Imagining and Demanding Economic Justice in the Time of Coronavirus
Imagining and Demanding Economic Justice in the Time of Coronavirus
IRRPP and the Social Justice Initiative held a conversation with writers, organizers, educators, and academics to discuss how collective action and the solidarity economy can help to not only address immediate issues related to the Coronavirus pandemic but also plan for an alternative economic future. Panelists were Kali Akuno (Co-founder and Executive Director of Cooperation Jackson), Hoda Katebi (Iranian-American writer, community organizer, and creative educator as well as founding member of Blue Tin Production), Penn Loh (Senior Lecturer and Director of the MPP Program and Community Practice at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning), Renee Hatcher (Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Clinic at UIC John Marshall Law School-Chicago), and Stacey Sutton (Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy and Faculty Fellow at IRRPP).