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Summit

Jordan Uter is Worksafe’s Legal Fellow. A recent graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Jordan joins our Legal Team  in advocating for the rights of vulnerable workers. 

Hope Williamsis the Director of Legislative Advocacy at the Sustainable Economies Law Center based in Oakland. She ran political campaigns in the Bay Area and organized within the boycott division of a labor union to build worker power through nonviolent acts of civil disobedience. She co-leads statewide and regional legislative campaigns, currently serves on the board of the California Community Land Trust Network, and is Board President for the San Francisco Community Land Trust. She also serves as a San Francisco City Commissioner to build equitable strategies that support community-based solutions. Her focus on anti-oppression frameworks makes her a dynamic co-conspirator in movements for economic and racial justice.

Briana Sidney is a co-owner at Mandela Grocery Cooperative (MGC). She began working at MGC in 2017 at 19 years old, initially without previous grocery store or formal cooperative experience. However, she was deeply intrigued by the idea of cooperative economics and the opportunity to learn how a business is run. Since joining Mandela, Briana has taken the initiative to learn about bookkeeping, administrative responsibilities, how to manage department purchasing, and how to effectively connect with the community. In addition to her role at MGC, she is also the director of Cooperation Richmond, a cooperative business developer dedicated to supporting Richmond locals and natives in growing and starting cooperative businesses through technical assistance and non extractive financing. 

Adéniké Amin is a creative force, equal parts artist, mystic, and cultural visionary. As the Storytelling Lead at BLACspace Cooperative, she architects narratives that reinforce Black-led arts and culture movements in Oakland, treating storytelling as an act of defiance, and a blueprint for liberation. Trained in Visual Arts with a minor in Meditative Studies at SUNY Purchase, Adéniké stands in the lineage of the Black Arts Movement. An East Oakland native and self proclaimed ‘Cali-Yorker”, Adéniké is a multidisciplinary artist and Pan-Africanist; her work is a hybrid of social impact, photo, journalism, film, advertising, design and education.

Noni Session is a Co-founder and Executive Director of East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative, which supports BIPOC and allied communities to finance, purchase, occupy, and steward collectively-owned land and housing. As a 3rd generation West Oaklander, cultural anthropologist, and grassroots organizer, Noni’s diverse formative, academic and professional background contributes to her unique approach to economic development. As a Fulbright-Hays fellow she studied international humanitarian strategies for developing communities globally.  Upon completing her Doctoral work, she helped found several small scale collective civic action networks.  After a 2016 run for city council where she garnered more than 43% of the District 3 vote, Noni saw a clear path to ameliorating resource disparities in her West Oakland community– by building more cooperative networks and galvanizing opportunities for collective economic action. Since co-founding EB PREC, Noni has also co-founded BlacSpace Cooperative as well as a Black led rural intentional community, Black to the Land @ Emerald Earth Sanctuary.

Minister King X Pyeface is a distinguished activist and artist from Oakland, California. As a formerly incarcerated individual, he has risen as a prominent leader in prison reform and community advocacy, heading initiatives like California Prison Focus and KAGE Universal. He is notably recognized for his role in promoting the “Agreement to End Hostilities” among inmates of diverse backgrounds in California’s prisons. His artistic endeavors, which he describes as “imitating life,” draw deep inspiration from his personal experiences and the vibrant culture of his community. Minister King X actively shares his journey and advocacy through his social media presence, particularly on Instagram, engaging a broad audience in dialogues about justice and reform.