A new cohort year, a new Black Study Session! Join our North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 5-7 pm CT, to learn how we can create a solidarity economy and rise together through mutual aid.
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North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship Black Study Session: Ujima, Ujamaa, and Mutual Aid
Meet Our Guest Speaker
Julia Parker
Julia has worked across the public and private sectors in community development and impact investing, with a passion for financing and supporting BIPOC enterprises through non-extractive debt capital and equity financing. Her focus on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) investing has guided her work with mission-aligned institutions.
A trained community-based lender, Julia began her career in city government in the mayor’s office before transitioning to a nonprofit addressing the impact of poverty on Black youth. She fell in love with the nonprofit sector and eventually moved into consulting with her firm Park4029 Consulting. Julia holds fractional consulting roles at several nonprofits, including Boston Ujima Project and Transform Finance.
With almost two decades in lending, Julia thrives on collaborating with clients and organizations that prioritize Black and Brown wealth creation and support nontraditional entrepreneurs. She holds a BA from Creighton University, an MS in Urban Studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Boston College.