Building a Solidarity Economy with Renee Hatcher and Matthew Slaats

Richmond Racial Equity Essays

At the intersection of racism and economics, Ebony talks with Renee Hatcher from University of Illinois Chicago Law School’s Community Enterprise & Solidarity Economy Clinic and Matthew Slaats, PHD candidate at University of Virginia and member of the Virginia Solidarity Economy Network. Renee and Matthew are part of the movement that is imagining and working to build an economy that puts people and planet before private profits and power. They discuss the principles of Solidarity Economy, share examples of work going on in Chicago and Virginia as well as advocate for the need to create institutions that counter capitalism with collective ownership and power.