Linda Leaks and the DC Limited Equity Cooperative Movement Teach-in
Linda Leaks and the DC Limited Equity Cooperative Movement Teach-in
Join Douglass Center fellow Jess Rucker and The People's Archive for an intentionally intergenerational learning experience:
Linda Leaks and the DC Limited Equity Cooperative Movement: A Teach-in seeks to deepen participants’ knowledge of the long and ongoing struggle for safe, decent, and affordable housing in the nation’s capital, the day-to-day grassroots work it involved from the late 1970s through the early 2000s, and the central leadership of Black working-class women, like Linda Leaks, in the DC LEC movement. Known locally as the "Godmother of DC Housing Cooperatives," Leaks serves as an important theoretical and political figure. The event will extend access to this critical history at a moment when it has great value, as the nation’s capital continues to be one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in the United States. At the teach-in, humanities scholars, activists and organizers, and DC area educators will engage in three learning experiences—a moderated roundtable, small group discussions, and a collective share back session designed to amplify this vital movement.
Panelists include:
- Ajowa Ifateyo, discussant - Co-editor at Grassroots Economic Organizing and freelance writer, cooperative educator, certified nutritionist, and co-founder of the Ella Jo Baker Intentional Community Cooperative (EJBICC)
- Amanda Huron, discussant - musician, author, researcher of affordable housing and urban commons, professor of interdisciplinary social sciences at the University of the District of Columbia
- Jessica “Jess” A. Rucker, moderator - educator and activist, Douglass Center Fellow, and Prentiss Charney Fellow
- Linda Leaks, discussant - 2023 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductee, “The Godmother of DC Housing cooperatives”, and helped create 16 LECs in DC, and co-founder of the Ella Jo Baker Intentional Community Cooperative (EJBICC)
- Rosemary Ndubuizu, discussant - organizer, author, researcher of post-civil rights affordable housing politics and social movements, professor of African American/Black Studies at Georgetown University
- Taryn Tymus, discussant - Native Washingtonian, art-Based community activist who creates art that documents the human experience from an inner-city perspective, the President of our Cooperative Housing Board
This event is organized by Jessica "Jess" A. Rucker and supported by the Frederick Douglass Center. The event will be hosted by The People’s Archive, a local repository dedicated to documenting and preserving the stories, histories, and voices of Washington, DC’s various communities.
Join Douglass Center fellow Jess Rucker and The People's Archive for an intentionally intergenerational learning experience:
Linda Leaks and the DC Limited Equity Cooperative Movement: A Teach-in seeks to deepen participants’ knowledge of the long and ongoing struggle for safe, decent, and affordable housing in the nation’s capital, the day-to-day grassroots work it involved from the late 1970s through the early 2000s, and the central leadership of Black working-class women, like Linda Leaks, in the DC LEC movement. Known locally as the "Godmother of DC Housing Cooperatives," Leaks serves as an important theoretical and political figure. The event will extend access to this critical history at a moment when it has great value, as the nation’s capital continues to be one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in the United States. At the teach-in, humanities scholars, activists and organizers, and DC area educators will engage in three learning experiences—a moderated roundtable, small group discussions, and a collective share back session designed to amplify this vital movement.
Panelists include:
- Ajowa Ifateyo, discussant - Co-editor at Grassroots Economic Organizing and freelance writer, cooperative educator, certified nutritionist, and co-founder of the Ella Jo Baker Intentional Community Cooperative (EJBICC)
- Amanda Huron, discussant - musician, author, researcher of affordable housing and urban commons, professor of interdisciplinary social sciences at the University of the District of Columbia
- Jessica “Jess” A. Rucker, moderator - educator and activist, Douglass Center Fellow, and Prentiss Charney Fellow
- Linda Leaks, discussant - 2023 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductee, “The Godmother of DC Housing cooperatives”, and helped create 16 LECs in DC, and co-founder of the Ella Jo Baker Intentional Community Cooperative (EJBICC)
- Rosemary Ndubuizu, discussant - organizer, author, researcher of post-civil rights affordable housing politics and social movements, professor of African American/Black Studies at Georgetown University
- Taryn Tymus, discussant - Native Washingtonian, art-Based community activist who creates art that documents the human experience from an inner-city perspective, the President of our Cooperative Housing Board
This event is organized by Jessica "Jess" A. Rucker and supported by the Frederick Douglass Center. The event will be hosted by The People’s Archive, a local repository dedicated to documenting and preserving the stories, histories, and voices of Washington, DC’s various communities.
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