[sudo-announce] FW: Register for the New Economy Week online panel series

-----Original Message----- From: "Mike Sandmel" <mike(a)neweconomy.net> Sent: ‎10/‎9/‎2014 3:48 PM To: "ecoeconomist11(a)gmail.com" <ecoeconomist11(a)gmail.com> Subject: Register for the New Economy Week online panel series Dear Troy -- There's a lot going on next week! Our friends and allies have planned over 80 events for New Economy Week 2014 and we hope you’ll take a look at the map and attend an event in your area. No matter where you live, there will be a way for you to join the conversation. Register today to access all of next week's panels. See you next week, Mike Sandmel Manager of Coalition Engagement, New Economy Coalition There Are Many Alternatives: System Change Not Climate Change Tuesday, October 14 @ 3-4pm EST Climate change is both an existential threat to the future of humanity and a present-day struggle for many communities on the frontlines of extractive industry. It is also perhaps the greatest opportunity we've had to build a broad-based movement for economic system change. This panel will explore how the struggle for climate justice can be a lens for imagining and building the new economy we need. Scaling Power for a Just Transition: Strategies to Catalyze the New Economy Wednesday, October 15 @ 4-5pm EST Our ideas for an alternative economy -- no matter how beautiful, logical, or even necessary they are -- aren’t going anywhere without social movement power. The good news is that this movement is emerging. While we have a lot of work ahead of us, there is an increasing desire to build together across traditional silos. Our projects, policies and business models are resonating with people and even beginning to displace extractive industry. This panel will explore how we can connect and learn from successful experiments, pilot projects, and campaigns to build broad-based power and effect deep transformation at scale. Panelists: Hilary Abel, Project Equity Rebecca Kemble, US Federation of Woker Co-ops / Union Cab of Madison James Mumm, National People’s Action Vanessa Timmer, One Earth Honoring our Histories, Fighting for our Future: Learning From Communities on the Frontlines of a Just Transition Thursday, October 16 @ 3-4pm EST Far too often, powerful interests divide communities by presenting a false choice between good jobs and a healthy environment. A fundamental principle of the new economy is the value of cultivating abundance -- the idea that there is enough and that we can, and must, have living wages and a liveable planet. And so we must ask ourselves: "How do we transition to a renewable economy without leaving the workers, young people, and communities most impacted by extractive industries behind? Panelists: Deirdre Smith, 350 Kwabena Nkromo, Atlanta Food & Farm LLC Ivy Brashear, Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) Displacing Injustice, Embracing Community: Lessons from Local and Regional New Economy Organizing Friday, October 17 @ 3-4pm EST Panelists: Aaron Tanaka, Center For Economic Democracy / NEC Board Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Marnie Thompson, Fund for Democratic Communities In addition to these panels, a number of NEC coalition members are also hosting online events for New Economy Week: Transition US Teleseminar: "Re-thinking Our Monetary System: Bay Bucks and the New Economy" Tuesday, October 14, 2PM to 3:15PM EST Slow Money State of the Sector Report: A conversation with Woody Tasch, founder and chairman of Slow Money Wednesday, October 15, 1PM to 2PM EST Community Resilience 101: How Your Community Can Thrive in Challenging Times by JP New Economy Transition Thursday, October 16, 12PM-1PM EST Count Care In: Foundations of Prosperity in a New Economy by the Caring Economics Campaign Thursday, October 16, 4PM to 5PM EST Sent via ActionNetwork.org. You can unsubscribe from emails by changing your subscription preferences here.