CommonBound 2018: Full Schedule

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11:15am EDT

A Relationship Economy That Transforms The News

Relationships are sustainable power and capital that we know how to build, but when journalists form relationships only with institutions upholding capitalism, white supremacy, and other forms of oppression, our communities suffer. We can change that. In our session, I'll share what we've learned organizing for stronger voices in local news, and we'll talk through how to build deep relationships with newsrooms to build more power in our communities.

Speakers

Alicia Bell

Organizing Manager, Free Press

Alicia Bell (pronouns: they/she) was born and raised in Charlotte and lives and works there now at the intersections of afrofuturist imagination, journalism, and land/food sovereignty. They're parenting their three niblings and enjoy spending time surrounded by big bodies of nature... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 205

Workshop Block D

Track Culture Shift
Tag 101

11:15am EDT

Building the Caring Majority

In the United States, someone turns 65 years old every 8 seconds, a demographic shift in the country that requires a new vision for our care infrastructure. In this workshop, we will examine the bold and creative campaigns taking shape in multiple states to build that new infrastructure in a way that supports those with long term care needs, as well as the family caregivers and home health workers who provide that care.

Speakers

Maggie Ornstein

NY Caring Majority/ Caring Across Generations

Kevin Simonwitz

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 219

Workshop Block D

Track Wellness; Healing and Self-Care
Tag Gender Justice

11:15am EDT

Building the Tenant Movement with Rent Control

This is a workshop for organizers who want to build tenant power in their communities. We will talk about how to implement a local campaign to expand tenant protections through rent control and stabilize existing communities by linking permanent affordability to just-cause eviction and collective ownership. Participants will hear from tenant organizers around the country, develop shared messaging, and learn to develop a power analysis of the decision-makers in your city or state.

Speakers

Mashael Majid

Urban Habitat

Karen Narefsky

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 214

Workshop Block D

Track Land and Housing, Policy and Organizing
Tag Racial Justice

11:15am EDT

Communities Over Commodities: People-Driven Alternatives to an Unjust Housing System

A brief Presentation and Discussion to highlight “Communities Over Commodities: People-Driven Alternatives to an Unjust Housing System,” a report recently released by the Homes for All Campaign of the Right to the City Alliance. A panel of housing justice activists will talk about the ways in which they are creating alternative and cooperative approaches to housing and land control out of local organizing.

Speakers

Drea Chiriboga-Flor

Lead Housing Organizer, 9to5 Colorado

9to5 is a grassroots member based organization that works to lift up women in and outside of the workplace. I'm the Lead Housing Organizer and my role is mostly organizing mobile home owners and work on mobile home policy on a local and state level. I also work on renter's rights... Read More →

Roberto Garcia-Ceballos

Cultural/CLT Organizer, East LA Community Corporation

Chris Tittle

Director of Organizational Resilience, Sustainable Economies Law Center

Chris is a staff member at Sustainable Economies Law Center, a collective nonprofit in Oakland, CA. He co-leads the Law Center’s Housing, Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits, and Money & Finance Programs, and supports with grassroots fundraising, grant writing, and internal governance... Read More →

Communities Over Commodities Full Report pdf

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Auditorium

Workshop Block D

Track Land and Housing
Tag 101, Racial Justice, Livestreamed

11:15am EDT

Fair Lending and Community Reinvestment: Organizing and Advocacy for Economic Justice

Across the country, coalitions of community organizations are working to hold banks accountable and to increase investment in low-income communities and in communities of color. As a result of this advocacy, new bank branches have opened in low-income neighborhoods, new products have been designed to meet the needs of the community, and banks are signing community benefits agreements. This session will discuss the experiences of the coalition in St. Louis, and will present ways advocates can use these tools and methods in their own communities to work towards economic justice for all people.

Speakers

Tia Byrd

Tia Byrd has been involved in organizing work with MORE since the fall of 2014. Her work began with the mobilization of activist and citizens for Ferguson October. She has continued her work with the org with a focus around eminent domain abuse, land access and urban agriculture... Read More →

Elisabeth Risch

Assistant Director, Metro St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council

Elisabeth Risch is the Director of Research and Education at the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council. She is the Co-Chair of the St. Louis Equal Housing and Community Reinvestment Alliance (SLEHCRA), where she works directly with banks to increase investment... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 218

Workshop Block D

Track Policy and Organizing
Tag Racial Justice

11:15am EDT

Fearless Cities - A Municipalist Take on Building Cooperative Power

In this panel and participatory discussion we will explore how Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi, and Barcenlona en Comu in Barcelona, Spain, have brought social movements directly into elected office to expand the potential of democracy to be truly accountable to the needs of the people - and where we can go from here in our towns and cities.

Speakers

Pablo Benson

Movement Netlab

Marisa Anne Day

brandon king

Cooperation Jackson

Brandon is a founder and organizing coordinator of Cooperation Jackson, which is an emerging network of worker cooperative and supporting institutions. Cooperation Jackson is fighting to create economic democracy by creating a vibrant solidarity economy in Jackson, Mississippi, that... Read More →

Kelly Roache

Symbiosis

Kelly Roache is a community organizer with the NY Energy Democracy Alliance and Solstice, building locally-owned shared solar energy infrastructure and the movement to advance it statewide. She is a former diplomat turned municipalist, Steering Committee member of Fearless Cities... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
CEC Classroom 217-218 D

Workshop Block D

Track Policy and Organizing
Tag Racial Justice, Español

11:15am EDT

Food is Medicine: An Indigenous Look at Food

We'll discuss Pawnee and other tribal seed sharing programs, work of Winona LaDuke's Native Harvest and water health. The presentation will lead to a discussion of resurrecting of traditional foods in our modern society.

