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Social/Solidarity Economy Program
Solidarity Economy Organization in the U.S. Context:
A Think-Paper Towards First Steps
An audience member asks for help in locating these sort of transformative practices and communities. The group talks about how to tap into interpersonal contacts, how to make a critical assessment of the material resources we already have, and how to find free-cycling groups.
An audience member describes her local community gardens project as an example of transformative practice.
An audience member describes local currencies as an example of transformative practice. A discussion ensues about social divisions resulting from wage differentials and different valuations of work, and Julie talks about how the economy is “not working for any of us”, and how political wedge issues are preventing us from realizing our collective interests.
An audience member talks about free stores as an example of transformative practice. Julie argues for the need for discernment when viewing religion – which has been both a force that has consistently underwritten progressive movements, and a justification for intolerance.
An audience member talks about “free stuff” boxes and dumpster diving groups at Antioch College.
An audience member talks about Solidarity Buying Groups in Italy.
An audience member asks about how she can continue to be involved in communal transformative practices after graduation from college, and how she can foster the formation of new community groups that engage in solidarity practices.
An audience member asks about couch-surfing communities.
An audience member describes an ethical bank in Italy. Julie talks about examples of ethical investing, and argues that financial intermediaries can be a powerful force for redistribution.
Julie wraps up the session, and talks about the joy of creatively “living your power”; happiness is not bound up in goods, but instead in integration in community and in living your principles.