Convening, Recruiting, and Connecting People Who Repair Local Economies
We need to delegitimize the often hidden and unconscious way that money and the wealthy rule the world, says Marjorie Kelly in a thoughtful new book Kelly and the Democracy Collaborative were among the early leaders in the movement toward shared ownership, with their innovative Cleveland Coop which generated jobs, new businesses, and democratic wealth […]
We have 18 months to get it done. We are in a once in 100 years opportunity to move the needle on economic justice over the next 18 months. That was the assessment of David Erickson, Senior Vice President and Head of Outreach and Education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as he […]
In the last few weeks, as we have worked toward our event in San Antonio, I have explained our broad audience to several people. It occurred to me that my clarifications might be interesting to our readers, as well. To explain this, I need to include some history, first. At SOCAP: the Conference at the […]
I have had the incredible opportunity of many people investing in me and the work I do for close to 35 years now, and it has allowed me to dream, imagine, create, and start many projects and businesses over the years. It has also built confidence in me to keep risking and creating, even though […]
I’m excited about some of the innovative housing solutions that will be showcased at our conference in February. They go far beyond traditional government affordable housing, thanks to some innovative philanthropic funders who are targeting their catalytic investments at precise inflection points in the system to make real change. And what’s even more significant is […]
Foundations have often been observed to move in something resembling rugby scrums: many of them focused on the same issue. Shared ownership of businesses is the hot topic this year for many of them. And last week I went to Rockefeller Center to what was a major gathering of the leading catalytic foundations, funds focused on the various […]
I will be the first to admit that my belief in a better world and systems that work for all people may be a little more hopeful than what is visible in our current condition. If I go down the rabbit hole of what is happening systematically, then my cynical self is called to the […]
It’s always fun to be at SOCAP and to be able to connect with what Fran Seegull started referring to as the “OGs” who really are the team that started and grew SOCAP: Tim Freundlich, one of the founders; Lindsay Smalling, the amazing curator who managed content for most of the time our group owned […]
These past two weeks, I have had the opportunity to travel the roads of Texas to listen, learn, and visit organizations and possible partners in our work of convening and supporting the process of getting resources to places they haven’t gone historically. I have driven about 2,000 miles and still haven’t seen a giant portion […]
Every week, our planning for the San Antonio event gets more and more rich. And the connections we are making are incredible. Last week, Paula and I were in Texas on a scouting trip mostly focused on speaking with colleagues in theological education about how the conversations we have at Neighborhood Economics connect with the […]