Podcasts about community wealth building

In this episode of the Develop This Podcast, Dennis Fraise interviews Ryan Monarch Assistant Professor, Economics Department Syracuse University, an expert in international trade and economics, to discuss the complexities of tariffs and their implications on the economy. The conversation covers the definition of tariffs, their historical context, their role in modern trade, and the economic and consumer impacts. Ryan explains how tariffs can affect supply chains, consumer choices, and the overall market dynamics while also addressing the political motivations behind tariff implementation. The discussion highlights the challenges and uncertainties businesses face in a fluctuating tariff environment and the long-term effects of such policies on the economy. Takeaways A tariff is an increase in the price of imported goods. Tariffs have been a source of government revenue since the founding of the US. President McKinley was known for his pro-tariff stance. Tariffs are used to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. The scale of tariffs under President Trump is unprecedented in modern history. Higher tariffs can lead to increased prices for consumers. Tariffs can disrupt established supply chains and consumer choices. The burden of tariffs often falls on US importers, not foreign producers. Economists generally believe that tariffs create more losers than winners. The long-term effects of tariffs on the economy can take years to understand fully. Learn. Explore. Activate in Place. (LEAP) | Cleveland, Ohio | June 9–13, 2025 LEAP into innovative economic strategies on an in-person learning trip!  NGIN will select teams, each consisting of 2-4 economic and community leaders from cities with populations between 50,000 and 500,000, to explore Community Wealth Building and Inclusive Capital in Cleveland, OH. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to create their own action plan to bring back to their city.  Selected participants will have all travel expenses covered for this immersive learning experience. NGIN will also handle all trip logistics.  Ryan Monarch researches buyer-supplier relationships in international trade and how the recent tariff war affected U.S. exports and supply chains. He served as a Principal Economist for the International Finance division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from 2014-2021. His work has been published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Economics and other publications. His research has been cited by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Economist and Reuters, among others. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan in 2014.

President Trump's far-reaching executive actions have given rise to a debate about whether the president is acting within the tradition of presidential power—or whether recent events represent a departure from the constitutional order and precedent. Melody Barnes of the University of Virginia Karsh Institute for Democracy, Charles Cooke of National Review, Joanne Freeman of Yale University, and Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the American tradition of presidential power and evaluate analogues to our constitutional moment from across U.S. history.  This conversation was originally recorded on February 20, 2025, as part of the NCC's President's Council Retreat in Miami, Fla.  Resources Yuval Levin, “A Rule of Thumb for the Executive Power Debates,” National Review Online (February 5, 2025)  Melody Barnes et al., Karsh Institute of Democracy Statement of Principles  Melody Barnes, Corey D. B. Walker and Thad M. Williamson, “Introduction: Can We Make American Democracy Work?,” in Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy (2020)  Charles Cooke, The Conservatarian Manifesto: Libertarians, Conservatives, and the Fight for the Right's Future (2015)  Charles Cooke, “The American System Works, and It Will Work If Trump Wins Again,” National Review (Dec. 15, 2023) Stay Connected and Learn More Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org Continue the conversation by following us on social media @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate. Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen. Join us for an upcoming live program or watch recordings on YouTube. Support our important work. Donate

Housing is a human right, or so says the International Declaration of Human Rights. But could we organize our economies with that in mind? Across the country, communities have land and properties and people who need homes. What's stopping us bringing them together in a way that increases community wealth and wellbeing for everyone? That's the question we explore in this episode of our special series on community wealth building, produced in collaboration with the radio and tv show, Laura Flanders & Friends. Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Writer; Saoirse Gowan, Policy Associate with the Democracy Collaborative; Noni D. Session, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative. This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. Resources Democracy Collaborative East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reader Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, creates more cooperative businesses, better care for communities, and builds wealth for the many, not just the few. This episode features American political economist, historian, and author Gar Alperovitz of the Democracy Collaborative, along with India Pierce Lee about her work with the Collaborative in Cleveland, Ohio; and John McMicken, Executive Director of Cleveland's Evergreen Cooperative Corporation. This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris Resources Democracy Collaborative Evergreen Cooperatives How to Make a Democratic Economy | Laura Flanders & Friends Action Guide for Advancing Community Wealth Building in the United States | Democracy Collaborative Gar Alperovitz – Replacing Corporate Capitalism: Why We Need a Next System | Bioneers 2018 Keynote Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reader

Today's corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. Not surprisingly, people are looking for alternatives. What if, instead of tweaking the system to reduce the damage, we reorganized entirely so that both local and national economies produced better outcomes for people, communities and the planet in the first place?  That's the essence of community wealth building, the focus of this episode with guest host Laura Flanders, featuring Democracy Collaborative Distinguished Senior Fellow, Marjorie Kelly; Preston City Council Member, Matthew Brown in the UK; and community wealth building adviser to the Scottish Government, Neil McInroy. This episode is part 2 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. Resources Democracy Collaborative Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and The Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises Action Guide for Advancing Community Wealth Building in the United States | Democracy Collaborative Gar Alperovitz – Replacing Corporate Capitalism: Why We Need a Next System | Bioneers 2018 Keynote Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas | Bioneers Reader Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

