Podcasts about Democracy Collaborative

In this episode, Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by Joe Guinan, President at The Democracy Collaborative, to discuss WTF is going on in the US?!

​Author and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Democracy Collaborative, Marjorie Kelly, talks about her recently released book, Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises (Berrett-Kohler, September 2023)​​, which also outlines a vision for democratizing the economy so that it serves the broader public good.

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

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

Nature conservation can mean a lot of things in different contexts — it's not just working in wetlands and forests, but it also has a role to play in the ways our cities function, too. Additionally, nature doesn't recognize boundaries or borders, and it requires cooperation between the different countries and states that many natural areas cover. This is the kind of work Leslie Harroun focuses on every day as Executive Director of the Salazar Center for North American Conservation. The Salazar Center works to build conservation, leadership, thinking, and practice across North America to restore and sustain our natural world for future generations. Before joining the Salazar Center, Leslie led the Next System Project at the Democracy Collaborative where she worked to design and articulate a common sense next economic system that is equitable, democratic, and ecological. Previously, Leslie was a founding director of the Partners for a New Economy and International Donor Collaborative focused on conservation in the economy and senior program officer at the Oak FoundationLeslie joined Jocelyn to talk about where her passion for nature conservation came from, her day-to-day work and the path that brought her to the Salazar Center, and her favorite pair of shoes that get her through a long day of meetings. Salazar Center for North American Conservation WebsiteSalazar Center on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter

Marjorie Kelly, a distinguished senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative, argues that a bias toward wealth has warped the economy. Here's what we can do about it.

The employee ownership movement is growing, and one of its biggest champions is also a private equity heavyweight. Is this meaningful change, or just window dressing? SOURCES:Marjorie Kelly, distinguished senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative.Corey Rosen, founder and senior staff member of the National Center for Employee Ownership.Pete Stavros, co-head of Global Private Equity at KKR. RESOURCES:"Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit," by Lydia DePillis (The New York Times, 2024)."Private Equity Heavyweight Pushing Employee Ownership," (60 Minutes, 2024)."Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission," by Ethan Rouen, Dennis Campbell, and Andrew Robinson (HBS Case Collection, 2023)."Research on Employee Ownership," by the National Center for Employee Ownership (2023).Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises, by Marjorie Kelly (2023)."Is Private Equity Joining — or Co-Opting—the Employee Ownership Movement?" by Marjorie Kelly and Karen Kahn (Fast Company, 2022)."How Well Is Employee Ownership Working?" by Corey Rosen and Michael Quarrey (Harvard Business Review, 1987). EXTRAS:"Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023)."Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023)."Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).

A life long social activist, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American biblical scholar writing today. His recent book, Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith (Beacon Press, 2021) has gathered wide acclaim. Cornel West calls him “one of the last few grand prophetic intellectuals.”A widely sought lecturer and media spokesperson, Dr. Hendricks' appearances include CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Fox News, Fox Business News, the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC, NHK Japan Television and the Bloomberg Network. He has provided running event commentary for National Public Radio, MSNBC, and the al-Jazeera and Aspire international television networks. Dr. Hendricks has served in the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group at the U. S. Department of State under Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry; was a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee, for whom he delivered the closing benediction at the 2008 Democratic Convention; served on the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the 2008 Democratic Presidential campaign. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at The Democracy Collaborative in Washington, DC; has been an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for American Progress; was a Senior Fellow at The Opportunity Agenda social justice communications think tank; is on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Christian Socialism; and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Dr. Hendricks has been a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Salon.com, a former editorial advisor to the award-winning Tikkun magazine, and a contributing editor to The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation has called his work “the boldest post-colonial writing ever seen in Western biblical studies.”Hendricks' award-winning book, The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted (Doubleday, 2006), was declared “essential reading for Americans” by the Washington Post. Social commentator Michael Eric Dyson proclaimed it “an instant classic” that “immediately thrusts Hendricks into the front ranks of American religious thinkers.” The Politics of Jesus was the featured subject of the 90-minute C-SPAN special hosted by the Center for American Progress, “Class, Politics and Christianity.” The tenth anniversary of its publication was acknowledged at a major 2016 panel at the American Academy of Religion at its annual convention in San Antonio, TX. Governor Howard Dean, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, has called his book, The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church and the Body Politic(Orbis, 2011), a “tour de force.”A former Wall Street investment executive and past president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American theological seminary in the United States, he is currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the Department of Religion and the Department of African American and African Diasporic Studies; a Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary; and Emeritus Professor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary. An Ordained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hendricks holds the Master of Divinity with academic honors from Princeton Theological Seminary, and both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Religions of Late Antiquity from Princeton University.     

Is it possible to create an effective economic system where life is at the center? In this conversation, we explore the possibilities with Marjorie Kelly. A thought leader in next-generation enterprise design, employee ownership, impact investing, and building a community-rooted democratic economy, Marjorie is a distinguished senior fellow at the Democracy Collaborative and the author of four books.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/marjorie-kelly/

