Aaron Tanaka, Center for Economic Democracy, Boston, MA (Massachusetts Community Partner)

Aaron Tanaka is Co-Founder of the Center for Economic Democracy and Senior  Advisor of the Boston Impact Initiative. Aaron comes to this work as a community  organizer and economic development professional based in Boston’s Roxbury  neighborhood. Aaron was the first Managing Director of the Boston Impact Initiative  and was the founding executive director of the Boston Workers Alliance, where

Aaron helped build a nationally recognized non-profit that combined grassroots policy advocacy with  cooperative business development in Boston’s low-income communities of color. Aaron is also a co-  chair of the Asian American Resource Workshop and the New Economy Coalition and is a Fellow with  the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).