Khalil Moran is pursuing a PhD in Democratic Economic Solutions to Inequality, with a specific focus on Community Wealth Building, an approach coined in Cleveland in the US and Preston in the UK. They have a particular interest in the interplay between our intra and interpersonal skills, theories of learning and how they impact our communication, and the systems and institutions we shape and are shaped by.   Khalil has been a staff member at Wicklow Democratic School since it opened in 2016 and was the Project Coordinator for two years. They currently work on the WDS staff team as a facilitator to the school's facilitators, supporting with research, activity plans, systemization and culture building, course development, and overall strategy for the school's continued development of democratic education.   Khalil chats about the history of Community Wealth Building with examples from the U.K. and U.S.A. , the benefits and challenges of the approach and how it might work in an Irish context.    The People's Transition   Democracy Collective Action guide for advancing Community Wealth Building in the United States     Community wealth building 2023     Preston City Council: What is Community Wealth Building     Solidnetwork.ie   Social Justice Matters Podcast episode with Daniel Lambert CEO Bohemians Football Club    

Jeffrey Rosen talks about his new book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, followed by a panel discussion on the influence of classical writers and thinkers on the founding generation. Panelists include University of Chicago Professor Eric Slauter, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will; and Melody Barnes, executive director of UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy. This program was recorded live on February 9, 2024.   Resources:  Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (2024)  Cicero, The Tusculan Disputations   Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics   Melody Barnes, et al, ed., Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy (2020)  Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia    Eric Slauter, The State as a Work of Art: The Cultural Origins of the Constitution (2009)  Thomas Jefferson's Recommended Reading   George Will, Statecraft as Soulcraft: What Government Does (1984)  George Will, The Conservative Sensibility (2019)  Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today's conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.   You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library. 

Cllr Anne Clarke AM, London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden and Cabinet Member for Community Wealth Building joined the latest edition of the podcast. Anne discusses the role of the London Assembly, her experience as a councillor, how Labour historically won Barnet off the Conservatives in 2022 and a look ahead to the elections in 2024!

The Meidner Plan was a transformative plan proposed by Swedish trade unions in the mid-1970s to gradually transfer ownership of mid-sized and large businesses to their workers, and subsequently to workers at large. Dru Jay is joined by Joe Guinan, the President at The Democracy Collaborative and co-author of The Case for Community Wealth Building and of People Get Ready! Preparing for a Corbyn Government. They discuss some of the historical context and some of the plans shortcomings. For more about the Meidner plan, read articles in The Peoples Policy Project, Jacobin, and The Socialist Register.

Julian Clover speaks to Executive Councillor for Community Wealth Building and Community Safety Alice Gilderdale after councillors urged Cambridge Employers to become accredited Real Living Wage Employers.

This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate  Thank you for your continued support!What if there was a way to trade time and share skills with your neighbors in a way that met a range of needs without involving cash?In this episode, we have an in-depth conversation with Mike Strode, the Founding Coordinator behind an innovative solution that offers just that: The Kola Nut Collaborative. This Chicago-based initiative, operating since 2017, stands as a beacon of the solidarity economy, promoting timebanking as a means of social and economic transformation. Timebanking, distinct from traditional bartering, targets relationship-building over wealth accumulation, providing an alternative to profit-driven capitalist systems. Part of a growing new economy coalition, The Kola Nut Collaborative forges reciprocal networks of support and encourages a sharing economy.In a timebank, time is treated as a currency, fostering fairness and enhancing community cooperation. Timebanking reshapes the conventional economic narrative and exposes participants to new economic thinking.This enlightening conversation reminds us that there are multiple, co-existing economies within our society which transcend the confines of capitalism.Tune in for more on timebanking, and how it just might work in your community.  “The notion of the lone entrepreneur funneling out on the boat is impossible. We get together by community. So starting a time bank involves you actually being in community.” - Mike Strode“Solidarity economy is a post-capitalist framework. Ultimately we are still in capitalism . . . so until we rest ourselves from capitalism, we will continue to be very far from the solidarity economy.” - Mike StrodeGuest:  Mike Strode, Founding Coordinator, Kola Nut Collaborative Timebank Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more to dive deeper.Music In the Middle:  “Fill My Cup” by POSY (pronounced Pose -ee) and Markell Holmes courtesy of Bastard Jazz Records. FOLLOW The Laura Flanders ShowTwitter: twitter.com/thelfshow Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow/YouTube:  youtube.com/@thelfshow ACCESSIBILITY - This episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel 

One of the few working-class movements scoring victories, democratizing ownership, and gaining momentum is the method of economic development called Community Wealth Building (CWB). Colin Bruce Anthes interviews Neil McInroy of the Democracy Collaborative on how CWB works, what it has accomplished so far, and its potential to lead a "new common sense" movement beyond neoliberal capitalism.

