Andria Barrett
Spreading a ROSCA Movement to Address Inequality in Society
Join us as we kick off the all-new season three with The Banker Ladies Council! Black Feminist Cooperator and Co-Founder of The Banker Ladies Council, Andria Barrett, starts us off strong with her take on how Black and racialized women of the diaspora come to use ROSCAs here in Canada. On a journey to empower themselves and their communities, women are using a technique passed down through countless, abundant cultures worldwide. With humor and humility, Andria Barrett takes us through the successes and challenges faced by The Banker Ladies Council as they build and expand The ROSCA Network of Canada. In this conversation of strength and hope, she and your host Serena Bahadur discuss how the Banker Ladies work to reduce systemic inequalities in our Canadian societies. We welcome all ears, from students to professionals and policymakers, to hear straight from the source how our actions today can enrich our economic participation tomorrow.
About
To headline this season, we have co-founder of the Banker Ladies Council, Andria Barrett! As the director of the ROSCA Network for all of Canada, our guest is a Black feminist cooperator with a true zeal for membership-based institutions at heart. Born in Brampton, Ontario and of Jamaican descent, Ms. Barrett grew up seeing ROSCAs, or Partna for Jamaicas, first-hand for both social and financial needs. She has presented in Jamaica speaking on the Partna bank system in Canada to the Bank of Jamaica. Continuing that impressive global tour, she also saw Boston and Kansas City in the US to speak about the Banker Ladies experience to promote the development of people-to-people do-it-yourself finance. Most recently, Ms. Barrett ran in a provincial election, which she used the Partna bank to assist in financing her electoral campaign.