This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate  Thank you for your continued support!Description: "Capital bias" prioritizes wealth over people and the planet. What are the consequences? That question is at the core of “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises”, the new book from Marjorie Kelly. There's too much financial wealth in our system, she says, yet capitalism encourages us to keep scaling up, building our portfolios and maximizing profits. Like white supremacy, wealth supremacy is both entirely obvious and oddly hidden. But it shows up everywhere, and it's brought us to a deadly brink. What is to be done? As you'll hear in the episode, meaningful conversations about wealth supremacy can help us shift away from capitalism and imagine better economic models. Tune in as Marjorie Kelly and Laura Flanders do just that. Marjorie Kelly is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Democracy Collaborative and a longtime business observer. Her book is out now via Berrett-Koehler Press.“. . . Big capital is out there right now buying water rights . . . Communities are saying no . . . water needs to be declared a public trust. You have these two completely different worldviews, which really show us we can have a financialized world or we can have a democratic world . . .” - Marjorie Kelly“White supremacy and wealth supremacy are entirely entangled and you can't solve for racial equity without also looking at this wealth inequity. It hits people of color hardest, but it's hitting all of us, including the planet.” - Marjorie KellyGUEST:  Marjorie Kelly: Distinguished Senior Fellow, The Democracy Collaborative; Author, Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more.Music In the Middle:  “Brooklynville” by Opa from their album Back Home released on Far Out Recordings.  And additional music included- "Steppin"  by Podington Bear. The Laura Flanders Show Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller and Jeannie Hopper FOLLOW The Laura Flanders ShowTwitter: twitter.com/thelfshowTikTok: tiktok.com/@thelfshowFacebook: facebook.com/theLFshowInstagram: instagram.com/thelfshowYouTube: youtube.com/@thelfshow ACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

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.

Marjorie Kelly is Distinguished Senior Fellow with The Democracy Collaborative, and the author of - Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises (Berrett-Kohler, September 2023) talks today with Leonard on Leonard Lopate at large.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the need for more worker protections in the textile and electric vehicle production industries. Sen. Brown also talked about the issues in the House and what could be done to come to a resolution. Editor from Workday Magazine and contributor to The Nation, Sarah Lazare, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss her recent article about the daily pain and suffering of auto assembly line workers. Lazare also discussed the issues with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's reporting methods concerning workplace injuries. Senior Fellow for the Democracy Collaborative, Marjorie Kelly, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to talk about the organization and what they do to help improve the workforce. Kelly also discussed the change in how workers were excluded from the operation of a business and the need for corporations to evolve.

The perpetual extraction by those striving for limitless wealth has set our planet on a trajectory that could make living here impossible for billions of humans by the end of this century. Marjorie Kelly, founder of Business Ethics Magazine and currently a Senior Fellow at the Democracy Collaborative, argues that in order to overcome the capital bias that has been so destructive to our society, we must first identify the root cause, delegitimize the myths upon which extractive capitalism relies upon today, and start laying the groundwork for real transformative change.  She joins The Climate Pod this week to talk about her new book, "Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises", and to offer solutions, some of which are already having great impacts around the world today. Buy "Wealth Supremacy" Learn more about The Democracy Collaborative As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. 

David Bank is joined by Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative to explore the ways that impact investors both help and hinder systemic change. Her new book, “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises,” is out this month.  Plus, host Monique Aiken has the headlines. Read part one of Marjorie's essay, “⁠How wealth supremacy is driving today's crises⁠,” on ImpactAlpha. Check out the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wealth-supremacy-how-the-extractive-economy-and-the-biased-rules-of-capitalism-drive-today-s-crises-marjorie-kelly/19486250 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

David Bank is joined by Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative to explore the ways that impact investors both help and hinder systemic change. Her new book, “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises,” is out this month.  Plus, host Monique Aiken has the headlines. Read part one of Marjorie's essay, “⁠⁠How wealth supremacy is driving today's crises⁠⁠,” on ImpactAlpha. Check out the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wealth-supremacy-how-the-extractive-economy-and-the-biased-rules-of-capitalism-drive-today-s-crises-marjorie-kelly/19486250 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha-briefing/message

Wealth inequality has worsened over the last several decades, with the US having some of the highest inequality among industrialized countries. The top 20% of US households by income hold 70% of the wealth — over $96 trillion — according to the Federal Reserve. Households in the bottom 20%, by comparison, hold just 3% of the wealth, or $4 trillion. In her new book, “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drives Today's Crises,” Marjorie Kelly of the Democracy Collaborative explains how the bias toward wealth that is woven into the very fabric of American capitalism is damaging people, the economy, and the planet, and she explores what the foundations of a new economy could be. The book exposes the myths underlying wealth supremacy, the bias that institutionalizes infinite extraction of wealth by and for the wealthy, and how this bias is the hidden force behind economic injustice, the climate crisis, and so many other problems of our day. In this book talk with author Marjorie Kelly, hosted at the Aspen Institute on September 12, we learn about the myths that perpetuate wealth inequality and how the democratization of ownership — public ownership of vital services, worker-owned businesses, and more — can help us build a non-extractive capitalism and economy based on the public interest. For more information about this event — including video, audio, transcript, speaker bios, and additional resources — visit as.pn/wealthsupremacy

This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateAs we commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, we explore the urgent questions surrounding the extractive nature of capitalism and its impact on democracy and economic inequality. What are the consequences of “capital bias”, an economic and social system that prioritizes wealth and the wealthy at the expense of manufacturing, people and the planet? And in what ways is “wealth supremacy” as deadly as white male supremacy — and every other kind? In this episode, we sit down with Marjorie Kelly, author of the newly-released book “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's Crises”, and Edgar Villanueva, a member of the Lumbee people and Founder of the Decolonizing Wealth Project. We urgently need a spiritual revolution — could Indigenous perspectives offer alternative ways of thinking about wealth and community? All that, plus an update from Laura on a special collaboration between the Laura Flanders Show and the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast.“. . . Big capital is out there right now buying water rights . . . Communities are saying no . . . Water needs to be declared a public trust. You have these two completely different worldviews, which show us we can have a financialized world or we can have a democratic world . . .” - Marjorie Kelly “. . . Capitalism was completely founded upon the enslavement of Black people in this country. That is the blueprint for our economy. I don't know how to take racism and harm out of that existing system without completely imagining a new system . . .” - Edgar VillanuevaGuests:Marjorie Kelly: Distinguished Senior Fellow, The Democracy Collaborative; Author, Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today's CrisesEdgar Villanueva (Lumbee): Founder & Principal, Decolonizing Wealth Project Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more.Music In the Middle:   “Turn Me Around” by STR4TA featuring Theo Croker, from the ST4TASFEAR Remix Collection released on Brownswood Records  Listen & Learn More.  And additional music included- "In and Out" and "Steppin" by Podington Bear The Laura Flanders Show Crew:  Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller and Jeannie HopperFOLLOW 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

