Community Wealth Building transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets. It challenges failing economic development approaches, addressing inequality at its core. Check out our new U.S. Action Guide: democracycollaborative.org/publications/c…

Nice to see this write up from NGIN on our Community Wealth Building workshop at their CityScapes Summit in Durham, NC, in May! Our conference session grappled with how Community Wealth Building can address inequality at its core. newgrowth.org/blog/building-…

Our former colleague and longstanding friend of Democracy Collaborative Thomas M. Hanna outlines the importance of democratic public ownership in transforming our economies beyond neoliberalism: criticaltakes.org/the-corporatio…

Does it really matter where I shop? YES! It's not just about your $1, it's also about the $0.53 cents of that dollar that stays local and continues to circulate through the Rhode Island economy.

This #DisibilityWrathMonth, please let it be known that Alice Wong 王美華 speaks for me (though I could never be as eloquent is she is). Mask up, #FreePalestine, and #Cripthevote y'all!

This week our Global Lead Neil McInroy spoke at the launch of a #communitywealthbuilding and #Wellbeingeconomy White Paper in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Wellbeing Economy Alliance - Aotearoa New Zealand The Urban Advisory Gareth Hughes The Global CWB movement grows weall.org.nz/news/community…

The Department of Labor's new Division of Employee Ownership has announced its new chief and it's Hilary Abell. Hilary is a close partner of DAWI. She is the co-founder of Project Equity. Her hire marks an exciting time in federal support for the growing worker cooperative space.

#communitywealthbuilding is economic system change. It is practical work focussed on the crises of wealth extraction, community disinvestment, environmental degradation, and social and racial injustice. It is not public reform or tinkering round edges. democracycollaborative.org/blog/how-is-co…

#communitywealthbuilding is not just public sector anchors and their spending, it is about a full suite of actions, designed to tackle extraction of wealth, poverty, inequality and climate/ecological crises. democracycollaborative.org/blog/how-is-co…

Industrial strategy is making a comeback across the world – how should Scotland respond? Our first report with Mariana Mazzucato and UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose sets out a framework for an ambitious mission-oriented industrial strategy for Scotland 🧵futureeconomy.scot/publications/6…

The critique of #neoliberalism is getting louder. Let's replace it with a #democraticeconomy. One that supports #communitywealthbuilding.

Are you following Gus’s Speth’s Essays From the Edge? Available on the Democracy Collaborative blog here: democracycollaborative.org/blog

#inclusivebusiness models have power to transform Scottish economy, making it more productive and successful. New review report. #communitywealthbuilding gov.scot/publications/d…

Join us for the Chicago Worker Cooperative Network Gathering! This event is a unique opportunity for worker co-ops, technical assistance providers, and community organizers to come together, strengthen relationships, and build a collaborative future for our cooperative network...

Community Development Alliance Scotland will be holding their annual conference in Stirling this year (25th Sept). If your work involves community development then the day’s programme will offer a range of thought provoking and stimulating topics. …munitydevelopmentalliancescotland.org/conference-2024

Delighted to be able to share that a Community Wealth Building Bill has been included in the Scottish Government legislative programme for the coming parliamentary year. Looking forward to continued engagement with stakeholders and colleagues.

New Scottish Government Programme for Government announces #communitywealthbuilding as part of legislative programme. gov.scot/publications/p…

Community Wealth Building legislation in the Scottish programme for government 2024-2025: gov.scot/publications/p…

Excellent Democracy Collaborative #communitywealthbuilding practioners meet today. Folks from across USA discussing the policy that enables the development of CWB.

What if instead of tweaking our failing capitalist model, we reorganized it entirely? Tune in to learn how communities are transforming economies for people & planet with the Community Wealth Building series by @Bioneers & Laura Flanders of Laura Flanders & Friends! bit.ly/BIO-CWB