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Our new series will spotlight networks that are working to create Wellbeing Economies in their states.

Each session in this webinar series will spotlight one state network as they share their vision for progress, highlight the economic transformations they are working toward, and the key actors involved in driving change.

This is an opportunity for participants to learn directly from those on the ground, hearing about strategies, successes, and lessons learned. The conversations will not only explore the “what” of each network’s work, but also the “how” behind building an economy designed to serve people and the planet.

The Puerto Rico Social Solidarity Network is a platform that connects people and organizations to promote and foster the social solidarity economy. The network emerged after a series of economical disasters and from the coop and community development movements to influence economic transformation for a sustainable, integral, human development for the common good.

Joel Franqui is one of the leaders of the Puerto Rico Social Solidarity Economy Network. He studied Solidarity Economics under Luis Razeto, a prominent LatinAmerican academic, and practices it at EcoTienda LaChiwi, his Fairtrade store

To sign up for the event, please click HERE

Later in this series we will hear from:

• Āina Aloha Economic Futures
• Reimagine Applachia

 

Past sessions are available on our YouTube channel

The Washington Economic Justice Alliance was formed to ensure that every Washingtonian can meet their basic needs, fully contribute their talents, and pass well-being on to future generations.

Over the past four years, the Alliance has worked hand-in-hand with people with lived experience, community organizations, state and tribal partners, and legislators to implement the 10-Year Plan to Dismantle Poverty (10-Year Plan), a bold and nationally recognized roadmap for advancing economic equity. The radically collaborative, people-centric approach has yielded tangible results: in the first three years, partners took 275 collective actions to implement the 10-Year Plan, leading to measurable reductions in poverty and inequality and demonstrating the power of aligning on shared purpose and coordinated action.

Together with People’s Economy Lab (PEL), a community partner of the Just Futures initiative, the Alliance is advancing systemic solutions to strengthen well-being across Washington by addressing poverty, environmental inequities, and other structural disparities.

After the presentation, there will be a Q&A session.

Presenters
Lindsay Morgan Tracy, Innovator in Chief
Faduma Fido, People’s Economy Lab

 

To sign up for the event, please click HERE

 

Our new series will spotlight networks that are working to create Wellbeing Economies in their states.

Each session in this webinar series will spotlight one state network as they share their vision for progress, highlight the economic transformations they are working toward, and the key actors involved in driving change.

This is an opportunity for participants to learn directly from those on the ground, hearing about strategies, successes, and lessons learned. The conversations will not only explore the “what” of each network’s work, but also the “how” behind building an economy designed to serve people and the planet.

At this gathering, we will hear from Jessica Savage and Ellen Kahler from the Vermont Prosperity Project.

The Vermont Prosperity Project is a collaborative, emergent initiative that works to seed definitions of prosperity and progress rooted in social and ecological wellbeing by asking the question: what makes for a good life?  Our Steering Wheel Team facilitates creative conversations across Vermont about our economy and the beliefs, values, and aspirations that shape and reshape it. Our efforts are aimed at demystifying and expanding how we think about the economy, exploring strategies within reach to transform our economy, and learning how Vermonters are practicing those strategies now.

Jessica Savage is the Director of Programs and Strategic Initiatives at the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) 

Ellen Kahler is the Executive Director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF).

Join us October 14th at 11am Pacific/ 2 Eastern

Later in this series we will hear from:

• Puerto Rico Social Solidarity Network – Dec 9
• Āina Aloha Economic Futures
• Washington Economic Justice Alliance & People’s Economy Lab

To sign up for the event, please click HERE

 

Our new series will spotlight networks that are working to create Wellbeing Economies in their states.

Each session in this webinar series will spotlight one state network as they share their vision for progress, highlight the economic transformations they are working toward, and the key actors involved in driving change.

This is an opportunity for participants to learn directly from those on the ground, hearing about strategies, successes, and lessons learned. The conversations will not only explore the “what” of each network’s work, but also the “how” behind building an economy designed to serve people and the planet.

Our first presentation will be from Matthew Slaats of the Virginia Solidarity Economy Network.

Matthew is a civic organizer with a focus on grassroots community development networks across the diversity of the state of VA. Successes have included Virginia’s first city based participatory budgeting effort and the start of a state worker cooperative development center. In all this work he is focused specifically on centering the voices of residents in the decisions that impact their lives.

Join us September 9th at 11am Pacific/ 2 Eastern to learn more and participate in a dialogue with Matthew.

Later in this series we will hear from:

• Vermont Prosperity Project – Oct 14th
• Puerto Rico Social Solidarity Network – Dec 9th
• Āina Aloha Economic Futures
• Washington Economic Justice Alliance & People’s Economy Lab

To sign up for the first event, please click HERE