Between 2019-2023 we ran three learning cohorts for wealthy investors who wanted to divest from the stock market and invest in solidarity economies.
The cohort provided frameworks, community, and concrete tools to align participant’s money with their values, and to work towards repair in the context of the history of racialized capitalism. The cohorts were facilitated in collaboration with financial activists on the leading edge of creating restorative and reparative investment vehicles. We incorporated ritual and personal practices to connect the head and the heart in order to support participants to shift their giving and investing into deeper alignment with their values.
We are not currently running the Chordata Cohort, but stay tuned for future gatherings! To stay in the loop about future programming you can join our newsletter!
“Participating in the Chordata Cohort changed my relationship to my investment portfolio. Before, I knew I didn’t feel great about being invested in the stock market and wanted to find a way that my money could better align with my values. Now, I can say WHY I don’t want to participate in the stock market, and I have a plan to move my money into investments that better reflect the economy I’d like to see. I also feel like I have a community of other folks who know my commitment and who I don’t want to disappoint!”
A former Chordata Cohort Participant and current Chordata client who was not paid or compensated for these comments
“Chordata Cohort was a life-changing experience for me in ways I am still discovering months later. I came into the experience with many years of learning and activism across different struggles, but relatively new to the world of radical wealth redistribution and investment. I left feeling like I had a community of beautiful and inspiring people who have shown me how to confront (and not hide from) the power I unjustly have and how to create new and radical ways of being, loving, and concretely redistributing my wealth and power…The Chordata Cohort …created the space for me to bring my full self into this work–my most scared and vulnerable, but also most brave and silly parts. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to become more of the self I want to be in this world.”
A former Chordata Cohort Participant who was not paid or compensated for these comments
