Led with the expertise of Professor Renee Hatcher, this workshop will build participants’ understanding of the intersection of race and capitalism, and build knowledge of the tools required to address racism and capitalism as a joint venture, and reimagine community power building through solidarity economy.  

Renee Hatcher is a human rights and community development lawyer. She is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Enterprise & Solidarity Economy Clinic at UIC John Marshall Law School-Chicago. Hatcher currently serves as a board member for the New Economy Coalition, co-chair of the AALS Clinicians of Color Subcommittee, and a member of the Law for Black Lives Clinic Cohort Development Team. She received her law degree from New York University School of Law and her B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University-Bloomington. Her work and research focus on solidarity economy theory/practice and the law.