Commitments to Racial Justice at the Co-op

• We Promise to Work for Racial Justice: Read our Statement from June 4, 2020.
• Find a list of Our Commitments.
• Our Vendor Diversity Project: Meet Candy Hasan, Weavers Way Vendor Diversity Coordinator, and learn about the Co-op's effort to bring more BIPOC-owned vendors to our stores.
• Read the Weavers Way Board of Directors Commitment to Equity Statement.
• Want to get involved? Check out our member-led Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee.

Educational Materials on Race, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• State Representative Chris Rabb addressing our membership at our Spring General Membership Meeting: Video Link
• Jamila Medley, former Exectuve Director of the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, presentation at the Fall 2020 General Membership Meeting on Race and Co-ops: Video Link (Medley presentation starts at 37 min.)
• A feature on two former Co-chairs of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Roz Dutton and Rosa Lewis
• Question and Answers with DEI committee members Mira Kilpatrick, Vanessa Johnson and Frank Torrisi
• "A Trio of Women Who Stepped Forward to Effect Change" - Profiles of Fannie Lou Hamer, Zitkaka-Sa and Barbara Giddings
• Philly's Hidden History of Interracial Co-op Organizing: Collective Courage details the History of Black Cooperatives - Caitlin Quigley