amaha sellassie is Director of the Center for Applied Social Issues and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College.
"I have witnessed humanity pulling together across difference realizing that together we are strong. This acknowledgment of our interdependence and interrelatedness is a glimpse of hope, of what we can become together as we expand our “we,” become greater in our outlook and truly enter the space of this global pause intentionally seeking to acknowledge the dignity and worth of every human being through our actions rooted in love amongst each other."
amaha sellassie
About
A lifelong community organizer, amaha currently serves as president of the Gem City Market Board, co-founder of West Dayton Strong, a STEAM based summer and afterschool program in public housing, and co-creator of the Dayton Lab, a community-based participatory research lab and partnership between University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College, located in west Dayton.
Co-ops emerge out of a need in the community.
Photo: Gem City Market community member-owners and board members with General Manager leaning against the railing outside the newly constructed grocery cooperative in Dayton, Ohio. (credit: Glenna Jennings)