University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson

Organizing for Revolution not Crisis Avoidance

Wednesday, February 23, 12 noon (US Central Time)
Online via Zoom

This event was presented in collaboration with CONTER.

Smiling man with mustache & goatee wearing a newsboy cap & black shirt. He is holding a microphone and is in front of colorful posters that line the wall behind him.

Kali Akuno is the co-director of Cooperation Jackson, an emerging network of worker cooperatives and supporting institutions based in Jackson, MS. Cooperation Jackson seeks to create economic democracy and a vibrant solidarity economy in Jackson that will help to transform Mississippi and the South. Kali served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. His focus was supporting cooperative development, sustainability, human rights and international relations. He is also the former Co-Director of the US Human Rights Network and served as the Executive Director of the Peoples’ Hurricane Relief Fund (PHRF) based in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.

 

Due to COVID-19, all Havens Wright Center events were hosted online via Zoom.