Jessica Gordon Nembhard (born July 3, 1956) is an American

political economist Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies poli ...

. She has published books and articles in major economics journals. She is currently Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Department of Africana Studies at

John Jay College The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts col ...

, City University of NY. Gordon Nembhard was inducted into the U.S. Cooperative Hall of Fame in May, 2016. Gordon Nembhard's work has covered a variety of topics, including: * Community-based economic development * Alternative

urban development Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of peop ...

strategies *

Cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ...

economics and worker ownership *

Racial Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of va ...

and economic inequality *

Wealth inequality The distribution of wealth is a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society. It shows one aspect of economic inequality or economic heterogeneity. The distribution of wealth differs from the income distribution in that ...

Credit union A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit organization, nonprofit cooperative financial institution. They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts (savings accounts), share draft accounts (che ...

s * Popular

economic An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...

literacy * Community-based

asset In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity. It is anything (tangible or intangible) that can be used to produce positive economic value. Assets represent value of ownership that can b ...

building * Community-based approaches to

justice In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...

''Collective Courage''

In May 2014, Gordon Nembhard's ''Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice'' was published, aimed at chronicling

African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...

cooperative business ownership and its role in the

social movement A social movement is either a loosely or carefully organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a Social issue, social or Political movement, political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to re ...

s for

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' political freedom, freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and ...

and economic equality. A study of African American history organizing various forms of cooperatives, "Collective Courage" adds the details of cooperative economic behavior to

African-American history African-American history started with the forced transportation of List of ethnic groups of Africa, Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. The European colonization of the Americas, and the resulting Atlantic slave trade, ...

resulting in an increased understanding of African American collective economic history and offers guidance for

grassroots A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or continent movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from volunteers at the local level to imp ...

economic organizing.

Selected publications

Books

* 2014. ''Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice''. Pennsylvania State University Press
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* 1996. ''Capital Control, Financial Regulation, and Industrial Policy in South Korea and Brazil''. Praeger Publishers.
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Articles

* 2014. "Community-based Asset Building and Community Wealth." Review of Black Political Economy 41, pp. 101–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-014-9184-z * 2013. “Community Development Credit Unions: Securing and Protecting Assets in Black Communities.” ''Review of Black Political Economy'' 40, pp. 459–490. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12114-013-9166-6 * 2012. “Wealth Affirming Policies for Women of Color.” (with Kris Marsh) ''Review of Black Political Economy'' special issue “The Invisible Woman” Vol. 39, pp. 353–360. * 2011. "Worker Cooperatives and the Solidarity Economy Movement." (with Emily Kawano) ''Luxemburg Journal'', #3, pp. 14–31. * 2008. "Alternative Economics, a Missing Component in the African American Studies Curriculum: Teaching Public Policy and Democratic Community Economics to Black Students." In “Special Issue: Black Political Economy in the 21st Century: Exploring the Interface of Economics and Black Studies.” ''Journal of Black Studies'' Vol. 38 No. 5, pp. 758–782. * 2006. “Principles and Strategies for Reconstruction: Models of African American Community-Based Cooperative Economic Development.” ''Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy'' Vol. 12, pp. 39–55. * 2004a. “Non-Traditional Analyses of Cooperative Economic Impacts: Preliminary Indicators and a Case Study.” ''Review of International Co-operation'' Vol. 97, No. 1 (2004), pp. 6–21. * 2004b. “Cooperative Ownership and the Struggle for African American Economic Empowerment.” ''Humanity & Society'' Vol. 28, No. 3, 298–321. * 2002a. “Cooperatives and Wealth Accumulation: Preliminary Analysis.” ''American Economic Review'' Vol. 92, No.2, pp. 325–329. * 2002b. “ Rhonda M. Williams: Competition, Race, Agency and Community.” “Special Issue: Tribute to Rhonda M. Williams.” (with Gary Dymski) ''Review of Black Political Economy'' Vol. 29, No.4, pp. 25–42. * 2000a. “Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: The International Record.” (with William Darity) ''American Economic Review'' Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 308–311. * 2000b. “Democratic Economic Participation and Humane Urban Redevelopment.” ''Trotter Review'', pp. 26–31. * 1999. "Cooperative Economics -- A Community Revitalization Strategy." (with Curtis Haynes Jr.) ''Review of Black Political Economy'', Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 47–71. * 1994. "Social Science Literature Concerning African American Men." (with Edmund T. Gordon and Edmund W. Gordon) ''The Journal of Negro Education,'' Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 508–531. * 1983. "Influence of Parent Practices Upon the Reading Achievement of Good and Poor Readers." (with P.H. Shields and D. Dupree) ''The Journal of Negro Education'', Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 436–445.

References

External links

John Jay College of Criminal Justice Faculty Page

Jessica Gordon Nembhard at Chicago Freedom Summer speakers

Interview with Jessica Gordon Nembhard at Grassroots Economic Organizing

RIPESS video interview
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