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Black Business Office Hours

Thu. April 1, 2021 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Black Business Office Hours

Thu. March 18, 2021 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Black Business Office Hours

Thu. March 4, 2021 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Black Business Office Hours

Wed. February 10, 2021 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Black Business Office Hours

Thu. February 4, 2021 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Lunch Time Office Hours: Payment Protection Program (PPP)

Thu. January 7, 2021 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues, especially regarding the Payment Protection Program (PPP), a federal COVID-19 relief program. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Tax Deductions for Black Business Owners

Sat. November 21, 2020 | 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues, especially regarding tax savings opportunities in Maryland. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

COVID-19 Financing Options for Black Businesses

Sat. November 14, 2020 | 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern

Ujamaa Works members will hold open office hours for black business owners to any questions and share their issues, especially regarding COVID-19 relief funding. We'll discuss why black entrepreneurs who want liberation from systems of oppression should consider the context of our political economy.

Open to the public. Please register on Eventbrite.

Liberation Susu Initiative

Sat. August 15, 2020 | 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

Partners and invitees are welcome.

Liberation Susu Study Group: Capitalism & Ecological Socialism

Fri. July 24, 2020 | 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern

Sat. July 25, 2020 | 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

Defining capitalism, private property, socialism and ecological socialism; relationship between capitalism and democracy; relationship between socialism and democracy; role of police, militaries and state violence under capitalism; environmental racism; visioning and creating ecological socialism

Partners and invitees are welcome.

Liberation Susu Study Group: Imperialism & Anti-imperialism

Fri. June 26, 2020 | 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern

Sat. June 27, 2020 | 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

Defining imperialism and anti-imperialism; relationship between capitalism and democracy; agents and beneficiaries of imperialism; moments when imperialists caught these hands; visioning and creating systemic anti-imperialism

Partners and invitees are welcome.

Liberation Susu Study Group: Pan-African Socialism

Fri. May 29, 2020 | 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern

Sat. May 30, 2020 | 10:30am Pacific / 1:30pm Eastern

Partners and invitees are welcome.

Ujamaa Works Study Group: Pan-African Self-Determination

Co-Host: Baltimore chapter of Black Alliance for Peace

April 12, 2020 | 2 - 4pm Eastern

Defining self-determination; the United Nations and international law; anti-colonial perspective of self-determination; people(s)-centered human rights

Open to the public. Email t@ujamaaworks.com for details.

Ujamaa Works Study Group: Cooperative Merger & Acquisition Finance

Guest Instructor: Joseph Cureton, Chief Coordinating Officer of Obran Cooperative (formerly Staffing Cooperative), Member of Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED)

Ecosystem for cooperative financing; reverse triangular acquisition model; non-extractive financing

February 3, 2020 | 7 - 8pm Eastern

Members are invited.

Ujamaa Works Study Group: Visioning Systemic Anti-racism in the US Private Sector

January 20, 2020 | 7 - 8pm Eastern

Experiencing racism, processing racism, not processing racism; racism in primarily black businesses and primarily non-black businesses; racism in financial services and other industries; legal origins of "whiteness" and white nationalism in the US; visioning anti-racist thought and anti-racist management

Members are invited.

Ujamaa Works Study Group: Worker Cooperative Financing

Guest Instructor: Joseph Cureton, Chief Coordinating Officer of Obran Cooperative (formerly Staffing Cooperative), Member of Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED)

December 16, 2019 | 7 - 8pm Eastern

Challenges of traditional financing; ecosystem for cooperative financing; cooperative lenders' criteria; cooperative founders' dilemma; non-extractive financing; risks of external financing

Members are invited.