WEAll California

The Role Universities Play in Wellbeing Economies
2026-03-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Universities are an economic engine in their community. Not only do they employ many people, they purchase a large amount of goods and services. Campus design, policies, curriculum and participation in the community also have ripple effects.
WEAll California would like to bring together the people doing great work at Universities to share what is being and done and what else could be done.
This special session is a kickoff to help us work on a Wellbeing in Education Conference and to find future speakers for an online series on Education.
In this discussion, we will focus on three areas:

Campus Spending and the Anchor Institution Model
Individual Curriculum and Cross-Speciality Curriculum
Help people on campus connect the dots and understand what makes up Community
Wellbeing

Given the specific nature of this discussion, we would like to invite current and former professors and administrators. Normally, our events are open to anyone. However, to make this session productive, we would like to limit attendance to people from this field.
We will also share some of the work that other WEAll Hubs are doing on Education.
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Discussion - What is the deal with Wealth Taxes
2026-03-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
California is struggling to meet budget shortfalls.
The Inequality gap in America is now wider than it was during the age of Robber Barons and the Gilded Age. It even excedes the French Revolution.
Yet, lawmakers are skittish to tax the ultra wealthy.
What can our community do to find a solution?
Our discussion will revolve around a few questions:

Which of the current Wealth Tax plans do you favor?
How do we counter the common concerns (“Billionaires will move to Texas”)?
What steps can our coalition take to ensure lawmakers in California do something?

This is a friendly discussion, so do some meditation right before our meeting to get centered. The purpose is to engage our brains and meet others doing good work.
The discussion will not be recorded, so that everyone can speak comfortably.
Do you have the secret answer? We want to know.
If you want to read up on some of the different tax plans beforehand, please let David know.
Sign up HERE for this discussion.

Local Series - Shareable
2026-03-31 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Remember being taught “sharing is caring” in kindergarten?
The latest guest speakers in our series focused on local action asks – What would it look like to root local communities in sharing culture?
Imagine neighborhoods where food, tools, housing, care, and power are shared – not extracted, exploited, and hoarded! Where co-ops replace corporations, mutual aid replaces individualism, and collective resilience outlasts crisis.
Join us in welcoming Paige Kelly and Tom Llewellyn from Shareable!
Two of their current focuses include the growth of Libraries of Things across the country (and internationally) and an updated collection of free How-to Guides that support the replication and adaptation of proven community projects with practical manuals.
Hosted by Jessie Green
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Paige Kelly has been Shareable’s Communications Manager since 2023, has a background in design, art, and communications, and is passionate about storytelling, building community, and organizing.
Tom Llewellyn is Shareable’s program director and has held several roles since 2014. He is the executive producer and host of the documentary film and podcast series “The Response,” co-leads communications for the Rural Power Coalition, and has been involved with Libraries of Things since co-founding the Asheville Tool Library over a decade ago.

Inland Empire Working Group April Meeting
2026-04-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Vision:
To make the Inland Empire region of Southern California one of the most flourishing and thriving regions in the country through a dedicated investment in and commitment to a culture of community wellbeing.
Mission:
To provide a space and platform for individuals, businesses, organizations, and communities of the Inland Empire to gather, critically think, intentionally plan, and strategically act, while building on a core value and foundation of community wellbeing.
The Inland Empire Coalition of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance California (WEAll CA/IEC) is a grassroots effort dedicated to supporting the Inland Empire as a flourishing and thriving region of Southern California. We use a collaborative, community building approach to bring individuals and organizations together to discuss ways that we can all work together to more effectively support investment in and commitment to a culture of wellbeing. From individual residents, to local businesses, to school districts and universities, to non-profit community organizations, to municipal and county government agencies, all are welcome to join the discussion and effort to create a healthy, flourishing, and thriving Inland Empire.
We currently have monthly virtual meetings of our coalition, and are planning for a large, in-person gathering of some form in summer or fall of 2026.
Sign up HERE to learn more

