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'In light of Tuesday's election results, many of us are wondering how to move forward and seeking out spaces to be with others and strategize. On this page, we'll keep a running list of events and webinars taking place around the country to help you stay in...
We're excited to introduce four new staff members!
A warm welcome to our nine new coalition members.
Welcome to NEC's 12 newest members.
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.
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.
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.
'CommonBound 2016 is fast approaching. With over 100 workshops put together by members and movement leaders from across the U.S. and Canada, it promises to be a time for collaboration and action to take the New Economy movement forward. It’s going to be three...
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