Speakers

Beverly Luecking

Saundi McClain-Koeckener

Sherry Taluc

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
CEC Classroom 215-216 C

Workshop Block D

Track Food Sovereignty
Tag 101

11:15am EDT

Intentional Community as a New Economy Lever

This interactive training will ask the question: How can we strengthen the new economy movement by living communally and sharing resources? We will look at historical examples of communities that have served as economic refuges for activists, and at ways that poor people can organize for their most basic needs to be met cooperatively. We will also look at identity-based communities as a way to strengthen and provide safety zones for traditionally marginalized groups.

Speakers

Yana Ludwig

Yana Ludwig Training and Consulting

Yana Ludwig is a cooperative culture pioneer, intentional communities advocate and anti-oppression activist. She serves on the board of the Fellowship for Intentional Community and works as a local chapter coach for Showing Up for Racial Justice. Her latest book, Together Resilient... Read More →

Sky-Blue

Fellowship for Intentional Community

Over the last 20 years, Sky Blue has been a member of Twin Oaks Community, a housing collective, a student housing cooperative, a cohousing community, and two small worker co-operative businesses. He current works as the Executive Director for the Fellowship for Intentional Community... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 215 3026 Laclede Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103

Workshop Block D

Track Land and Housing

11:15am EDT

Just Trade - Exploring the History and Present-Day Challenges of the Fair Trade Movement

Over the last 30 years, the Fair Trade movement, which was originally conceived of as a radical form of empowering those most marginalized in international supply chains, has been “greenwashed” and watered down. Fortunately, there are dedicated and innovative leaders in this field working to (re)establish authentic and liberatory forms of transnational trade. Come hear about some exciting models and learn how you can get involved.

Speakers

Regina Dennis-Nana

Development Anthropologist

Regina R. Dennis-Nana has over 30 years of experience leading international development programs, including 20 years working as a career diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development-funded programs, when she retired in July 2014. She started her development... Read More →

Frankie Pondolph

Organizer, Equal Exchange

Jonathan Rosenthal

Executive Director, New Economy Coalition

I have spent over 30 years working to transform the power of business from a destructive force of accumulation into a healing force honoring the interconnectedness of all people and our earth. I am now working at the intersection of small is beautiful organizations and a growing movement... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
CEC Classroom 213-214 B

Workshop Block D

Track Food Sovereignty
Tag International Content

11:15am EDT

Leveraging Policy to Reverse the Effects of Racism

The workshop will include the movie screening Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class and a short presentation on the importance of black citizens being civically involved.

Speakers

Craig Bardo

Erica Williams

Executive Director, A Red Circle

Erica R Williams is a current doctoral student at Walden University and holds an MBA from Maryville University. She is also active in the community and is deeply concerned about the economic health of north St. Louis County and particularly its black citizens. Through her academic... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
CEC Pro Dev 204

Workshop Block D

Track Policy and Organizing
Tag Racial Justice

11:15am EDT

Power of the Heart

We often act in response to our fears, anxieties and unconscious patterning. But, deeply liberating collaboration and transformative strategy really happen when we trust ourselves and each other enough to act from the true power of love and unity. This experiential workshop will help participants build awareness of how they are experiencing their power on a moment to moment basis, and how they can ground their actions in the true power of all people.

Speakers

Shilpa Jain

Executive Director, YES!

Simon Mont

Catalyst, Harmonize: People, Power, Process

I help us build just, joyful, and effective organizations. I live in the space where governance, decision-making, healing, strategy, and liberation come to meet. I steward the Nonprofit Democracy Network, consult with directly with organizations, and offer community/personal healing... Read More →

Hina Pendle

OD Consultant, Us Partners

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 204

Workshop Block D

Track Building Functional and Democratic Organizations
Tag 101

11:15am EDT

Radical Design for Speculative Futures

Surrounded by our society's norms and structures, it can be difficult to imagine futures with radically different social systems. This workshop will share methods to loosen our expectations of the future and enable us to imagine alternatives, developed through the Radical Design course at Washington University. After a brief presentation about speculative design and futures studies, we will get creative, drawing imagined worlds and making artifacts that we might find within them.

Speakers

Alix Gerber

Part-time Faculty, The New School

Alix Gerber is a design researcher who works with people to visualize the futures we imagine, provoking discussion around how our society could be more equitable and meaningful. She is Part-time Faculty at the New School. She recently moved back to New York after serving as a Visiting... Read More →

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 206

Workshop Block D

Track Culture Shift

11:15am EDT

Shifting Capital to Our Communities: the Due Diligence Simulation Game

Shifting our capital to private businesses in our local communities is something many of us agree is critical, but few of us have had experience doing before. This simulation game will let you get your feet wet with how it feels to listen to a pitch, come up with questions, and make a decision of whether to invest or not. It's fun, builds teamwork, and is done with the safety of Monopoly money!

Speakers

Angela Barbash

Sunday June 24, 2018 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
HGA Classroom 203

Workshop Block D

Track Activating Community Capital
Tag 101