Evan Casper-Futterman is a 3rd generation New Yorker. He is the Senior Director of Education and Planning for the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative. He holds a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of New Orleans and a PhD at the Bloustein School of Urban Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, where he studied economic democracy and development. He is a co-founder and former board treasurer of the Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC and is the Secretary of the board for the Bronx Community Land Trust. He’s been a member of SolidarityNYC since 2012 and is part of the Solidarity Economy Principles and Practices project.

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