Episode 256: The Kendeda Fund Impact - Part 2, Nexus Community Partners

We continue our look at the ways The Kendeda Fund impacts employee ownership. Bret Keisling is joined by Benjamin Tsai and Christina Nicholson of Nexus Community Partners which focuses, among other areas, on Community Wealth Building (CWB). which works to build just and equitable communities by promoting local and broad-based ownership; lifting up cooperative and culturally-based economic practices; developing the next generation of leaders; and influencing economic policy and investment decisions. CWB is guided by a set of values and principles rooted in equity, culture, mutuality and stewardship. It is driven by the belief that economic systems must shift away from extractive models towards strategies that build regenerative local economies. Benjamin and Christina share how Nexus works to create new worker cooperatives, how employee ownership changes and enhances communities, and why it is particularly critical to increase ownership among people and communities of color. The guests also share how The Kendeda Fund has allowed their work to flourish. Links to the case studies and supporting documents mentioned in this podcast and the video version of this episode are all available on our website at https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/256-the-kendeda-fund-impact-part-2-nexus-community-partners