LEARNING AREA: Community Organizing and Planning, Racial Equity
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Solidarity Rising in Massachusetts a Report by the Solidarity Economy Initiative How Solidarity Economy Movement is Emerging in Lower-Income Communities of Color

Author:

Solidarity Economy Initiative

Year:

2017

Description:

A new report released by the Solidarity Economy Initiative examines eight cases across lower-income communities of color in Massachusetts. Authors Penn Loh and Sarah Jimenez find that aspirations for transformation are spreading from Springfield and Worcester to Lynn and Boston. Communities are organizing to resist and reform the current system, while building alternatives that go beyond capitalism. They are incubating worker-owned coops, community land trusts, and community-controlled capital. They are modeling an economy and democratic governance based on collective care and putting people and planet over profit. Communities are dreaming big, of building regional ecosystems that can scale up transformative impacts.