On right, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Under Secretary Lisa Mensah with speakers/panelists from left to right, Community Purchasing Alliance Outreach Associate Laura Pyatt, California Center for Cooperative Developmentâs Mai Nguyen, and Federation of Southern Cooperativesâ Dr. Carol Zippert, at the Rural Business-Cooperative Service Seminar/Webinar âCelebrating Diversity: Race and Ethnicity in the Cooperative Movementâ on Thursday, October 27, 2016, in Washington, D.C. This is the last of a month-long seminar series.  The three co-op leaders discuss challenges/opportunities for cooperative development in communities of color.  USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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