People in the United States pay the highest prices for pharmaceuticals, and Big Pharma spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year for lobbying to keep it that way. The United States is also experiencing a growing shortage of medications from antibiotics to cancer treatments and more despite being a wealthy country. Clearing the FOG speaks with Dana Brown of the Democracy Collaborative to understand what is behind the high prices and shortages. She also describes solutions to these crises and how states across the country are taking action to directly confront the stranglehold the pharmaceutical industry has over our lives. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about pharmaceuticals with Dana Brown, the director of health and economy at the Democracy Collaborative, where her research focuses on health and care systems, the pharmaceutical sector, and economic transformation for health and well-being. See: https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/09/drug-shortages-public-pharma-option/ https://democracypolicy.network/agenda/strong-people/strong-bodies/public-pharmaceuticals

Original Air Date 12-7-2019 In the context of the devastating fire on Maui, we are replaying this throwback episode to look at the reaction to decades of the fetishization of privatization in the form of a reinvigorated movement for public ownership of institutions meant to serve the public such as utilities, banks, train systems and so on. But this isn't your grandfather's top-down public ownership, the new movement has bottom-up, accountable, democratic control of institutions at the very core of its mission. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Clips and Shows + No Ads!) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: As California Burns Again, Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for PG&E to Become Publicly Owned Utility - Democracy Now - Air Date 10-31-19 PG&E declared bankruptcy amid a number of lawsuits related to the wildfires. We speak with California Congressmember Ro Khanna, who is calling for the California state government to take over control of PG&E. Ch. 2: When Power Goes Out, Who Is Held Accountable? - Building Local Power - Air Date 10-31-19 PG&E's negligence and how a distributed energy system could avoid future outages and detrimental fire damage. Ch. 3: Public Ownership 2.0 - Weekly Economics - Air Date 2-18-19 Public ownership is back on the agenda. But if privatization has failed, what kind of public ownership should replace it? Ch. 4: From Private Profits to Public Alternatives - The Next System Podcast - Air Date 1-24-19 The conversation runs the gamut from the pitfalls of the privatization of goods and services to the social benefits of public ownership and envisioning democratic governance thereof. Ch. 5: The Future of Banking - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 6-29-19 Ralph welcomes Walt McRee President of Public Banking Associates, who explains how public banks should be the future of banking. Ch. 6: Trinity Tran on Public Banking - CounterSpin - Air Date 10-11-19 Trinity Tran, co-founder and lead organizer for Public Bank LA and a founding member of the California Public Banking Alliance. Ch. 7: Who's Afraid of Public Ownership? - The Laura Flanders Show - Air Date 1-28-19 Laura in conversation with Thomas Hanna, research director at The Democracy Collaborative and author of “Our Common Wealth: The Return of Public Ownership in the United States”. MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | Alexa Devices | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher! ​ ​ ​

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.

Since 2021, we've been collecting EO A-ha Moments from every guest of this podcast and the "Owner to Owner" podcast with Jesse Tyler. The EO A-ha Moments usually represent the first time our guests knew that EO could be transformative, so we've decided to compile them and share them in early 2023. In Volume II, Bret Keisling shares EO A-ha Moments from previous guests including Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative, Jon Shell, CEO of Social Capital Partners, Tim Garbinsky with the National Center for Employee Ownership, Pim Jager and Chad Duke of Scott Insurance, and Diana Ives of The Kendeda Fund. The full transcript of this episode, with links to all of the other episodes and companies mentioned, is available on our website at https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/233-eo-a-ha-moments-volume-ii

As the impacts of climate breakdown intensify, the cost of living crisis takes hold globally, and levels of inequality remain stubbornly high, it begs the question: is our economic system working to meet the needs of people and the planet? The climate science is unequivocal and clear - the 1.5 degree threshold is swiftly approaching, and we can no longer rely on conventional economic models that do not recognize the ecological limits of the planet. Cities around the world are leading the way in establishing innovative wellbeing models, to creating thriving, just and resilient urban environments. This episode unpacks why our current models aren't working and how purposeful government led action at the city level can support shared prosperity.Featured in this episode: “Global wellbeing is at risk – and it's in large part because we haven't kept our promises on the environment” UN Secretary-General António Guterres: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1119532Featured guests:Katherine Trebeck is a political economist, writer, and advocate for economic system change. She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and also WEAll Scotland, its Scottish hub. She is writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Institute and a strategic advisor to Australia's Centre for Policy Development. She sits on a range of boards and advisory groups such as The Democracy Collaborative, the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy, and the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity.Saiorse Exton is an activist for climate and equality, based in Ireland. She founded her local branch of the 'Fridays for Future' movement and organizes nationally and internationally. For her Rise project, Saoirse rewrote Irish mythology from a feminist perspective – foregrounding the strong characters that traditional narratives tended to suppress. She ended her second term as Equality officer of the Irish Second-Level Students' Union in 2022, where she developed a passion for legislative and student-led activism.  She is a member of the C40 Cities Global Youth and Mayors Forum, working with Mayors from around the world to implement change in sustainability policy.Image credit: Equity © Erick M Ramos & C40If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/Cities 1.5 is a podcast by University of Toronto Press and is produced in association with the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. Our executive producers are Isabel Sitcov, Peggy Whitfield, Jessica Abraham, Claudia Rupnik, and Dali Carmichael.Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

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.