Local Series - Local News Day
2026-04-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
A healthy functioning society requires accountability via educated citizens. Societally, we allowed local journalism to wither and we are seeing many deleterious effects.
If you are seeing this email, you are an action-oriented, can do sort of person.
So let’s rebuild Local Journalism!
How?
On April 9, Local News Day, we will hear from people who are at the forefront of building a stronger local news ecosystem. We will learn about:

Why Local News is so important
How Local News is being strengthened
What you can do to encourage support these efforts

I am excited to host 4 experts from this field:
Matt Pearce of Rebuild Local News Coalition will explain his organization’s efforts to support reporters and news organizations at the local level.
Greg Little of California Independent News Alliance and the Mariposa Gazette, California’s longest running weekly paper.
Matt Tinoco of LA Public Press will share about his goal of increasing civic participation of Angelenos under age 40 and how he came to start a brand new effort in 2022.
and introducing our guests will be Maya Chupkov of Common Cause California. Maya will also talk about two recent California laws that support journalists and news organizations, but are hampered by budget cuts. Common Cause will need your support to get more funding for these laws.
Sign up HERE to Join us
Hosted by David Green

Discussion - How Localism Builds a New Economy
2026-04-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
The global economic system is powerful, but we don’t have to wait for large-scale change to start making a difference in our communities.
WEAll California invites you to share and discuss ideas for how to challenge global economic forces with small scale action.
From lending libraries to localized food systems to smaller-scale energy solutions, there are so many small tweaks and changes we can make at the neighborhood, community, or city scale that have a huge impact on how sustainable and equitable our systems are.
Join us for a public discussion where we’ll explore:

What does it mean to build a localized economy?
What are the biggest barriers in our communities to localizing?
What ideas have you implemented or would you like your community to implement?

We’re excited to hear from you!
Hosted by Jessie Green
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Local Series - Doughnut Economics on the Local Level
2026-05-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
How can cities meet everyone’s needs while staying within the planet’s ecological limits?
Join us for a conversation on how the Doughnut Economics framework is beginning to take shape in three Bay Area cities.
Hear directly from three California Doughnut Economics Coalition (CalDEC) leaders working to bring this approach into practice:

Lisa Charpontier, San José lead
Kyle Ciullo, San Francisco lead
Amelia Eichel, Santa Cruz & Watsonville lead

They will share how a Doughnut project progresses from inception to implementation and what residents can do to help shape a wellbeing economy in their communities.
This discussion will explore:

How Doughnut Economics is emerging in CA cities and what tools work best to build it
Challenges and opportunities that make the Bay Area unique for this framework
Initiatives and policy conversations that move toward a Doughnut approach
How city metrics can shift from GDP-style growth to measuring wellbeing and ecological impact

Join us to hear how these three areas have become pillars of a strong statewide coalition, and how these cities are experimenting with new ways to measure success beyond traditional economic growth.
Hosted by Kirsten Maynard
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This is part of a year long series on how to create Wellbeing Economies at the local level

Bioregional Regeneration Unconference
2026-05-09 09:00 - 17:00
From our friends in the Bay Area—
This is the 4th Bioregional Regeneration Unconference for the SF Bay Delta Bioregion. Each gathering has deepened our network and sparked new collaborations across the region.
At previous unconferences, participants have mapped 100-year visions for the bioregion, explored governance models from sociocracy to citizen assemblies, explored mutual aid networks, and asked hard questions like “what do we tell our kids about collapse?” and “how do we bring more play into resilience work?”
This spring, we’re building on that momentum – and preparing a delegation to the Turtle Island Bioregional Congress in September.
Using Open Space Technology, there’s no pre-set agenda. You bring the topics that matter to you – whether that’s local food systems, land stewardship, Indigenous leadership, solidarity economy, regenerative tech, or something we haven’t imagined yet. Our experienced facilitation team holds the structure so you can dive into the conversations that call to you.
Whether you’re running a community garden, organizing mutual aid, working on local policy, or just wondering how to plug in – you belong here. This is your invitation to join a growing network of people committed to a future that works for all life.