Voters in Central Virginia cast ballots in the race for the vacant ninth district state senate seat Tuesday; The Reverend Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of Irvo Otieno, who died while in police custody earlier in March; Richmond's poverty rate has been going down during the past decade, according to a new annual report from the city's Office of Community Wealth Building; and other local news stories.

In this episode, FFJ co-founding editor Zoë Johnson had the honour of speaking with Melanie Allen and amanda david about their work with the incredible Black Farmer Fund. They cover power in our food systems, the complexities of cultivating land in a capitalist settler-colonial context, and much more.CreditsThis episode features writing and sound editing by Zoë Johson; Research by Zoë Johnson & Isabela Vera; and original music by the Electric Muffin Research Kitchen.Audio clips include Dr. Alice Ragland, from her recording of “More Radical Than It May Seem” from Feminist Food Journal, and Karen Washington, from the video “Community Wealth Building” by Black Farmer Fund.TranscriptFull transcript of the podcast available here.ShownotesLearn more about Black Farmer Fund on their website, where you can also watch the powerful “Black Farmers Thriving” video series. For more information on investing, you can email invest@blackfarmerfund.com.Check out amanda david's initiative, Rootwork Herbals and read about the Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden.Further Readings“The Great Land Robbery” (Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic)“Help Black Farmers, Who Know Hyperlocal Doesn't Mean Fancy” (Tressie McMillan Cottom, The New York Times)“Race, Land, and the Law: Black Farmers and the Limits of a Politics of Recognition” (Brian Williams and Tyler McCreary, Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice)“The USDA Is Set To Give Black Farmers Debt Relief. They've Heard That One Before” (Emma Hurt, NPR) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.feministfoodjournal.com/subscribe

Caroline Whyte spoke with Sarah McKinley, who is the director of community wealth building programs for The Democracy Collaborative, working out of her home office in Brussels, Belgium. Sarah's background is in community development and has worked with community development organizations at different levels, including with the Greater Southwest Development Corporation, a Chicago-based community development corporation, and the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations in Washington DC.  Sarah explains what Community Wealth Building is, its relationship to social enterprise, how she came to be working in that field, and how Community Wealth Building can help us to visualise and plan towards a more regenerative economic system.

January 19, 2023 Steve Dubb, Senior Editor of Economic Justice at NPQ. Steve and Vernon will discuss the upcoming webinar "Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories" (nonprofitquarterly.org) focusing on the interconnections between food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, and community building, and other initiatives of NPQ. Steve and Vernon discuss Black food sovereignty, the Tulsa Massacre, and the webinar series and other programming provided by NPQ.  Steve Dubb is senior editor of economic justice at NPQ, where he writes articles, and moderates Remaking the Economy webinars, and works to cultivate voices from the field, and help them reach a broader audience. Prior to coming to NPQ in 2017, Steve worked with cooperatives and nonprofits for over two decades, including twelve years at The Democracy Collaborative and three years as executive director of NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation). In his work, Steve has authored, co-authored, and edited numerous reports; participated in and facilitated learning cohorts; designed community building strategies; and helped build the field of community wealth building. Steve is the lead author of Building Wealth: The Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems (Aspen 2005) and coauthor (with Rita Hodges) of The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads, published by MSU Press in 2012. In 2016, Steve curated and authored Conversations on Community Wealth Building, a collection of interviews of community builders that Steve had conducted over the previous decade.

Former directors of Richmond's Office of Community Wealth Building spoke Sunday at the Institute of Contemporary Art; A lawsuit claims voters have been disenfranchised by the quick-turnaround special election to fill the seat of the late Congressman Donald McEachin; A new roof is slated to be installed on Fox Elementary starting next month, after a fire partially destroyed the building about a year ago; The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach is about 40 years old. And both plans to renovate the city-owned space come with a significant price tag; The Great Dismal Swamp could become a National Heritage Area.  

I denne episoden hører vi om hvordan lokalsamfunn i Storbritannia tenker nytt om lokal utvikling. En økonomisk modell for lokalsamfunnsutvikling implementeres flere steder, med et mål om utvikling til det beste for befolkningen, lokalmiljøet og naturen. Vi har snakket med Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), en tenketank som jobber både teoretisk og praktisk i arbeidet for bedre lokalsamfunn, eller Community wealth building. I episoden hører vi også om Fife i Skottland. De har laget en ny økonomisk strategi for lokalsamfunnet, basert blant annet på arbeidet til CLES og til den skotske regjeringens arbeid med en nasjonal økonomi for økt livskvalitet. Det kaller de for Wellbeing economics, og er noe vi snakket om i episode #15 av podkasten. 