The PATHPod has been on the road trip of a lifetime during this episode. They are in National City, CA near the southern border between California and Mexico. National City is home to Olivewood Gardens, an interactive, indoor-outdoor classroom for children and adults from around San Diego County. Olivewood Gardens is the birthplace of the Cooking For Salud program and the graduates of that program, The Kitchenistas. This program has been so successful and impactful it has been made into a documentary film short streaming now on Apple TV and other home streaming devices. It has been accepted by ten film festivals including Global Health Film Festival (London). The film illustrates the struggles and triumphs of families in National City living with Diabetes, Obesity, and other health conditions related to food. Toni and Jenny had the opportunity to engage in a conversation with 3 women who have been instrumental in making these programs come to life – Dr. Sabrina Falquier Montgrain, Patty Corona and Mary Ann Beyster. Below are their abbreviated bios and social media information.Bios: 1. Sabrina A. Falquier Montgrain, MD, CCMS Internal Medicine, Culinary MedicineFounder and CEO, Sensations Salud, LLC - Culinary Medicine. Education.  ConsultingFaculty, Culinary Medicine Specialist BoardClinical Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, UC San Diego Health SciencesChair, Advisory Board, Culinary Medicine Specialist BoardVice-Chair, Board of Directors, Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center email: sfm@sensationssalud.com website: SensationsSalud.com LinkedinLinkedin (Business) Instagram Facebook YouTube TwitterTikTok 2. Patty Corona1st generation Kitchenista and Cooking for Salud® Coordinator at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center®. She has her B.A. in Foreign Trade and Customs at Universidad Iberoamericana del Noroeste. Patty works to deliver behavior and lifestyle change programs including Cooking for Salud® Patty grew up between Tijuana, Santa Veronica Ranch in Tecate and summers at her grandmother's ranch in San Pedro, Jalisco. After a year as a volunteer at Olivewood, Patty became highly motivated to serve her community of National City through learning and inspiring others to learn. 3. Mary Ann BeysterFounder of Yellow Warbler Media, works on multi-media educational projects and documentaries to explore entrepreneurial stories of conservation, community wellbeing, and equity through ownership. Mary Ann is a native San Diegan, and community leader with a diverse 30-year career as an engineer, a business and non-profit technology executive, board member, and documentary producer. Her works have been broadcasted and/or distributed by PBS, Films Media Group, Cinema Guild, The Aspen Institute, The Democracy Collaborative, Department of Defense, Apple TV, and seen by tens of thousands of students annually via academic institutions. Social Media - FilmFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekitchenistasmovie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekitchenistasmovie/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekitchmovieSocial Media –KitchenistasFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/olivewood.kitchenistas/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olivewoodkitchenistas/Social Media –SensationsSaludFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sensationssaludInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sensationssalud/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sensationssaludSocial Media – Olivewood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/olivewoodgardensInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/olivewoodgardens/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/OlivewoodGarden

Dr. Obery Hendricks comes on the show to talk about ethics and how they play out in the real world. Links from the show:* Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith* Connect with Dr. Hendricks* Subscribe to the newsletterAbout my guest:A life long social activist, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American biblical scholar writing today. His recent book, Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith (Beacon Press, 2021) has gathered wide acclaim. Cornel West calls him “one of the last few grand prophetic intellectuals.”A widely sought lecturer and media spokesperson, Dr. Hendricks' appearances include CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Fox News, Fox Business News, the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC, NHK Japan Television and the Bloomberg Network. He has provided running event commentary for National Public Radio, MSNBC, and the al-Jazeera and Aspire international television networks. Dr. Hendricks has served in the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group at the U. S. Department of State under Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry; was a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee, for whom he delivered the closing benediction at the 2008 Democratic Convention; served on the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the 2008 Democratic Presidential campaign. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at The Democracy Collaborative in Washington, DC; has been an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for American Progress; was a Senior Fellow at The Opportunity Agenda social justice communications think tank; is on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Christian Socialism; and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Dr. Hendricks has been a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Salon.com, a former editorial advisor to the award-winning Tikkun magazine, and a contributing editor to The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation has called his work “the boldest post-colonial writing ever seen in Western biblical studies.”Hendricks' award-winning book, The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted (Doubleday, 2006), was declared “essential reading for Americans” by the Washington Post. Social commentator Michael Eric Dyson proclaimed it “an instant classic” that “immediately thrusts Hendricks into the front ranks of American religious thinkers.” The Politics of Jesus was the featured subject of the 90-minute C-SPAN special hosted by the Center for American Progress, “Class, Politics and Christianity.” The tenth anniversary of its publication was acknowledged at a major 2016 panel at the American Academy of Religion at its annual convention in San Antonio, TX. Governor Howard Dean, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, has called his book, The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church and the Body Politic(Orbis, 2011), a “tour de force.”A former Wall Street investment executive and past president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American theological seminary in the United States, he is currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the Department of Religion and the Department of African American and African Diasporic Studies; a Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary; and Emeritus Professor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary. An Ordained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hendricks holds the Master of Divinity with academic honors from Princeton Theological Seminary, and both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Religions of Late Antiquity from Princeton University.      Get full access to Dispatches from the War Room at dispatchesfromthewarroom.substack.com/subscribe