In Person - Pomona - Community Meeting
2026-05-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Pomona, CA
A Wellbeing Economy is one where everyone thrives.
Our current economy is inequitable and does not support community priorities
Join multiple community based organizations as we come together again to discuss how we turn visions of Wellbeing Economy into reality here in the Pomona Valley.
Last year, we met to explore what a Wellbeing Econom could look like here in Pomona. Several themes emerged:

Quality of Life – Time to be with friends, family and community without worrying about financial challenges.
Working together – The importance of groups coming together in harmony for solidarity, maximizing resources and building power.
Changing the Systems – Looking at what builds community wellbeing and what weakens it and making changes.

Join us at our May 12th event, we will work in breakout groups to determine what are the key levers that will build a local Wellbeing Economy and consider forming working groups to keep these efforts going long term.
This is a great time to join us and help form what comes next.
We welcome people of all ages, skill levels and occupations. Let’s build community as we learn together.
Location – dA Center for the Arts, 252 S. Main Street, Pomona
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Proportional Represenation Explained
2026-05-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
ProRep Coalition believes that moving our state legislators from single member districts to multi member districts with proportional representation would lead to a healthier democracy that better represents the multitudes of each district.
ProRep Coalition does educational work to build support for a ballot measure in California to move to this system.
Proportional Representation (PR) is used by most advanced democracies and can help solve many of the shortcomings of a system with entrenched two parties. PR represents diversity better, encourages cross-party coalition building, and results in policies that work for the many, not the few.
Caledon Myers is the Founder and Executive Director of ProRep Coalition, and will be joining us to share more about the organization’s work, and to specifically highlight the democracy reform town halls they’ll be piloting later this year that will be used to determine the features of a future ballot initiative.
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Discussion - How do we get "Wellbeing Economy" into the mainstream?
2026-05-26 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
May’s discussion topic is about moving from a fringe discussion into a powerful, nationwide discussion.
So many elements of a Wellbeing Economy are swimming around the news and local discussions, but the term “Wellbeing Economy” is barely known. Let’s assume for the sake of this discussion that we all are bought into this term as a way to drive social and policy change.
What techniques might we use to gain more traction on Wellbeing Economy as a concept?
What can we learn from past successful campaigns?
In this friendly discussion, come meet some others who are passionate about societal change and share your thoughts while learning from others.
This discussion will not be recorded, so that everyone can feel comfortable and at ease.
Hosted by David Green
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Education & Wellbeing Economies Conference
2026-06-04 10:00 - 16:30 | Riverside, CA
WEAll California is pleased to announce our first in person conference on Education and Wellbeing Economies.
The Conference will take place in Riverside, CA on Thursday, June 4.
We are building out the details as we determine how many of you have interest in joining us for an in person event. This is our first ever Wellbeing Economies in Education event, so join in on the fun to make this a worthwhile event.
This could be a friendly backyard BBQ gathering or we could have speakers and presentations or throw in a World Café.
Would you like to be there in person? Join us for a 1 hour zoom session that day? Make a presentation?
The areas of focus for our conference are:

WBE Curriculum Discussions
Administration ‘s role in creating Wellbeing Economies
Education’s Role in Social Messaging of WBE
Student Engagement Opportunities
Supporting Research of WBE

Our work is about Community Wellbeing and Wellbeing Economies; not the study of Personal Wellbeing. Personal Wellbeing and agency is an important subset of those intentions, but our group is not looking to lead on the study of Personal Wellbeing. Other groups are leading that well and we can collaborate with those efforts, but not lead them
To sign up for the Conference or to learn more sign up HERE

WEAll Ireland Hub
2026-06-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
We love hearing from other WEAll Hubs around the world to hear their approaches to Wellbeing Economies.

Caroline Whyte from WEAll Ireland will join us on June 11 to share some of their current projects and recent successes.
Caroline will share about:

Proposal for a Future Generations Commission
A new briefing on Long-Term Governance and Wellbeing Economies
Their work on Housing
Their work with Artists

Caroline Whyte is an ecological economist working for Feasta, which coordinates the WEAll Ireland Hub and will be managing the August 2027 International Degrowth Conference in Cork, Ireland.
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State Policy Guide Launch
2026-06-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
more details soon
