Cash. Dinero. Pesos. Dollar Bills.

Money has been a part of human history, in some form, for thousands of years. Whether it’s represented by a gold coin, wampum, or a paper bill, money doesn’t have inherent value. The value of currencies will always be dependent on the importance people place on it. However, throughout history, both the usage and the form of money have evolved.

So what is money, and how does it work? This series of workshops will explore, and demystify, the histories, futures, symbolism and culture around currency. Our featured guests include Arielle Gray, Christine Desan, K-Sue Park, and Jovanna Jones!

Our next Ujima Open Meeting is TONIGHT on Zoom.

Time: Wednesday, Feb 16th, 6PM EST | Location: Zoom Only

6:00PM-7:15PM - #Co-Learn:

This week, we're studying debt with Dr. K-sue Park.

Dr. K-Sue Park’s scholarship examines the development of American property law, immigration law, and the creation of the American real estate system through the histories of colonization and enslavement.

Previously, she was the Critical Race Studies Fellow at UCLA School of Law and an Equal Justice Works Fellow and staff attorney in El Paso, where she investigated predatory mortgage lending schemes as part of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid’s foreclosure defense team.  Park earned her B.A. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa honors from Cornell University, where she was a College Scholar, her M.Phil with Distinction in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was a Presidential Scholar, and her Ph.D. in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley, where she was a Javits Fellow.

Her publications have appeared or are forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, The University of Chicago Law Review, The History of the Present, Law & Social Inquiry, and the New York Times

7:15-8:30PM - #Co-Create: Anchor Institution Outreach Member Team

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Feb 16 - Debt with K-sue Park

Feb 16 - Anchor Institution Outreach Member Team

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Last week at #UjimaWednesdays, we held our first #IYKYK discussion about representations of money in Black sitcoms. ‘If You Know, You Know’ Wednesdays is a new BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) meeting space for Ujima community members. Please note that this virtual space is not for White allies and these meetings are not recorded. In lieu of notes, we will share highlights from the discussion:

• Black sitcoms are full of teachable moments, like Molly's efforts to get her family's affairs in order in Insecure
• In many ways the show Girlfriends showed us what toxic friendship can look like; there were many class undercurrents in that show where poor characters were ridiculed or not taken seriously 
• In the world of Zoom, where virtual meetings have more formality, it's nice to have unstructured conversations about cultural topics like this

Upcoming Ujima Meetings

We hold Open Meetings every Wednesday at 6pm, on Zoom!

See our calendar below for details on our February workshops below.

#UjimaWednesdays Meeting Agenda:

6:00-7:15 - Community Building + Financial and Political Education
7:15-8:30 - Member Team Meetings

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