(This full conversation is from the episode 'Community Wealth Building: An Economic Reset' released June 13th, 2022) Low wages, precarious jobs, shuttered Main Streets and bleak futures — do towns have a way out of poverty that doesn't involve begging and bribing outside employers to invest? From Cleveland, Ohio to Preston, England and Scotland, some local governments are experimenting with investing public resources locally in community-held businesses, and public health. They're calling this approach Community Wealth Building, and it's gaining traction around the world. Most recently, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has included money for Community Wealth Building in the Biden Administration's National Strategic Plan. In today's episode, we explore the spreading of Community Wealth Building and its impact on the well-being of individuals and communities so far. How are these models working where others have failed, and is now the time to take Community Wealth Building to a whole new scale?Guests:Ted Howard: Co-founder & President, The Democracy CollaborativeIndia Pierce Lee: Senior Vice President, Program at the Cleveland FoundationNeil McInroy: Advisor of Community Wealth Building, Scottish GovernmentFull episode notes including related articles and LFShow episodes to watch and/or listen to are posted at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow. Patreon Members receive access to the entire library of FULL UNCUT CONVERSATIONS from the weekly podcasts. The show is listener supported and originates as a TV Show airing weekly on over 300+ PBS stations across the U.S. and on 50+ community radio stations.

A desire for wealth creation in the Black community has resulted in a rise in small business ownership. The need for economic prosperity has many coming together in support and understanding. Guest host Kenia Thompson shares a Black business feature on iLéWA Foods, owned by chef Adé Carrena. Business owners Jes Averhart, Kevin Price and Crystal Taylor also share their entrepreneurial journeys.

In this week's 'News Roundtable' episode, host Chris Wright joins Sophie Corcoran, broadcaster and political commentator; John O'Brennan, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at Maynooth University; Christina Patterson, journalist, writer and broadcaster; and Freddie Bailey, Labour Councillor and Cabinet Member for Community Wealth Building at Preston Council.The episode begins with the panel sharing their reaction to Boris Johnson's resignation and questioning if he is capable of staying on as a caretaker Prime Minister until September. They discuss the number of cabinet resignations from the Conservative Party. Will Boris be able to refill the Cabinet before his departure?The panel then debates Boris Johnson's legacy and if he was successful in "getting Brexit done" – they consider the media's influence on Brexit and Johnson's premiership. The discussion then moves on to Keir Starmer's Brexit redress, questioning his motives behind it. Is it a plot to win back northern "Red Wall voters"? Together, they look to the future and share their predictions on who could be the next Prime Minister, what could happen in the next general elections, and what a Labour coalition government could look like. All this and more debated on this week's Wright on the Nail.Created & produced by Podcast Partners: www.podcastpartners.comSign up to receive updates by email when a new episode drops at www.wrightonthenail.fm

Summary: In this episode of the Capital Insight podcast, hosts Jenny Kassan and Michelle Thimesch are joined by Steve Dubb, a senior editor of economic justice at Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ), to explore what it takes to build an economy that works for people and the planet. Bio: Steve Dubb is a senior editor of economic justice at NPQ, where he writes and edits for Nonprofit Quarterly (including his Economy Remix column) and curates a monthly webinar series, Remaking the Economy. Throughout his career with cooperatives and nonprofits, Steve has authored, co-authored, and edited numerous reports; participated in and facilitated learning cohorts; designed community building strategies; and helped build the field of community wealth building. Steve is the lead author of Building Wealth: The Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems and coauthor of The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads. In 2016, Steve curated and authored Conversations on Community Wealth Building, a collection of interviews of community builders that Steve had conducted over the previous decade. Get In Touch: Website: https://www.jennykassan.com/ https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/ https://www.opportunitymainstreet.com/ https://www.theselc.org/ https://www.thenextegg.org/ Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennykassan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennykassan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekassangroup/ Additional Resource: Angels of Main Street is a community of investors with no minimum wealth or income requirement to join. If you'd like to be part of a community of diverse investors who want to make a difference with their dollars, please join us in Angels of Main Street! Episode Credit: Intro and outro are voiced by Marina Verlaine. She can be contacted at reel.peach.vo@gmail.com Check out past episodes here!

