The Green Festival Triple Header begins the weekend of Nov. 7 in Washington, DC.  They are packed with green business stalls, activism, and culture.  I went in November, 2006 to San Francisco and had a great time.  Volunteering is greatly in need, and promoted.

See details at www.greenfestivals.org 

Twenty-four activists and educators from five states met for two days at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee to learn about the Solidarity Economy and build relationships for future work together. The group included people working on immigrant rights, sustainability education, living wages, police brutality, the cradle to prison pipeline, using art for social change, alternatives to militarism, community building, sustainable economic development, youth leadership and more. More...

SEN Book Discussion Sept 19, 2008 on Kansas City Radio Station

"Solidarity Economy and Worker Cooperatives"

Democracy at Work Conference, New Orleans, June 20-22, 2008:

We will be involved in several events at this conference, organized by the U.S.  Federation of Worker Cooperatives.  "Uplifting and Strengthening our Community: Through Alternative Economic Development and Action" Showcase of Cooperatives.  Come learn about different kinds of cooperative businesses around the country, and how they serve or can serve communities of color and low income neighborhoods.

SEN will join in on a Gulf Coast-wide discussion of alternative economic development strategies, the solidarity economy, and what it would take to pursue more alternative strategies for economic renewal in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

Introduction to the Solidarity Economy (parts 1 & 2)

Part 1 - "What's the Economy For Anyway?  Why We Need a Solidarity Economy" will provide participants with:

- A clearer understanding of the failures of the dominant economic model and the need for an alternative.  
- Understanding of the solidarity economy (SE) - principles, the global SE movement including the U.S.  Solidarity Economy Network, concrete examples of the SE.
- Exploration of the relationship between the SE and the cooperative movement.

The Nation in the Global Era:
Nationalism and Globalization in Conflict and Transition

Pace University
New York City, New York
June 6-8, 2008

http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/

 

By Abra Pollock

WASHINGTON,DC(IPS) When he took office last year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he was increasingly concerned about the widening gap between the nation's rich and poor.

That gap has since shown few signs of narrowing -- quite the opposite, in fact -- and a growing number of experts are urging the adoption of unconventional measures to address the problem.

The promotion of employee-owned companies, community land trusts, and various forms of social enterprise could provide some of the keys to a more equitable society, according to dozens of economists, social scientists and political activists who convened here last weekend to reevaluate the priorities of the U.S. economy.