Vandaag het gesprek met Katherine Trebeck. Katherine is an advocate for economic change with roles including writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh and a Strategic Advisor for the Centre for Policy Development. She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and WEAll Scotland, and instigated the Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership. She sits on advisory groups including for The Democracy Collaborative, the C40 think tank, and the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity. Her most recent book (with Jeremy Williams in 2019) is The Economics of Arrival and her major report Being Bold: Budgeting for Children's Wellbeing was launched in March 2021. Enjoy the insights of Katherine. Let's get started… In gesprek met Katherine Trebeck leerde ik: What happens when you bring compassion and the economy together?Translating the big ideas of well being to what governments practically need to do.A viable firm can pay it's factors of production like land, labor, and cost of materialsThe government in the UK spends a lot of money topping up people's wages because their employers are not paying them enough to live on.The diminishing marginal returns, we get saturated but in today's consumerism we seem to have forgotten these basics.The economics of arrival is about that you can have enough. Look upstream for structural causes of things.Poverty is about having choices, and some power, and autonomy over your circumstances.Mexico tags spending when it is associated with poverty reduction programs.The Irish government tracks the gender effects of taxes and welfare.Well-being is about quality of life, now and in the future.She hates the phrase “I want to give something back”, why did you take so much in the first place that you feel now the need to give something back.The difference between justice and charity.A quite supporter of the SDG's because how companies use them and that no one is left behind.A important question is are some people too far ahead? If you are in top 10% by income you account for 49% of the CO2 emission.The people that are most impacted by the climate crisis and environmental breakdown are the ones who didn't cause it.During her Oxfam work she got the chance to read a draft of Kate Raworth's paper on the topic of the doughnut economy.More on the Scottish National Performance framework  https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/ If everything is setup for profit there will only be so much leeway at a for profit company. Jennifer Hinton - published her PhD on Profit imparity https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-hinton-758a544/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer-Hinton-4 The question What for? What are we in business for?What sort of returns do we need? Maybe it is not financial returns.The economy is misaligned with delivering what people need. How do we realign the economy in service? Meer over Katherine Trebeck: https://katherinetrebeck.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-trebeck-1816711a/https://twitter.com/KTrebeckhttps://maatschapwij.nu/blogs/katherine-trebeck-welzijnseconomie/  VPRO Tegenlicht Ontgroeiers https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/kijk/afleveringen/2021-2022/de-ontgroeiers.html Books:  The economics of arrival (2019)New Thinking for the British Economy (2018)Tackling Timorous Economics: How Scotland's Economy Could Work Better for Us All (2017)Being Bold: Building Budgets for Children's Wellbeing - this is the report we talked about Video van het gesprek met Katherine Trebeck https://youtu.be/38ZiyJCjgOU Kijk hier https://youtu.be/38ZiyJCjgOU

'The small moment of someone choosing to invest a hundred dollars, $500 in a local business, makes such a huge difference. It's a radical act. If we can have more of those small moments, I believe it'll make a huge difference.' On this weeks survival of the kindest podcast I am delighted to welcome Jenny Kassan. Jenny grew up in something of a radical household, familiarising her with a critique of capitalism. She studied psychology at UC Berkeley and then did an intern with Ralph Nader in Washington DC. This was a formative period for her working on Civil Rights and exposing the negative aspects of big corporations. She went on to law school and then worked for a non-profit community development corporation in Oakland called the Unity Council, where she served as staff attorney and managed community economic development projects, including a $100 million housing project and the formation and management of several social ventures designed to employ and create business ownership opportunities for low-income community residents. Jenny co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center, a non-profit that provides legal information to support sustainable economies. Jenny is also a fellow at Democracy Collaborative. Jenny's legal practice, Jenny Kassan Consulting, provides legal services, coaching, and consulting for mission-driven companies, investors, and intermediaries and includes educational programs for entrepreneurs Connect with Jenny on twitter

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast This week, Briahna asks experts pointed, pragmatic questions about how to nationalize the energy sector. With the public discourse centered on high gas prices and the climate crisis is looming bigger than ever, it seems odd that the left is silent on a solution that could deliver big benefits to direct consumers and, well, everyone who enjoys a habitable earth. What does the Tennessee Valley Authority teach us about state-owned energy projects? What should we learn from the Obama-era nationalization of GM? We've done before, other countries, like Sweden, do it all the time, so why is the idea of "nationalization" such a bete noir -- especially among the left? Matt Bruenig, returning to the podcast, is the founder of the People's Policy Project think tank. Johanna Bozuwa, co-manager of the climate and energy program at Democracy Collaborative, has written a detailed paper on how we can actually "nationalize this."  Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod)and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Ben Dalton (@wbend). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Founded in 1946, NMF was one of America's first diversity organizations. Today, NMF remains the only the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships to medical and health professions students in all groups underrepresented in healthcare. Ms. Davis comes to NMF from RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Ms. Davis created and led Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice dedicated to addressing the social and political determinants of health. During her tenure there her portfolio consisted of: Policy Development and Government Affairs, Healthy Living and Community Engagement, Employee Wellness, Marketing, Communications, External and Corporate Affairs and, Global Health. She is the creator of the RWJBarnabas Health Women's Leadership Alliance, the Young Professional Advisory Council, and the Corporate Institute for Internship. The Social Impact and Community Investment Practice was created to leverage the system's range of assets to advance a culture of health and lift the quality of life in New Jersey communities. With a programmatic emphasis on ensuring health equity, the practice spearheads innovative social impact and external affairs initiatives that address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that have a significant impact on health outcomes. The policy arm leads the practice as it seeks to change systems, structures, and policies to create a more equitable future for all New Jerseyans. Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Ms. Davis served as Chief Policy Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, where she was the first African American to serve in this position in state history. She was the first African American and only the second women to serve as Acting New Jersey State Treasurer responsible for a state budget of over $30 billion dollars. She was the youngest person to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery in state history and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. She has a proven record of supporting the equitable building of community wealth and health throughout her career and, while Acting State Treasurer of New Jersey, founded the New Jersey Department of the Treasury's Office of Supplier Diversity and Division of Minority and Women Owned Businesses. Ms. Davis is also active in civic engagement in the local and the global community. Nationally, she serves on the Boards of The Democracy Collaborative and The Root Cause Coalition and on the Health Anchor Network Founding Design Team; Root Cause Coalition National Advisory Board and United Way ALICE National and Building Healthy Places Advisory Councils. Globally, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Black Women's Public Policy Institute. She is the President Emeritus of Executive Women of New Jersey, the state's premier organization for senior level executive women in business, Chair of Academic Affairs for the Joint Board of Rutgers-Rowan Universities; Treasurer of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women's Association; and is on the boards of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Rutgers Institute for Women's Leadership; New Jersey Bipartisan Coalition for Women's Appointments; Caucus Educational Trust and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation. Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She holds Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and in Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business. Special Guest: Michellene Davis.