Low wages, precarious jobs, shuttered Main Streets and bleak futures — do towns have a way out of poverty that doesn't involve begging and bribing outside employers to invest?  From Cleveland, Ohio to Preston, England and Scotland, some local governments are experimenting with investing public resources locally in community-held businesses, and public health. They're calling this approach Community Wealth Building, and it's gaining traction around the world. Most recently, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has included money for Community Wealth Building in the Biden Administration's National Strategic Plan. In today's episode, we explore the spreading of Community Wealth Building and its impact on the well-being of individuals and communities so far. How are these models working where others have failed, and is now the time to take Community Wealth Building to a whole new scale? “There's something in the spirit of this that frankly can appeal to both liberals and conservatives. It's really about making a place for our community, and making it a healthy place.” - Ted Howard“If we do not fix this issue . . . we're going to continue to see the kind of poverty, the disinvestment, the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and this is just unacceptable.” - India Pierce Lee“This is not just a small pilot project here and there. This is about rewiring the economic system for social, economic and ecological justice.” - Neil McInroyGuests:Ted Howard, Co-founder & President, The Democracy CollaborativeIndia Pierce Lee, Senior Vice President, Program at the Cleveland FoundationNeil McInroy, Advisor of Community Wealth Building, Scottish Government We are listener & viewer sponsored. Full episode notes including related articles and LFShow episodes to watch and/or listen to are posted at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow. Patreon  Members receive access to the FULL UNCUT CONVERSATION.  The show airs on 300+ Public Television households across the U.S., on over 40 community radio stations and as a podcast. 

Keynote Speech by Melody C. Barnes: "In Search of an Inclusive America: Culture, Politics, and the Narratives That Define Us" on March 22, 2022.About Melody C. BarnesMelody Barnes is executive director of the University of Virginia's Karsh Institute of Democracy. She is also the J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at the Miller Center of Public Affairs and a senior fellow at the Karsh Center for Law & Democracy.Ms. Barnes was Assistant to the President and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Administration of President Barack Obama. Prior to her tenure in the Obama Administration, she was executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress and chief counsel to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Barnes is narrator and host of the podcast, LBJ and the Great Society and co-editor of Community Wealth Building & The Reconstruction of American Democracy.  Ms. Barnes earned her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she graduated with honors in history and her J.D. from the University of Michigan.Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.

Members of the black population appear to fall behind when it comes to economic development. Analyst have their theories. Today's guest says she has experienced first-hand part of the problem. But is working to address the issue. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Entrepreneurship opportunities for all. Angela Rollins, Coordinator of Financial Empowerment Initiatives for the City of Rochester, New York joined the podcast to talk about their women and minority owned business program. She discussed why Rochester is focusing on women and minority owned businesses along with what steps they are taking to grow these businesses in the community. Angela detailed the role of the Office of Community Wealth Building and goals for moving the program forward. Host: Toney Thompson

Esta semana falamos do Community Wealth Building, un modelo de desenvolvemento local que continúa a colleitar éxitos aló onde se pon en práctica. A grosso modo, esta estratexia busca frear a concentración da riqueza nos grandes centros urbanos e financeiros, promovendo o gasto público en pequenas e medianas empresas locais e apostando por unha economía máis democrática a través do cooperativismo e outras modalidades de propiedade comunitaria. Para coñecer máis polo miúdo en que consiste este modelo, falaremos con Sarah McKinley, unha das portavoces do think tank Democracy Collaborative, que nos contará como comezaron a apostar por esta estratexia en Cleveland. No Reino Unido, conversaremos con Rachel Bentley, directora asociada do think tank Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), que tamén nos porá ao día do Modelo Preston, un vello coñecido do noso podcast. Con todo, tamén nos preguntamos que marxe de manobra temos en Galiza para poñer en marcha estas propostas. Para responder a esa pregunta, parolaremos co profesor de Dereito Administrativo e secretario xeral da Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Carlos Aymerich.

Welcome to the Half Open Door Podcast brought to you by Kindfull Creations- Where we will be bringing you informative and enlightening lectures from some interesting people around the world. Join our Instagram Kindfull.Creations https://www.instagram.com/Kindfull.Creations/ to discuss any topics from the podcast. We can only show you the door, its up to you to walk through it. Episode details: Streamed live on Oct 3, 2017 “When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged.” As Mehrsa Baradaran argues in her new book, The Color of Money, this absence of wealth isn't just a failure to atone for oppression and exclusion imposed by slavery and Jim Crow, but the product of contemporary acts to maintain their legacy. Today, the racial wealth gap is animated by policies that build the wealth of those who already have it and sowing debt among those who don't, such as fees and fines levied by municipal governments and the criminal justice system, which fall disproportionately on communities of color. This experience of exclusion is reinforced at the community level where decades of legal residential segregation create the conditions for economic insecurity to become self-reinforcing. The disappearance of mainstream banks from communities of color, for example, has left the door open for unscrupulous and predatory actors, like payday lenders, to profit from poverty. Rather than seen as an outcome constructed by law and policy, Baradaran argues, the lack of Black wealth is blamed on colorblind market forces. As such, the prevailing solutions have focused on enabling Black communities to “bootstrap” their way to wealth by invigorating local enterprise, leaving unexamined the ways in which the government is culpable for both failing to invest in building Black wealth and continuing to siphon it away. Please join New America's Family-Centered Social Policy program for a conversation with Mehrsa Baradaran and a panel of municipal leaders on the front lines of pioneering new strategies to advance economic justice by reforming how government works--and who it serves. Copies of The Color of Money will be available for purchase by credit card or check. This event will be livestreamed on this page. Be a part of the conversation online with #ColorOfMoney and @NewAmericaFCSP. Participants: Mehrsa Baradaran, @MehrsaBaradaran Author, The Color of Money Professor of Law, University of Georgia Risha Berry, @OCWB_RVA Project Management Analyst, Office of Community Wealth Building, City of Richmond, VA Tishaura Jones, @tishaura Treasurer, City of St. Louis, MO Anne Stuhldreher, @AnneStuhldreher Director of Financial Justice, City and County of San Francisco Fellow, New America CA Moderator: Gillian White, @gillianbwhite Senior Associate Editor, Business, The Atlantic ==================================== New America is dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the digital age through big ideas, technological innovation, next generation politics, and creative engagement with broad audiences. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/halfopendoor/support

