In West Dayton, Ohio, a Food Co-op Heralds a “Black Renaissance”

Amaha Sellassie. A peace builder, social healer, freedom fighter, and lover of humanity. He’s an instructor in Sociology and director of Center for Applied Social Issues at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Amaha serves as president of the Gem City Market Board of Directors, and co-executive director of CO-OP Dayton. (Mrs. Brooks Business Photo Shoot, from GCM.)

“We built this moment together. The community’s fingerprint is in throughout (the market),” Amaha Sellassie, president of the Gem City Market (GCM) board and co-executive director of Co-op Dayton, told the Dayton Daily News two weeks before the official grand opening of the co-op market. A sign of the co-op’s high profile: A few days before the opening, comedian Dave Chapelle, who lives 20 miles to the east in Yellow Springs, came by to offer his support.

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