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Goodbye, Johnny!
This month, Boston Ujima Project says goodbye to Johnny Charles, former Managing Director of the Ujima Fund. During his tenure, Johnny spearheaded the Ujima Fund's growth and led investment activities by extending credit to small business owners and increasing community ownership through the Ujima ecosystem.
We wish Johnny much success and many blessings as he moves through the next phase in his journey!
Welcome, Marcel and Jock!
The Boston Ujima Project is proud to announce the arrival of our newest team members: Jock Payten, Interim Managing Director, Ujima Fund, and Marcel Daniel, Director of Finance and Administration!
Jock Payten is the founder of an investment advising and online education business that is focused on democratizing access to financial services. Previously, he was an equity analyst at Eaton Vance where he provided investment recommendations, commentary, and analysis for portfolios across several industry sectors. Jock received a Master’s in Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. He currently lives in Dorchester with his wife and son.
Marcel Daniel is an alumnus of Howard University and the Gates Millennium Scholars program, earning a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2008, while serving as senior president of Gamma Iota Sigma, Tau Chapter and a youth/collegiate mathematics tutor. Marcel has over a decade of business and financial analysis experience as a former senior analyst with Liberty Mutual and has served as a long-standing mentor with the Big Brother Big Sister program. Marcel is a proud father of one son and brother of three younger sisters and currently contributes as a youth athletic coach with Viking Sports and a mentor with Minds Matter Boston.
Nov 29 | How Can Communities Work Together to Acquire and Control Property? with CFNE
Next Monday, November 29 at 6PM, the Cooperative Fund of New Englandwill lead us through an exciting workshop on acquiring and controlling land and property. Housing justice is social justice, but most of us feel powerless to escape the system, much less change it.
From ecovillages to apartment blocks, communities are hard-pressed to establish ownership of land and buildings without resorting to conventions of property and finance that run fundamentally at odds with core values like mutualism and cooperation. This workshop will teach us how we can cooperatively own and operate property together.
The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) is a community development financial institution (CDFI) that serves as a bridge between socially responsible investors and co-operatives, community-oriented non-profits, and worker-owned businesses in New England.
This week, we will not have a workshop or member team meetings. #UjimaWednesdays will resume next week on December 1st, 2021.
Recap: Impact Investing The Game with BII
Last week we held our second workshop, with Boston Impact Initiative, an experiential workshop playing with the Integrated Capital Cards. Check out the full video and notes here.
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