Shared Equity Ownership Summit: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Economic inclusion through worker and community ownership
Strategies for community wealth building
Mitigating the impacts of the Silver Tsunami on small businesses
Scaling local business ownership programs
Aligning public policy with cooperative economic models
Addressing the national wealth gap through local investment
Equitable housing and medical debt relief initiatives
Notable Quotes (3)
The journey of shared ownership in St. Paul has been intentional and collaborative and guided by a vision of economic inclusion.
Shared ownership historyOpening remarks on the history of the city's economic policy.
If folks don't have the means of being able to have a sustainable lifestyle they can't buy goods and services and your economy is going to collapse.
Economic sustainabilityWarning about the consequences of the widening national wealth gap.
Cooperative economics and collective care has always been a part of the way the communities have taken care of themselves.
Community wealth buildingReframing modern cooperative work as a reclamation of ancestral practices.
People (3)
Acam KisaRepresentative
Moderator and host representing the City of St. Paul's economic strategy office.
Evan EdwardsCEO
Expert in worker-owned businesses and employee ownership transitions.
Rapa MaeaFounding President and CEO
Leader in community wealth building and cooperative ecosystem development.
Places Mentioned
St. Paul, MinnesotaOakland, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaOrdway Center for the Performing Arts (erroneous meeting location)Ethiopia (cultural context)
Events & Meetings (1)
- Summit on Shared Ownership in St. Paul (Date unspecified)