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Christina Jennings, Executive Director of Shared Capital Cooperative will appear on Everything Co-op

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Christina Jennings

Tune in to WOL 1450 AM and Tune-in Radio on May 14, at 10:30 a.m. for Everything Co-op, hosted by Vernon Oakes. This week’s guest is Christina Jennings, Executive Director at Shared Capital Cooperative. Vernon and Christina will discuss how Shared Capital is providing support to cooperatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and other programs that are available to support emerging cooperatives.

A weekly exploration of the impact and potential of the cooperative business model, Everything Co-op aims to generate interest in and support for the cooperative movement.

Christina has worked for 22 years in community development, finance and microfinance in the US and internationally. Since 2008, she has been Executive Director of Shared Capital Cooperative, a national CDFI loan fund that works to build a democratic economy by investing in cooperative businesses and housing. Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Shared Capital was founded 40 years ago and operated under the name Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund until 2015. Shared Capital is cooperatively owned and governed by more than 250 cooperatives in 35 states that borrow from and invest in the fund.

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