Episode #11 in which Emily Kawano shows us that each of us can be part of creating an economy that works for all of us. Emily Kawano is the co-coordinator and co-founder of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and served on the Board of RIPESS (the Intercontinental Network for the Social Solidarity Economy) for almost a decade. She is the co-director of Wellspring Cooperative, based in Springfield, MA that is building a local solidarity economy ecosystem, including a network of worker co-ops. She has a Ph.D in economics from UMass, Amherst where she joined the Center for Popular Economics and served as director for nine years. She taught economics at Smith College and was the National Economic Justice Representative for the American Friends Service Committee. You can reach Emily at Wellspring Cooperative https://wellspringcoop.org/ or at her LinkedIn page here https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-kawano-5863516/

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