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Ed Whitfield will draw on his work with Seed Commons, the Fund for Democratic Communities, and his extensive engagement in justice initiatives, to weave his theory and approaches for advancing social change, equity, and justice through cooperative enterprise and non-extractive finance.
Ed Whitfield is a co-founder of Seed Commons, a community wealth cooperative that channels investment to marginalized communities that have faced the brunt of the extractive economy, deindustrialization, and systemic discrimination, making community-controlled finance available to cooperatively-owned businesses that create jobs, build wealth, and challenge inequality. He also chairs the Southern Reparations Loan Fund and serves on the board of The Working World and the New Economy Coalition.
A long time social justice activist, Ed has been involved in community organizing and peace work since the late 60‘s, when he was a student activist at Cornell University. Ed is deeply involved in theorizing and promoting the development of cooperative enterprises in marginalized communities throughout the South.
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