"I abandoned a career as a Russian historian to be a co-op organizer starting in the 1970s. I discovered financial cooperatives-namely, credit unions, and joined the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions in 1980."
"I grew up in a household where community service and community development is what we talked about at the kitchen table. I tell people that a funny thing happened on my way to Wall Street."
#social-justice #community-development #financial-empowerment #cooperative-movement #racial-capitalism
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