Power To The People: NEC Working Group Receives “Movement R&D” Grant for Efforts on Rural Electric Cooperatives

Power To The People: NEC Working Group Receives “Movement R&D” Grant for Efforts on Rural Electric Cooperatives

At the NEC’s Annual Meeting, representatives from a half-dozen formed a Rural Electric Co-op Working Group to support one another and the broader movement in developing strategies to help communities transform their rural electric co-ops into pillars of the New Economy. This month, we were thrilled to hear that the working group has received a $25,000 grant from Solidaire as part of their Movement R&D Fund.

CommonBound Workshop Tracks

CommonBound Workshop Tracks

CommonBound will be a workshop-heavy conference organized around some core thematic tracks. Each track will be curated by a volunteer planning committee and framed around a challenge or opportunity standing between us and a just, sustainable, and democratic economy.

CommonBound Network Gatherings

CommonBound Network Gatherings

Network Gatherings are day-long gatherings that will be held on the first day (Friday, July 8) of CommonBound. They are proposed and organized by volunteers who want to bring a group of 20-100 people together to increase the capacity of our movements.