Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
Jessica Gordon-Nembhard is is an associate professor of community justice and social economic development in the Department of African-American Studies at John Jay College, CUNY. She is also a consultant (formerly Research Director) to the Preamble Center, Washington, DC. From 1997-2000, she was Senior Economist at Morgan State University’s Institute for Urban Research; and was Economic Development Analyst for the Black Community Crusade for Children of the Children’s Defense Fund from 1993-1996. Dr. Nembhard’s current areas of interest include democratic community-based economic development, alternative urban development strategies, cooperative economics, race and economic inequality, wealth inequality, and popular economic literacy.[1]
Cooperative Hall of Fame Banquet
Ed Whitfield May 3, 2017 ·
Clark Arrington, John Zippert, Ed Whitfield, Ralph Paige, Esteban Kelly, and Jessica Gordon-Nembhard at the National Press Club Cooperative Hall of Fame Banquet honoring John and Carol Zippert. An allstar photo, perhaps?
Collective Courage book signing
Julia Ho July 31, 2016 ·
At the Collective Courage book signing. Very honored to be connected to these two amazing freedom fighting Black women, Jamala Rogers and Jessica Gordon-Nembhard. ✊🏽✊🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 .
Plenaries
Jackson Rising Conference was held in Jackson, Mississippi May 2-4, 2014.
Opening plenary: John Zippert, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ed Whitfield, Kali Akuno.
When the hundreds of registered participants poured into the huge hall Friday evening and saw it filling up, one could sense the excitement and rising spirit of solidarity amidst diversity. The opening plenary keynote speakers included Jessica Gordon-Nembhard of the US Solidarity Economy Network (SEN), Wendell Paris of the Federation of Southern Coops (FSC) Land Assistance fund, Cornelius Blanding, Special Projects Director of the FSC, Ed Whitfield of the Southern Grassroots Economies Project based in North Carolina, and Kali Akuno of Jackson’s MXGM.
Gordon-Nembhard started off. A professor at John Jay College in New York, she recently published Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice, a groundbreaking study on the topic.