Founded in 1946, NMF was one of America's first diversity organizations. Today, NMF remains the only the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships to medical and health professions students in all groups underrepresented in healthcare. Ms. Davis comes to NMF from RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Ms. Davis created and led Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice dedicated to addressing the social and political determinants of health. During her tenure there her portfolio consisted of: Policy Development and Government Affairs, Healthy Living and Community Engagement, Employee Wellness, Marketing, Communications, External and Corporate Affairs and, Global Health. She is the creator of the RWJBarnabas Health Women's Leadership Alliance, the Young Professional Advisory Council, and the Corporate Institute for Internship. The Social Impact and Community Investment Practice was created to leverage the system's range of assets to advance a culture of health and lift the quality of life in New Jersey communities. With a programmatic emphasis on ensuring health equity, the practice spearheads innovative social impact and external affairs initiatives that address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that have a significant impact on health outcomes. The policy arm leads the practice as it seeks to change systems, structures, and policies to create a more equitable future for all New Jerseyans. Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Ms. Davis served as Chief Policy Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, where she was the first African American to serve in this position in state history. She was the first African American and only the second women to serve as Acting New Jersey State Treasurer responsible for a state budget of over $30 billion dollars. She was the youngest person to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery in state history and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. She has a proven record of supporting the equitable building of community wealth and health throughout her career and, while Acting State Treasurer of New Jersey, founded the New Jersey Department of the Treasury's Office of Supplier Diversity and Division of Minority and Women Owned Businesses. Ms. Davis is also active in civic engagement in the local and the global community. Nationally, she serves on the Boards of The Democracy Collaborative and The Root Cause Coalition and on the Health Anchor Network Founding Design Team; Root Cause Coalition National Advisory Board and United Way ALICE National and Building Healthy Places Advisory Councils. Globally, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Black Women's Public Policy Institute. She is the President Emeritus of Executive Women of New Jersey, the state's premier organization for senior level executive women in business, Chair of Academic Affairs for the Joint Board of Rutgers-Rowan Universities; Treasurer of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women's Association; and is on the boards of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Rutgers Institute for Women's Leadership; New Jersey Bipartisan Coalition for Women's Appointments; Caucus Educational Trust and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation. Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She holds Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and in Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business. Special Guest: Michellene Davis.

This episode features a conversation between Wylie Liu, MPH, MPA, Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement at the University of California, San Francisco, and Darlene Oliver Hightower, JD, Vice President, Community Health Equity at Rush University Medical Center. This is the second in a series of six Coffee & Science events on topics related to Alignment and Advocacy, which are the last two “A”s of the National Academy of Medicine's framework that SIREN's used to organize Coffee & Science. Alignment and Advocacy are both about what health care can do at the community level to address social conditions. This conversation explores the pillars of Rush's healthcare anchor institution model and its health equity work.Recommended references: Healthcare Anchor Network Case Study. Rush University Medical Center (RUMC): Collaborating with community stakeholders to improve economic vitality and health. 2021. Ubhayakar S et al. Anchor Mission Playbook. Rush University Medical Center and The Democracy Collaborative. 2019. Healthcare Anchor Network. Anchor Mission Communications Toolkit. Rush University Medical Center and The Democracy Collaborative. 2020. Ansell DA et al. Health Equity as a System Strategy: The Rush University Medical Center Framework. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. 2021. Kanter RM. West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap. Harvard Business School Case 321-026. 2020. Rhee N. “A Second City”. Chicago Magazine. 2018.

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Jenny Kassan. Jenny grew up with messages of rich people being evil, which created a chip on her shoulder about wealth. As Jenny created goals for her future, making money wasn't on the list. But then she shifted her focus and as her career evolved, she interacted more and more with wealthy people. This allowed Jenny to realize that wealth doesn't reflect a person's heart, what they're doing with the money reflects who they really are. Jenny has over 25 years of experience as an attorney and advisor for mission-driven enterprises. She has helped her clients raise millions of dollars from values-aligned investors and raised over $1.5 million for her own businesses. She is the author of “Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul” (Berrett-Koehler, October 2017). Jenny earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a master's degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley. She served on the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. She submitted the petition to the SEC that led to the passage of the 2012 JOBS Act and was present at the White House signing ceremony. Jenny is also a fellow at Democracy Collaborative and the co-founder of the Force for Good Fund and Opportunity Main Street, an Opportunity Zone investment fund. Jenny is the President of Community Ventures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the economic and social development of communities. She also co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center, a nonprofit that provides legal information to support sustainable economies. Jenny is on the board of directors for CfPA (Crowdfunding Professional Association) and formerly served as a director of Berrett-Koehler Publishers. See all episodes >

