School of Democracy
Author: Kevin Jones Issue: 2024-01-03
School of Democracy
by Kevin Jones
We are linking neighborhood economics work on economic justice with our local initiative on the rights of nature in the design of a School of Democracy, to be rolled out this coming Spring. Our first pilot will be with 12-15 people in the local area.
The classes in the pilot Democracy School:
- Workforce housing solutions so that people don’t have to drive 40 miles for a restaurant job
- How to strengthen the local farm to table economy
- How to invest in local businesses at lower than crowdfunding risk with greater upside
- How to bridge the red blue divide
- How to subvert redlining in your community
- How to curb corporate power through the rights of nature and other solutions
- How to invest at a moderate return to bridge the racial wealth gap
- How to use giving to invest to become a more powerful giver, and how to do it in your trust circle, from Sunday School class to civic club
- The history of settlement and power in the place where you live
- How faith communities can get engaged in their local economies
Related:
- Kevin Jones (author)
- 2024 (year)
- Topics: Economics and Finance