Facing Race: A National Conference in St. Louis, MO — November 20-22, 2024

Jessica Gordon Nembhard

Professor | John Jay College, CUNY
Associate Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Department of Africana Studies, John Jay College, CUNY. She is a political economist specializing in community economic development, cooperatives and worker ownership, and Black Political Economy.

Presentations from Facing Race 2012

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice

This inventive workshop delves into innovation, business and social impact in the context of race and structural inequality. Led byChrisRabb, author, teacher and social entrepreneur in residence at Temple University, this fast-paced session will feature lively discussion, self-organized break-outs, engaging exercises, and a visually-oriented primer on the state of social entrepreneurship through the lens of racial justice.

Speakers: Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Chris Rabb, Andy Shallal