The fact that St. Paul's mayor would keynote a co-op conference and call for a co-op-centered economy speaks to the increased prominence of the Black cooperative movement.
There has been a rising tide of Black-led worker co-ops, including an estimated two dozen in New York City alone.
At the conference, participants expressed far greater ambitions. Ron Hantz, founder and executive director of NDCC, noted pointedly, 'We have to connect. We have to build. This is okay, but it ain't where we want to be.'
One central theme at the conference was the importance of thinking about co-ops as being more than businesses. Instead, participants discussed co-ops as essential building blocks of liberation and cultural transformation.
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