On April 2, 1847, Douglass stayed with John Bright in Rochdale the day before he sailed from Liverpool back to America finally a free man.

JCARF (Jefferson County Anti-Racist Fund) is a community supported wealth redistribution and mutual aid project focused on the individual and collective wellness of our local community of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).

Meet the locals! Grace Love, owner of Nadine’s Kitchen offers Soul Drop Biscuit Mix in collaboration with Finnriver Grains.

From mutual aid societies to independent fugitive communities and from farmer cooperatives to consumer co-ops, In honor of Juneteenth and the Black Lives Matter movement, a short history of Black Cooperatives in America.

"Putting in the work", we are listening and learning how to create a more equitable community.

The last time I saw him was on 5 May 2010, when I was being inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. I thought we’d have about 10-15 minutes with John, but he gave us over an hour, speaking about the South and his life working with cooperatives, sharing some of his stories about the Federation of Southern Cooperatives.

We stand in solidarity against injustice, racism, discrimination, and violence of any kind.