“Tips from the Top” podcast series will share experience, wisdom & proven leadership success. I want US to be successful in every area of life, including the “Professional YOU.” We'll learn from leaders who are excelling & achieving. During this series we are embracing wisdom from senior leaders who have agreed to be share their professional & life experiences with us. Patrick Graham, Ph.D., is a public and social sectors leader and equity practitioner with over 20 years of national executive experience. He is the author of several academically published works and policy agendas. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Concord Family Enrichment Association, an organization dedicated to affordable housing and cross-sector collaborations. Dr. Graham is also an Entrepreneur. Dr. Patrick C. Graham is a social-public sector leader and equity practitioner with executive-level experience. He currently serves as the first CEO of the Concord Family Enrichment Association, the City Concord's convener of affordable housing initiatives and cress sector collaborations. Dr. Grahan recently served as the Senior Policy Advisor for the Office of Community Wealth Building, City of Richmond, and Executive Advisor (Former Interim Executive Director) of ReWork Richmond. As an inclusive leader, Dr. Graham has led initiatives that empowered over 165,000 households and 400,000 individuals with employment, education, and housing stability. He co-developed financial programs that provided over $6.7 million in loans to small and diverse businesses. Recently, Dr. Graham led an equity strategy that increased low-income households' input from 4% to 48% for the Richmond Metro Area Regional Housing Framework. He is also the architect behind the new Richmond region eviction prevention model. As the creator of regional-wide movements such as At-Opportunity Paradigm and Careers4All, Dr. Graham inspired more in-depth focuses on the economic and social assets found in segregated communities that resulted in over a 35% increase in employment for neighborhood participants. These metrics set standards for many cities and government entities. Dr. Graham's devotion to professional advocacy and curiosity as a trained academic has led him to chair several policy committees, campaigns, and write private and public policy agendas for academic publications and community initiatives. As a leader at Urban League of Central Carolinas, Diversity Council of the Carolinas, Charlotte Works-Workforce Board, and consultant, he has used his knowledge of policy to drive strategy within organizations and networks that increased return on investment (ROI) by over 30%. His work at Crisis Assistance Ministry and Martin Luther King Center helped secure higher educational and financial stability for thousands of families and youth. Dr. Graham is the recipient of the Catalyst Humanitarian of the Year, Uptown Magazine, National Urban League's "Innovative CEO Champion," Long Island Herald's Community Person of the Year, and Citizen of the Year-Sixth District, Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity, and others. He is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (B.S. Marketing), University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.A. African American Studies: Ethnicity, Media and Policy), and Stony Brook University (Ph.D. American History). He is a proud father and an outdoor enthusiast. To connect with Dr. Patrick Graham, visit him on LinkedIn. Connect with Denise Taylor at www.DeniseTaylor.live Join our FREE Facebook Community at www.facebook.com/groups/lifeloveandhappiness

 This is the second of two podcasts from CLES, exploring both the provenance and prospects of community wealth building in the UK. It covers the moment we're in – with commentary from CLES's incoming and outgoing CEOs, Sarah Longlands and Neil McInroy – before taking a deeper look at the incremental changes that local governments can employ, to turn the dial to create economic, social and environmental justice for their place.

Meaghan Burkett interviews Gilbert Rochecouste on Community Wealth Building: Placemaking Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIaXKUI8fQ #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

This new podcast from CLES tells the story of the conceptual and practical origins of community wealth building, through the voices of thinkers and practitioners, from Clackmannanshire to Cleveland. The first two episodes to be released in the coming months, part two will explore the moment we are now in for local economic development, how that relates to community wealth building and the on-the-ground processes that are incrementally turning the dial towards system change.

