

Ron Hantz

Founder and Executive Director of Network for Developing Conscious Communities

Recovering the Legacy: Black Cooperative Movements in U.S. History

September 13, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Taji Amani

Business Relationship Steward,

Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy

Cooperative Financial Literacy: Managing Money Together

September 20, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Johan Matthews

Principle of Mutual Design and Ecosystem Strategy Manager of the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast

Funding Black Cooperatives: Capital Strategies that Center us

September 27, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Chloe Thompson

Community Engagement Officer of Takoma Park Silver Spring Coop

Telling Your Story: Branding and Marketing for Black Cooperatives

October 4, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Woullard Lett

Co-chair of National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (New England Chapter)

Building Strong Cooperative Leadership and Governance

October 11, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm 

Hans Petit-Homme

V.P. Senior Business Consultant of Chase Business Banking

Blueprints for Collective Success: Writing a Cooperative Business Plan

October 18, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Chipo Nyambuya

Founder of WisConnect LWCA

Staying Strong Through the Storm: Crisis Management for Cooperatives

October 25, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Tahquetta Hunter

Freelance Graphic and Web Designer

Technology, Innovation, and the Future of Black Cooperatives

November 1, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Pacyinz Lyfoung

Attorney at Law

Cooperatives and the Law: Building a Strong Legal Foundation

November 8, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Jamila White

Founder and Co-Owner of blakQuity

Sustaining Ourselves: Health, Wellness, and Collective Care in Co-ops

November 15, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Interested in joining us? Please sign up here https://ndccnetwork.org/baltimore-and-district-of-columbia-coorporative-academy/ or contact Maki Chapman at makilchapman@gmail.com. Help us build a better tomorrow. Together.