Quinton Sankofa
ECONOMIC SECURITY
Interviewed by Angela Simms, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies, Barnard College
Quinton Sankofa (He/Him) is one of six directors of the non-profit collective Movement Generation: The Justice & Ecology Project. He is also the co-owner of Sirius Creativity a non-profit management company. He lives in occupied Ohlone Territory in East Oakland, CA with his life partner and their 7 year old child.
About Quinton's Project:
Movement Generation holds the belief that by bringing ourselves into right relationship with seeds, soil, each other and the ecosystems that hold us, we can create a better way forward. Their vision is a just transition towards local, living, loving economies. Movement Generation is working hard to build, secure and defend this Just Transition, aware that politically, the questions of climate change, water security, land security, and food security are inextricably linked to race, poverty and development. MG believes that to usher in a just and equitable transition towards local living economies, leadership must come from communities on the frontlines of ecological disruption. These frontline communities know that solving one problem while creating another is no solution at all. The new economies that our communities construct must take a holistic approach and foster equity, democracy, and ecological renewal.
In this interview, Quinton and Professor Simms discuss the impact of the wildfires in California on Movement Generation's organizing, the intersections of ecological collapse and environmental racism, and the role that an ecological understanding of economy can have on a vision toward a healthy economic transition.