Fwd: [ConnectNEC] ✨BUILDING REGIONAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMIES *WEBINAR* Feb. 21st!

[Justin Franks]

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From: M. Felix Macaraeg <mfe...@belovedcommunityincubator.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Subject: Fwd: [ConnectNEC] ✨BUILDING REGIONAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMIES *WEBINAR* Feb. 21st!
To: Bonar, Samuel (Council) <sbo...@dccouncil.gov>, Justin Franks <justin....@gmail.com>

Hi Sam and Justin. Could you forward this invite to Community Wealthbuilders and beyond. 

"BCI hopes you can join this webinar on the February 21st! Felix will be repping us on the national panel and Bianca will facilitate a local panel as a follow up on March 13. Say posted! If you haven't yet read the series in Nonprofit Quarterly about regional solidarity economies, check it out: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3GYDPogW1c/?igsh=MWVneXJsOG14NW43

M. Felix Macaraeg, Organizing Director, Beloved Community Incubator, (they/them)

Schedule with me:

https://calendly.com/mfelix-bci/1-1-1

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From: Belén Marco <be...@neweconomy.net>
Date: Thu, Feb 15, 2024, 12:49 PM
Subject: [ConnectNEC] ✨BUILDING REGIONAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMIES *WEBINAR* Feb. 21st!
To: <conne...@neweconomy.net>

Hola NEC! 

Remember the series we launched recently with Non Profit Quarterly (NPQ) about  "Solidarity Economies—Building Community Power? 

We’re cosponsoring a webinar *BUILDING REGIONAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMIES* with NPQ next Wednesday, February 21, 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET to build on the contributions from the series and take a deep look at movement growth and ongoing challenges — with NEC members from New Orleans, Los Angeles, Oakland (CA), Buffalo and Washington DC sharing their perspectives. 

You can’t miss it! See below for more information. 

REGISTER NOW to BUILDING REGIONAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMIES! 

💜Panelists/

• Andrew Delmonte is executive director of Cooperation Buffalo.
• Gilda Haas is a senior advisor and cofounder of L.A. Co-op Lab in Los Angeles.
• Gregory Jackson is cofounder and lead steward for Repaired Nations in Oakland, California.
• Maya Pen is an artist and a member of the steering committee of Cooperation New Orleans.
• Bianca Vasquez and Felix Macraeg are co-directors of Beloved Community Incubator in Washington, DC.

🛠Exploring/

• What do we mean by a solidarity economy?
• How do you build a community-owned solidarity economy at the local and regional levels?
• How do solidarity economy businesses develop viable and sustainable business models?
• What does an incubator do and how does that help community-owned businesses generate living wages and earnings?
• What is the ecosystem that is needed to support cooperatives, community land trusts, and other tools of community economic ownership?
• What is the role of culture and the arts in the solidarity economy?
• How can community economic organizing build on African and Indigenous cultural traditions?
• How do solidarity economy activists join forces with labor unions, racial justice groups, and other social movement organizations?
• What can public policy do to support solidarity economy development?

We hope to see you there! 

In solidarity, 

Belén & the NEC team

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Belén Marco (she/they) Narrative Strategy Director be...@neweconomy.net

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