“Los Angeles County maintains the largest jail system in the world. Our county needs organizations like Collective REMAKE that are applying business models to address social issues. We are excited to engage with the many worker-owned businesses Collective REMAKE will help ignite in the years to come,” said Fialho, who is an award-winning social entrepreneur and prison abolitionist.
This is just the beginning for the organization. Earlier this month, Collective REMAKE received a significant grant from LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell to support program expansion in South Los Angeles.
“What cooperative education allows, in communities like South LA, is economic liberation,” said LaRae Cantley, a board member of Collective REMAKE and a co-facilitator for its workshops. “We hold the power of what happens in our communities.”
About Collective REMAKE
Collective REMAKE is a unique social enterprise—in Los Angeles County—designed to support the creation of worker-owned businesses and other kinds of co-operatives with people who have been incarcerated and other individuals who have been pushed out of the mainstream economy due to race, sex, class, gender identity, age or ability.
About Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
The Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab is a Center of Excellence at the USC Marshall School of Business building an ecosystem of students and professionals equipped with the business skills and resources to advance market-based approaches to pressing societal issues. Through education, community building, research, professional development, and narrative change, the Lab is a nucleus for social impact at Marshall, USC, and beyond.