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New Economy ROUNDUP
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Resources from our Network
Mutual Aid Legal Toolkit
"Mutual aid networks exploded onto the scene with pandemic shelter-in-place orders. By some counts, there are well over 1,000 new mutual aid...
Steps to End Prisons and Policing: A Mixtape on Transformative Justice
This mixtape is an offering of nourishment and care to the abolitionist community. Learn from some of the people who have been practicing and...
Handbook for Artists Working in Community
This handbook is a practical manual for individual artists who would like to begin or deepen this kind of artistic practice – work in and work with community. The stories, tools, and wisdom shared here were gathered from creative practitioners who regularly do this work.
Gilded Giving 2020: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy
Ten years ago, in August 2010, several dozen U.S. billionaires led by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett pledged to give away at least half of their wealth before their death. Many have donated considerable sums to charities and foundations since then. But as a group, these billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket in the decade since the so-called Giving Pledge was launched.
Library of Things: A Cornerstone of the Real Sharing Economy
The ebook "Library of Things: A Cornerstone of the Real Sharing Economy" features our editorial series covering the past, present and future of libraries of things.
A Guide To Transformative Land Strategies: Lessons from the Field
New report from MIT CoLab on transformative strategies from movement-oriented CLTs and permanent real estate cooperatives
news & updates
What’s new with NEC?
Join our team! NEC is hiring a Director of Finance and Operations
Purpose: to support staff in practicing a culture of solidarity, cooperation, equity, sustainability, and pluralism for the New Economy Coalition and the solidarity economy movement. Circle commitments: Sistemas (HR + operations), Finance - lead Location: Remote...
UPDATE DEC 2021: $150,000 REDISTRIBUTED TO 21 BLACK-LED SOLIDARITY ECONOMY PROJECTS
As of Dec 20 2021, the Black Solidarity Economy Fund governance team has redistributed $150,000 to 21 Black-led solidarity economy projects!
Join our team! NEC is hiring a Network Organizer
We’re looking for Network Organizer to help develop NEC’s regional organizing strategy, infrastructure, and programs in collaboration with our members. The position is remote, with a strong preference for someone based in the U.S. South.
Welcome New NEC Members!
In addition to new board members, we are thrilled to welcome the following 23 organizations as members of the NEC network! This incredible cohort of new members are bringing important sectors, regions, and strategies that were underrepresented in the network. If your...
Join us in welcoming 6 new NEC board members!
Welcome Libbie Cohn, Mekyah Davis, David Ferris, Yuki Kidokoro, Mike Strode, and Stacey Sutton to the NEC board!! We could not be more grateful and overjoyed to bring the wisdom of these brilliant organizers into the leadership of our network. The six of them were...
Meet our Creative Wildfire Artists!
A few months ago, New Economy Coalition, Movement Generation and the Climate Justice Alliance put out the Resist a Return to Normal Manifesto to make it clear that we aren't going back to "normal". Instead, we are going to collectively build a just transition towards...
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