Omar Freilla is co-founder and steering committee member of Collective Diaspora, a global community of Black cooperatives & Black-led cooperative support organizations. Omar is a serial trailblazer, social entrepreneur, and movement builder dedicated to community self-determination and regenerative economies.Drawing from his experiences growing up in the South Bronx and witnessing struggles for community empowerment, he has dedicated himself to creating just and regenerative economic systems.This interview opened my eyes to the potential of new worker-led economic models for historically marginalized and economically exploited communities. It also made me re-evaluate the privileges I’ve experienced.What We DiscussWhat we discuss 00:00 Intro 02:50 Who is Omar?03:50 Who or what made him? 06:50 The impact of Neoliberalism on marginalized Communities 08:50 A defining memory that affected his life direction 17:50 Nature or nurture impact on his development 21:30 Early activism against apartheid25:20 Early ambitions 27:30 Becoming environmentally conscious 30:50 Activism triggered by the Rodney King beating 34:35 Seeking out new economic alternatives in Cooperatives40:50 The lack of Venture funding for cooperatives43:40 Creating new Benchmarks for Return on Investment45:10 What Omar is working to achieve with Collective Diaspora49:45 Forming a Cooperative Business 54:00 Becoming a Fellow of Echoing Green 1:00:30 Imperative for Black and Latin Cooperatives  1:07:54 Omar’s ambitions for 2030 1:10:00 Raising funding 1:16:00 How to become part of the Collective Diaspora 1:18:00 Remaining resolute 1:19:45 Omar’s gifts 1:20:40 What he’s complimented for1:22:00 Omar’s advice for anyone wanting to support Social Links Linkedin Twitter Collective DiasporaLinks The Bronx Black Panther partyYoung Lords Green Worker CooperativesU.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives,Marcus Garvey Malcolm X Seed Commons  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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