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New Economy ROUNDUP
New Economy Roundup: Co-op Accelerator, She Safe We Safe & New Belgium Reflections
This week we’re talking about building the next generation of cooperatives in 2020, the Black Youth Project’s “She Safe, We Safe” campaign, and a forum to reflect on New Belgium Brewing and the promise and the limitations of employee ownership.
New Economy Roundup: Organizing Grants, Free Transit, and From Slavery to CLTs
A reader recently summed up what we hope the Roundup is to you.”It’s my little space of good news I make for myself.”
New Economy Roundup: We Are On Native Land
Indigenous people are — and have always been — at the frontlines of resisting colonization. In the spirit of Truthsgiving, we want to use this space to lift up Native-led stories and resources that demonstrate that another way of life is possible. For more general resources decolonizing the myth of Thanksgiving, see this guide from the Center for Racial Justice.
community highlights
Resources from our Network
The People’s Guide to the Budget
The People's Guide to the Budget was created to help Louisville, KY residents understand how their tax dollars are spent, and how they can change it.
The People’s Guide to the Budget
The People's Guide to the Budget was created to help Louisville, KY residents understand how their tax dollars are spent, and how they can change it.
Why Should Baltimore Recycle More?
The report was prepared to inform city agencies, City Council and Mayor's Office about the immediate opportunities for increased recycling and its potential economic impact on the city. The Office of Sustainability, Department of Planning and Department of Public Works were all generous with their data and insights in helping prepare the report.
Green Map Icons and the UN SDGs
Green Map's globally designed iconography is now matched to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Use them to improve communications about complex topics. More at http://GreenMap.org/icons
Cheat, Lie & Steal: Michael Hudson on the Capitalist Way
We're living in a time of economic babble, where politicians and economists throw out words like "reform," "privatize," and "austerity" to prop up corrupt capitalist opportunists. So says our guest this week, economist Michael Hudson, author of J is for Junk Economics.
Participatory Budgeting Scoping Toolkit
Designed with organizers and advocates in mind, this guide gives you the tools you need to get started campaigning to bring PB to your community.
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What’s new with NEC?
Reportback from CommonBound
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.
Apply to be NEC’s next Communications Manager
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.
No one can change the world alone: Donate to CommonBound Scholarships Today
'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...
Announcing Our CommonBound Keynote Speakers
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.
Register for CommonBound by June 1st, Get 2 Beautiful Posters
We’re less than two months out from CommonBound 2016, happening July 8-10 in Buffalo, NY.
Registration Opens for CommonBound 2016
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.
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