This week, we’re lifting up movements for land-based reparations and a Black commons, growing calls to cancel rent and pass a Green Stimulus package that addresses the dual crises of coronavirus and climate change, solidarity with Palestine, a new report on the racial wealth gap during COVID-19, and more.
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7/2/20
6/18/20
We’re talking about M4BL's call to action over Juneteenth weekend, resources for abolition, community ownership of land, and a new policy toolkit about how we build a regenerative economy that starts with justice for Indigenous and Black communities.
6/18/20
Thanks to 98 donors, we raised an additional $30,000 for NEC’s Movement Support Fund, for a total of $70,000 redistributed through fourteen $5,000 grants to solidarity economy organizers.
10/13/16
October is National Co-op month in the US, and while Halloween might try to steal the show with promises of tricks and treats, we think radical democracy is sweeter.
9/23/16
#NoDAPL movement continues, a nationwide prison strike enters its second week, and more.
9/20/16
The relationship between local governments and the social economy, was the focus of the Global Social Economy Forum, which took place earlier this month in Montreal, Quebec, a province where roughly 7% of the workforce is employed by a co-op or non-profit business and where public investment in the sector hovers around $100 Million CAD annually.
9/9/16
Welcome to the New Economy Roundup! In each installment you will be getting a breakdown of stories and news from NEC's 163 member groups and many more visionary leaders worldwide. The movement for economic democracy is gaining momentum globally and this newsletter hopes to cover it. Sign up for our email list here.
8/12/16
Just over a month ago, more than 900 of us gathered in Buffalo, New York for the second CommonBound conference. We represented many of NEC's 150+ member groups, and hundreds of other organizations globally. Participants came from 42 states, 5 provinces, and 22 countries including Malaysia, Nigeria, Cuba, El Salvador and Spain. They were students, teachers, farmworkers, community bankers, organizers, union members, and more — all hungry for the visionary solutions and strategies our communities desperately need.
7/21/16
NEC is hiring a Communications Manager to play a leading role in communicating the work of our members, network, and the broader movement toward a new economy.
5/26/16
Like the rest of CommonBound, we see plenary spaces as a chance to drive forward some of the most important conversations happening in our movements and beyond.
5/10/16
We’re less than two months out from CommonBound 2016, happening July 8-10 in Buffalo, NY.
4/4/16
This summer, CommonBound is where this vital work will converge. And now you can be a part of building it: Register today to join us in Buffalo this summer, July 8-10.