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Jenny Kassan. Jenny grew up with messages of rich people being evil, which created a chip on her shoulder about wealth. As Jenny created goals for her future, making money wasn't on the list. But then she shifted her focus and as her career evolved, she interacted more and more with wealthy people. This allowed Jenny to realize that wealth doesn't reflect a person's heart, what they're doing with the money reflects who they really are. Jenny has over 25 years of experience as an attorney and advisor for mission-driven enterprises. She has helped her clients raise millions of dollars from values-aligned investors and raised over $1.5 million for her own businesses. She is the author of “Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul” (Berrett-Koehler, October 2017). Jenny earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a master's degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley. She served on the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. She submitted the petition to the SEC that led to the passage of the 2012 JOBS Act and was present at the White House signing ceremony. Jenny is also a fellow at Democracy Collaborative and the co-founder of the Force for Good Fund and Opportunity Main Street, an Opportunity Zone investment fund. Jenny is the President of Community Ventures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the economic and social development of communities. She also co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center, a nonprofit that provides legal information to support sustainable economies. Jenny is on the board of directors for CfPA (Crowdfunding Professional Association) and formerly served as a director of Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Learn more about Money Tale$ > Subscribe to the podcast Recent episodes See all episodes > Form CRS Form ADV Terms of Use Privacy Rights and Policies

Jim and Alex are joined by a new member of the Pillow Screamin' Family, Jackie! After we cover a bunch of rapid-fire news stories and put ourselves in a thoroughly melancholy mood, we talk about something that is WAY more motivating. Ever noticed how American cities are just, like, gross? Feel like this is a country made for musty 40 year old semi trucks, not for people? They are and it was. We explain that. And then we offer the alternatives: Municipalism, Local Socialism, and Community Wealth Building Strategies! We stumbled onto these ideas after too many uppity leftist Zoom calls and Reddit purity tests made us realize that the whole "Online Socialist" dog just ain't gonna hunt. We'll never really be over Bernie losing the primary, of course. But there ARE things, actual real world things, that work out there! Check them out at the links below: The Democracy Collaborative https://democracycollaborative.org/ Community Wealth: https://community-wealth.org/ The Trust for Public Land: https://www.tpl.org/

The first episode of the new year features a young woman who is dedicated to improving our democracy through her role as a Senior Associate at The Democracy Collaborative, Claire Brawdy. Claire is a skilled project manager with extensive experience in facilitation, strategic planning, and program design for an array of federal, commercial, and nonprofit partners. In her Senior Associate role, Claire manages a portfolio of work with organizations across the country that are building their local economies through strategies like impact investing, worker-ownership, or cross-sector collaborations. Through her early career, she's changed roles a few times, moving from the for-profit sector into the non-profit world, landing where she is today at TDC.The Democracy Collaborative's mission is to help catalyze a moral and political transformation of the US political economy into a next system that is inclusive, just, and ecologically sustainable. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review wherever you're listening from. It takes less than 60 seconds and I always love reading what you have to share about what you learned from the guests!Follow Aspiring Altruists:InstagramFacebookLinkedInMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dominique Walker left her hometown of East Oakland for university, only to come back to find it gentrified and her neighbors displaced. This week, she shares the story of how she and Moms 4 Housing, an activist group pushing for American recognition of housing as a human right, took direct action against a real estate speculator and reclaimed its property for the people. The Next System Podcast is presented by The Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative. The Next System Podcast is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher, Tune-In, and Spotify.You can also subscribe independently to our RSS feed here. The Podcast is hosted by Isaiah J. Poole and produced by Luís Garcia de la Cadena. The music heard on this podcast is "A New Start" by Zoë Blade. ( full transcripts are available at thenextsystem.org/podcast )

As a Black woman leading one of the nation's most prominent philanthropic organizations, La June Montgomery Tabron is taking on the challenge of addressing the impact of systemic racism on families and communities. She talks with Rev. Ronnie Galvin Jr., The Democracy Collaborative's vice president for racial equity and the democratic economy, about the work of truth-telling, racial healing and "looking at the systems that need to shift so that families and children can thrive." The Next System Podcast is presented by The Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative. The Next System Podcast is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Tune-In, and Spotify. You can also subscribe independently to our RSS feed here. This podcast is hosted by Isaiah J. Poole and produced by Luís García de la Cadena. The music, "A New Start," is by Zoë Blade. Full transcripts of all our episodes are available at www.thenextsystem.org/podcast.

New Belgium Brewing has been held up as a shining example of what could be possible through worker ownership. Bu now that it's been purchased by an international conglomerate, there are new questions about the best strategy and models for turning workers into owners. We talk to Jessica Rose, co-founder of the worker ownership advocacy organization Fifty by Fifty, and to two experts in advancing alternative ownership models, Camille Kerr and Jason Wiener.  The Next System Podcast is presented by The Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative. The Next System Podcast is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Tune-In, and Spotify. You can also subscribe independently to our RSS feed here. This podcast is hosted by Isaiah J. Poole and produced by Luís García de la Cadena. The music, "A New Start," is by Zoë Blade. Full transcripts of all our episodes are available at www.thenextsystem.org/podcast.

Today's so-called "full-employment economy" still fails millions. We examine the campaign for a federal jobs guarantee and why now is the time to fight for transformative changes in the job market. We talk to Policy Link's Sarah Treuhaft about the "Job Guarantee Now!" campaign PolickLink is helping to lead and Darrick Hamilton of the Kirwan Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity about the systemic transformation of the workforce that would be possible. The Next System Podcast is presented by The Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative. The Next System Podcast is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Tune-In, and Spotify. You can also subscribe independently to our RSS feed here. This podcast is hosted by Isaiah J. Poole and produced by Luís García de la Cadena. The music, "A New Start (Radio Edit)," is by Zoë Blade. Full transcripts of all our episodes are available at www.thenextsystem.org/podcast.

