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Emily Kawano
She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts. She has taught economics at Smith College and worked for the American Friends Service Committee as the national representative for economic justice. She spent over six years in Belfast N. Ireland where she co-founded a sister organization to CPE, the Institute for Popular Economics. In the fall of 2004 she returned to the U.S. and became the Executive Director of CPE. Emily Kawano is a founder of the US Solidarity Economy Network. She served on the RIPESS (the Intercontinental Social Solidarity Economy Network) board for eight years, and co-directs Wellspring Cooperative. Her areas of interests include economic alternatives, international economics, and the political economy of East Asia.