Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013). In the view of the Democracy Collaborative, closing the racial wealth gap is of primary importance to creating a more democratic and equitable society. John Duda is the director of communications and has written in favor of changing ownership of businesses from shareholders to employees. The Next System Podcast is presented by The Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative. This podcast is hosted by Isaiah J. Poole and produced by Luís García de la Cadena. We talk to Jessica Rose, co-founder of the worker ownership advocacy organization Fifty by Fifty, and to two experts in advancing alternative ownership models, Camille Kerr and Jason Wiener. Boston's trailblazing participatory budgeting process, for instance, recognizes the key role it can play in developing long-term community leadership by prioritizing the city's youth. Democratically determined priorities in investment. He writes regularly for an array of progressive outlets, is a frequently cited expert on the new economics in major news media, serves on several non-profit boards, and is a commissioning editor of the journal Renewal. A municipal public bank could save millions of dollars of taxpayer money every year. Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc. "7 Paths to Development That Bring Neighborhoods Wealth, Not Gentrification. "
Barbara Ehrenreich, Author. Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution, is co-founder of The Democracy Collaborative and co-chair of its Next System Project. Erik Olin Wright, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2012-2013 President, American Sociological Association. No longer supports Internet Explorer. During the event, you can ask questions via a Q&A function but audience cameras and microphones will remain muted throughout. To browse and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a few seconds to upgrade your browser. A key opportunity here is conversions of existing businesses. Thomas M. Hanna is research director at The Democracy Collaborative. Anna Galland, Executive Director, Civic Action.
The end of employee ownership at New Belgium and why it matters. Sara has a PhD in Politics from the University of Sheffield. Just Work It(blog), February 14, 2020. 14 He has been described as a far-left environmental activist opposing capitalism and technology. The Democracy Collaborative, March 7, 2017. Is Community Wealth Building the Future of Economic Development? The Democracy Collaborative. For interview requests with the project co-chairs or other media requests, contact John Duda at or via phone at (202) 559-1473 x102. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Well, perhaps unfortunately, everything's not going to change for the best all at once, so a podcast like this that seeks to flesh out seemingly radical ideas, and make it obvious that they are morally responsible, fiscally responsible, and will actually generate hugely positive impacts in society is, in my opinion, refreshing and necessary. Faced with a recalcitrant state government opposed to implementation of the federal Clean Power Plan, local activists have been engaging stakeholders on the ground to develop a clean power plan of their own, from below, with a particular focus on rebuilding economic opportunity for the workers and communities that have traditionally depended on the coal industry as one of the few sources of jobs in the region. The Democracy Collaborative supports replacing private ownership of business with ostensibly "worker-owned" cooperatives that would allow employees or labor unions to control the company and to elect the members of the board. Music: A New Start (Radio Edit) by Zoë Blade. Support the Next System Project. Energy democracy: Plan it by region. Cooperatives for a Better World (Source: Cooperatives for a Better World). After receiving a Ph.
These practices include the seizure of private business and formation of government-run institutions 4 controlled and owned by a diverse demographic workforce. Gar Alperovitz, co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative, co-chair of the Next System Project, and former Lionel Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, sees our dark times as the potential prehistory of a period of fundamental and transformative systemic change. Environmental, social, and institutional sustainability. We are a national leader in equitable, inclusive and sustainable development through our Community Wealth Building Initiative. POLITICO Magazine, September 3, 2018.
Cooperative development projects like the Wellspring Collaborative in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the CERO cooperative in Boston are creating exciting new crowdfunding mechanisms to help communities launch democratic enterprises. Carol Pateman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UCLA. Energy, Democracy, Community (Source: Democracy Collaborative). Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America. She supported the publication of An Indigenous Approach to Community Wealth Building: A Lakota Translation and co- authored Cities Building Community Wealth, The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs, and Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment. It believes that a variety of services like laundry, catering, and construction can be purchased locally, which would foster community stability. 6 It further cites traditional economics as the cause of African Americans remaining poor and disconnected from success in recovering cities like Pittsburgh.
Bu now that it's been purchased by an international conglomerate, there are new questions about the best strategy and models for turning workers into owners. Her research focused on transitioning from the executive, fossil fuel economy and building towards resilient and equitable communities based on energy democracy. In Santa Fe, for instance, organizers have worked with Mayor Javier Gonzales to begin serious consideration of a municipal-level public bank.
We talk to Policy Link's Sarah Treuhaft about the "Job Guarantee Now! " Dr. Michael Menser (Associate Professor, Philosophy) is the Director of the Urban Sustainability Studies Program at Brooklyn College (BC) and the Associate Director of Public Engagement for the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRIJB). In some cases, author signed bookplates are available too. Building democratic ownership at the community level opens up the possibility for planning. His most recent publication is Democratizing Public Services co-authored with Anne Le Strat. For instance, the Reinvest in Our Power campaign is mobilizing students to demand not just divestment from carbon in their schools' endowment portfolios, but active reinvestment in community-controlled financial institutions. This panel took place at the 2015 Left Forum, held at John Jay College in New York City. Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) is a decentralized collective of educators, researchers and grassroots activists working to promote an economy based on democratic participation, worker and community ownership, social and economic justice, and ecological sustainability. Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do? Such entities would not be subject to the Wall Street maxim of grow or die, nor would they drag the U. into support of right-wing dictators willing to allow American corporations to control a good deal of their development. But this isn't because of some intrinsic problem with worker co-ops. Presentation by Sarah McKinley, Democracy Collective's Director of Community Wealth Building Practice. Kaiser Permanente is a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network. Your donation helps us develop the models and pathways needed to build towards a truly democratic economy, and allows us to keep our work bold, innovative, and focused on the equitable and sustainable future we need.
While progress is never strictly linear, I believe that we are beginning to see an accelerating development of the foundations for a system that looks a lot like the Pluralist Commonwealth, and a growing recognition of how they begin to fit together. The Washington Post. As a Black woman leading one of the nation's most prominent philanthropic organizations, La June Montgomery Tabron is taking on the challenge of addressing the impact of systemic racism on families and communities. His main areas of research are participatory democracy and climate justice with a focus on participatory governance, economic democracy and energy democracy.