Watch the FULL interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwKaWMsiIqo #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

We are joined by Community Wealth Builders director Stephanie Geller to talk about her work fostering more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood economies through community wealth building models and strategies across Baltimore.Follow Stephanie on twitter here.Learn more about Community Wealth Builders here.Read about the Maryland Neighborhood Exchange here.Read about Portlands' Community Investment Trust here.Check out Sporty Dog Creations here.Learn more about the Democracy Policy Network at DemocracyPolicy.network.Our theme song is from "Come Spring" by Noble Dust.

Sean O'Conlain and Caroline Whyte speak with Mary McManus, who has worked in the Welfare Rights Advice sector in Belfast for over 20 years, and from Seán Mc Cabe, the Executive Manager of the Climate Justice Centre of TASC, the Irish-based Thinktank for Action on Social Change, about the potential offered by Community Wealth Building.

For Breezeblock #19, FA's Charlie Clemoes talked to Rhian E. Jones about Preston, community wealth building, and its capacity to radically transform our approach to development.

Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/JGHRZDjiJKg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Kerry Grace. Kerry Grace is a regional developer in mid North Coast of NSW she shares her experiences in this valuable conversation. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/qfYtFiAc5eo #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Matt Pfahlert. This session shares his wisdom gained via Social Enterprise Academy and Australian Centre for Regional Entrepreneurialism (ACRE). In this talk we discuss; education, policy settings, the 5 capitals and a bunch of useful case studies. #ethicalfields​ #communitywealthbuilding​ https://ethicalfields.com/​ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/l3CCDL9vLjs #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

In this discussion Rebel Black of THE Rural Woman discusses her home famous opal town of Lightning Ridge, the abundance mentality required for community wealth building and the conversion of THE Rural Woman network from company to Co-operative. So much to enjoy. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/QdocHh0RlHI #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

In this conversation we talk mechanics and practicalities of ethical transfers of ownership from Founders and Investors to stakeholders with a stake. It covers like making succession a success and dives into the relative benefits of different exit options for entrepreneurs. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/MwUMxNkfrJA #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Nathan Schneider. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/2cdL6h4GZoo #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Alanna Irving. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/aN6VPMxCY_s #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Rohan Clarke joined by Blair Palese. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/9ulSyrTt-NI #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Ariella Helfgott. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/di1o903AvMk #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Jess Scully. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/AfYLp4-PxZg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Steve Gill. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/lMNemNGAoa8 #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Donnie MacLurcan. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/AsPyz8g-8Zg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Joshua Gilbert. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/JIYMEoHOFcY #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

How does an economy emerge from recession? Historically, cities hard hit by deindustrialization have strived to attract big employers from elsewhere by offering incentives and tax breaks. But outside employers rarely invest in a place long term, and all too often skip town when the incentives run out. In some places, local governments have been experimenting with other strategies. In Preston, England, they're experimenting with investing public money in locally-owned businesses and cooperatives, and encouraging local “anchor” institutions to buy from, or train, local vendors. They're calling it the Preston model of community wealth building, and it's inspired by a model in another formerly industrialized city: Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Evergreen Cooperatives.  This week on The Laura Flanders Show, we take a look at a transatlantic experiment in cooperative community wealth building.For the full episode notes, the series the Story Behind the Story,  and more goto https://Patreon.com/theLFShow

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Ian McBurney of bHive Cooperatives. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/FNNigd_WcpY #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Dr. Michelle Maloney. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/7aBn4AcQp-w #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Jason Lee Lasky. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/k7brgCtaqaM #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Alan Crabbe of If Labs. Watch the FULL interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAHjH2pCiFg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Gareth Priday joined by Phil Donaldson of Bioregional Australia Foundation. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/VWFjP_Ul5_w #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Tom Dawkins Co-founder/CEO of innovation for good catalyst StartSomeGood. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/6vmQET3axAg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Claire Marshall of If Labs. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/aiaaM1ifGJ8 #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Much has been said about the centralisation of wealth and power in major cities. London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff. these behemoths sucking up the economic activity of their regions as the cities expand and draw in more people and more business in from the now dubbed "Satalite Towns". Is having all the business and production of Greater Manchester concentrated in the city centre the right economic plan for a region? Are we leaving communities to crumble as we build shiny new tower blocks in Spinningfields and Deansgate? Is there another way? This week we are joined by Jonty Leibowitz (@JontyLeibowitz) from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (@CLESthinkdo). Jonty talks us through Community Wealth Building, how local governments can use the powers they already have to keep wealth in there localities and how democracy in the workplace interlinks with climate change. LinksJontys' new report with CLEShttps://cles.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Green-Recovery-FINAL2.pdfShout outs UCU campaign to save University workershttps://twitter.com/manmetucu/status/1284049513653719045?s=20Trees not Cars@TreesNotCarsDiversifying and Decolonising Economics@DivDecEconCommon Wealth @CmmonwealthIf you like the show tell your comrades!Find us at Twitter:@MCRGND_PODInsta: ManchestergndpodFB:MCRGNDPOD