Hosts Pedro da Costa and Rami Jackson talk to Kayla Blado, President of the Nonprofit Employee and Media Relations Director at EPI, and bargaining chair at The Democracy Collaborative union, Katie Parker, about millennial activism, new sources of inspiration and recent victories for nonprofit union workers. __ Follow EPI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy Follow the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonprofitunion Follow the Democracy Collaborative: https://twitter.com/DemocracyCollab Follow Kayla Blado: https://twitter.com/kaylablado Follow Pedro da Costa: https://twitter.com/pdacosta __ The State of Working America Podcast is part of EPI's effort to raise workers' voices to ensure they are heard in the economic policy debate. Hosted by Pedro da Costa. Core topics include workers' rights, inequality, race, gender, labor markets, education and immigration, but we're interested in all things related to social justice. __ EPI: https://www.epi.org/podcast YouTube: https://youtu.be/byS7FA_DV34?list=PLfUJUSq1NUMBPEGWmKTI2gmXLM4sHv5Ge iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-state-of-working-america-podcast/id1482958680 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDEwMTU3Mi9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-state-of-working-america?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aRtKp06PLbWHITBHiYvNx PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/series-2555885 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/The-State-of-Working-America-Podcast-p1256669 Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-state-of-working-america-podcast Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-state-of-working-america-p-925713 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-state-of-working-america-podc-8j4z40 iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-state-of-working-ameri-51807587/

You hear a lot of critiques of the economic system we live in on the Heartland Labor Forum. Well, this week we'll talk about alternatives with Ted Howard, coauthor of […] The post A Book and a Movie: Democracy Collaborative: The Making of a Democratic Economy and Harriet the Movie appeared first on KKFI.

James Gustave (Gus) Speth served on the faculty of the Vermont Law School as Professor of Law from 2010 to 2015. He now serves as a Fellow at the Tellus Institute, The Democracy Collaborative, and the Vermont Law School. He is Co-Chair of the Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative.He delivered this speech at the 30th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on November 20th, 2010.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center's applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen our mission by making a donation at centerforneweconomics.org/donate, or call us at (413) 528-1737 to make an appointment to visit our research library and office at 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

This is the second in a two-part discussion with Clark Arrington, a pioneer in the cooperative movement, an innovative legal practitioner, and a leader in the movement for Black economic empowerment.  In Part 2, Arrington discusses his work in Tanzania, following his successes at Equal Exchange, and in the United States today as general counsel for The Working World, which provides innovative, nonextractive financing and support for cooperatives. He is interviewed by John Duda, The Democracy Collaborative's communications director.

Part 1 of a special two-part edition of The Next System Podcast features Clark Arrington, a pioneer in the cooperative movement, an innovative legal practitioner, and a leader in the movement for Black economic empowerment. He now works as general counsel for The Working World, which provides creative, nonextractive financing and support for cooperatives. He is also known for his work in helping Equal Exchange grow from a niche organic coffee importer to a $70 million business. He is interviewed by John Duda, communications director for The Democracy Collaborative.

In this episode, we're discussing how to further democratize rural electric cooperatives and what that means for the communities that these institutions serve. In this podcast, we're joined by The Democracy Collaborative's Johanna Bozuwa, Nikita Perumal from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and Chris Woolery from the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development. We're talking about their recent collaboration on the New Economy Coalition's latest toolkit on rural electric cooperatives. Be sure to check it out! https://www.electriccooporganizing.org/ The Next System Podcast is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Tune-In, and Spotify. You can also subscribe independently to our RSS feed here. Full transcripts of all our episodes are available at www.thenextsystem.org/podcast.

This episode is hosted by Ronnie Galvin, The Democracy Collaborative's Vice President of Racial Equity and the Democratic Economy.  This week, Ronnie is discussing how best to contextualize the topic of reparations within the framework of a democratic economy. He is joined by Dr. Ron Daniels of the Institute of the Black World and Dr. Akilah Watkins-Butler of the Center for Community Progress. A full transcript of this episode is available at www.thenextsystem.org/podcast. You can learn more about Dr. Daniels' work at https://ibw21.org/author/dr-ron-daniels/. You can learn more about Dr. Watkins-Butler's work at https://www.communityprogress.net/akilah-watkins-butler-pages-533.php.

One of the key points of contention in the Democratic Primary race is defining what policies and proposals are “radical” and which are “pragmatic.” One primary contender went as far to dismiss a so-called radical agenda as “wish-list economics.” This week Adam Simpson speaks to thought leaders across The Democracy Collaborative and Next System Project to find out precisely what should be on a “wish-list” for economic transformation. The conversation week ranges from housing to healthcare to finance to climate change and beyond—and why that transformation in those sectors is more practical than moderates are willing to admit. Transcripts of all episodes are available at www.thenextsystem.org/podcast.

This week we are discussing how to finance a transition from an ecologically harmful economy dependent on fossil fuels to a clean economy defined by renewables. We have three great guests tackling perspectives at different levels of service, from municipal to state to the federal level. We are joined by Jackie Fielder, an organizer working toward a public bank for San Francisco, Kat Taylor, the CEO of Beneficial State Bank, and Carla Skandier, a Senior Research Associate at the Democracy Collaborative. Transcripts for all episodes can be found at https://thenextsystem.org/learn/collections/next-system-podcast.