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-Act Local School, a local, experimental project of Neighborhood Economics [https://www.neighborhoodeconomics.org] in partnership with Warren Wilson College [https://www.warren-wilson.edu/] and the [[Asheville Poverty Initiative]] [https://www.ashevillepovertyinitiative.org/] Planned start in March, 2024.
- Snapshot of the 11 Democracy School classes
-How to support the local [[farm to table economy]]
-How to [[curb corporate power]] and pay a local #landback tax linked to biodiversity.
-How to [[invest in local businesses]] at lower than crowdfunding risk with greater upside
-The [[history of settlement and power]] in the place where you live.
-[[Workforce housing solutions]] so that people don’t have to drive 40 miles for a restaurant job
-How to [[bridge the red blue divide]]
-How to [[subvert redlining]] in your community with allies like Strongtowns chapters and a local board of realtors.
-How to activate the [[Hidden Economic Engine]] that’s right there in your home town. Sole proprietors with friends & family funding are the lowest cost job creators.
-How to use [[giving to invest]] to become a more powerful giver, and how to do it in your trust circle, from Sunday School class to civic club to junior high ecology class.
-How [[faith communities can engage]] in their local economies.

Latest revision as of 10:52, 2 March 2024