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Molly Kendall of Cooperative Tasmania. Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/ZHuayF-7qgo #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Community Wealth Building webinar with Andrew Ward joined by Dr. Jose Ramos of Action Foresight. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/dNyN7PNiYas #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Part 2 of Community Wealth Building with Andrew Ward joined again by Nick Rose of Sustain: The Australian Food Network. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/jZii4coH0rs #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

This session of Community Wealth Building with Andrew Ward was joined by Nick Rose of Sustain: The Australian Food Network. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/TGbBPISEVTE #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Here is the Fifth installment of Andrew Ward's Zoom discussion on Community Wealth Building. This time, he was joined by Jonathan Prendergast of Komo Energy. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/AB8mAuaWApc #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Image: Monument to the Maroon, Alberto Lescay, in El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, taken June 2019; https://albertolescay.com/ It must be said, we have entered the most aggressive phase of European modernity's disintegration. One that has been built upon decades of exploitation—human and natural. This may seem to be a very strong statement. Some may even suggest that it is an overstatement. It is neither. It is not based on speculation or opinion. The map of human history, the warnings of anti-racist, anti-racial capitalist, environmentalists, antiwar thinkers, advocates, activists have predicted this moment. Octavia Butler, Martin Delany, Ngugi, write and wrote about this. Fanon, Cabral, Biko, Armah, Gyekye, Du Bois, the Boggs, the Jacksons, Baraka theorized this moment. Coltrane, Coleman attempted to play us toward another direction. Simone, Lincoln, Holiday, provided a way to understand and see beyond this moment. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that we utilize this space, this moment of fracturing to create something new. We have been given the tools; our ancestors gave us the map. Let us read it together. To reformulate a black studies within the epistemic and philosophical architecture that is inadequate to properly engage its trajectory and call it new, is a contradiction of the highest order. Today, we will explore the contradictory musings of this new black studies...with Dr. Corey Walker. Corey D. B. Walker is the Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is the author of A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America (University of Illinois Press), editor of Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy: Can We Make American Democracy Work? (Edward Elgar Publishing), editor of the special issue of the journal Political Theology on “Theology and Democratic Futures,” and associate editor of the award-winning SAGE Encyclopedia of Identity. He has also published over sixty articles, essays, book chapters and reviews appearing in a wide range of scholarly journals and co-directed and co-produced the documentary film fifeville with acclaimed artist and filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson. He has held faculty and academic leadership positions at Brown University, University of Virginia, Virginia Union University, and Winston-Salem State University and visiting faculty appointments at Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Union Presbyterian Seminary, and University of Richmond. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples!

Here is the fourth installment of Andrew Ward's Zoom discussion on Community Wealth Building. This time, he was joined by Gareth Priday, Rohan Clarke and Meaghan Burkett. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/q0Yyl-_kdS4 #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Here is the third installment of Andrew Ward's Zoom discussion on Community Wealth Building. This time, he was joined by Emma Tomkinson. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/QvFVLGSCuCg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Here is the second installment of Andrew Ward's Zoom discussion on Community Wealth Building. This time, he was joined by Rohan Clarke. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/ShHyiszqOCg #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Listen to our first Community Wealth Building session with Andrew Ward and Tim Bray. Watch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/i4is7VH3ZFA #ethicalfields #communitywealthbuilding https://ethicalfields.com/ Social Media: Facebook - @ethicalfields Twitter - @ethicalfields Instagram - @ethicalfields LinkedIn.com/en/ethicalfields

Councillor Matthew Brown is Leader of Preston City Council in the north of England, where he has been widely credited as the driving force behind the ‘Preston model', an economic strategy at the city and county level that presents a comprehensive, interlinked approach to community wealth building as a practical and transformative alternative to austerity and disinvestment. First elected to represent the Tulketh ward in 2002, Councillor Matthew Brown subsequently took on portfolios that included community engagement and inclusion, social justice and policy initiatives, leading to his election in 2018 as Council Leader, and to a position as an advisor to the Labour Party's Community Wealth Building Unit.  Matthew also works as Senior Fellow for the promotion of Community Wealth Building in the U.K. with The Democracy Collaborative.”

The Office of Community Wealth Building is a first in the nation-type undertaking with the goal of reducing overall poverty by 40% and child poverty by 50% in Richmond by 2030. In order to achieve that larger goal, the smaller goal is 1,000 people out of poverty every year. This is not easy because combating poverty or as the office properly names it, "wealth building" is not a science, it is truly an art. Every person is different and every circumstance is different. Therefore, in order to lift Richmond's 26% poverty rate the approach has to be different. I had the pleasure of visiting with Reginald Gordon, the Director of the office and Zane Robinson, who heads the marketing and communication aspects of the office for this exclusive visit. #WESEEIT You can follow all the activities of The Cheats Movement online at www.thecheatsmovement.com and follow The Cheats Movement on twitter.