yt:channel:UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2011-07-06T14:13:00+00:00 yt:video:3b933wxLMSs 3b933wxLMSs UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-12-12T21:39:04+00:00 2017-02-22T20:57:26+00:00 Place-based Investing: Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities Nationally, health systems have an estimated $400 billion in investment assets. Redirecting even a small portion of these resources to place-based investments would shift billions of dollars toward addressing economic and environmental disparities in local communities. It would allow institutions to more effectively improve community health and well-being, even as they continue to earn a healthy rate of return. This toolkit outlines a range of strategies for how health systems are using their investment assets to help address the resource gaps that keep communities from achieving better health and well-being. As we learn more about what families and children need to lead healthy lives, it is clear that adverse social, economic, and environmental factors, coupled with racial disparities, prevent communities from building a culture of health. The good news is that hospitals and health systems are recognizing that they have significant, untapped assets at their disposal to help address these challenges: their investment portfolios. Through place-based investing, institutions can leverage these resources to improve their communities’ overall health and well-being. Learn more at http://hospitaltoolkits.org/investment yt:video:pmZOOdJgD5w pmZOOdJgD5w UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-11-23T15:18:14+00:00 2017-05-01T17:40:43+00:00 Gar Alperovitz's Conversation with Ecological Civilization Conference yt:video:_KDicFiZTTc _KDicFiZTTc UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-11-23T14:57:42+00:00 2017-07-08T23:41:58+00:00 Michael Reading of Ecological Civilization Interviews Gar Alperovitz yt:video:WG_0uxsbdjw WG_0uxsbdjw UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-11-16T16:19:56+00:00 2016-12-01T18:02:11+00:00 Inclusive, Local Sourcing: Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities Across the country, healthcare institutions are recognizing that they can creatively leverage their supply chains to address the upstream economic and environmental conditions that have the greatest impact on the health of local residents. In doing so, they can create family-supporting local jobs and build community wealth. This toolkit on local and diverse purchasing showcases examples of how hospitals and health systems are reevaluating their roles as their community’s largest purchasers, understanding that a thriving local economy is fundamental to a healthy community. The sourcing of goods, services, and food that your hospital or health system does every day, when aligned with your mission, can help build local wealth in the communities you serve. By supporting diverse and locally owned vendors and helping to incubate new community enterprises to fill supply chain gaps, hospital and health systems like yours can leverage existing resources to drive local economic growth and build a culture of health in their communities. Our second toolkit in our Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities series, "Inclusive Local Sourcing: Purchasing for People and Place," can help you get started: http://hospitaltoolkits.org/purchasing/ yt:video:Fv_oSAaCVQo Fv_oSAaCVQo UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-11-08T21:19:23+00:00 2016-11-08T22:24:34+00:00 CUMU 2016: The Anchor Mission Highlights from a session of university leaders discussing community impact strategies in light of their institutions' participation in The Democracy Collaborative's Anchor Dashboard Learning Cohort. yt:video:mjumHCa2ifk mjumHCa2ifk UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-10-24T13:38:29+00:00 2016-11-19T23:45:38+00:00 Webinar: Strategies for Financing the Inclusive Economy 10/20/2016 An exploration of strategies for financing the inclusive economy, grounded in broad-based ownership and anchored in community, drawing on the lessons highlighted in The Democracy Collaborative's new report, "Strategies for Financing the Inclusive Economy." Moderated by: Marjorie Kelly, Senior Fellow and Executive Vice President, The Democracy Collaborative Speakers: Camille Kerr, Associate Director, The ICA Group Marnie Thompson, Co-Managing Director, Fund for Democratic Communities Alison Powers, Program Officer, Capital Impact Partners Dr. Steve Dubb, Senior Fellow, The Democracy Collaborative Melinda Pollack, Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners Tina Corea, Vice President, National Initiatives at Citi Community Development Supported by: Citi Community Development Learn more: http://democracycollaborative.org/financinginclusion yt:video:QN1EymIEQq4 QN1EymIEQq4 UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-09-26T20:33:52+00:00 2017-02-28T20:22:07+00:00 Inclusive, Local Hiring: Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities Every day, we learn more about how patients’ health outcomes are tied not only to the healthcare they receive but also to the conditions in the communities where they live. Social and economic inequities, amplified by race, often emerge as the leading factors explaining differences in health outcomes and life expectancies. Through local and inclusive hiring, health systems can invest in an ecosystem of success that lifts up local residents; helps create career pathways for low-income, minority, and hard-to-employ populations; and begins to transform neighborhoods. In the process, health systems can develop a more efficient workforce pipeline, meet sustainability and inclusion goals, and ultimately improve the health of their communities. Establishing a local and inclusive hiring strategy is an important first step towards rethinking your health system’s role in the community. Our toolkit, the first in the "Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities" series can help you get started: http://hospitaltoolkits.org/ yt:video:Ph8ayofYrhQ Ph8ayofYrhQ UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-07-01T14:21:36+00:00 2016-07-19T09:40:10+00:00 Cities Building Community Wealth: Highlights from our NYC event How can cities redeploy their economic development resources to focus on building a more inclusive economy grounded in broad, local ownership? How can policymakers get strategies like worker cooperative development the support and resources needed to reach truly meaningful scale? How can collaborations between communities, local government, and key institutional stakeholders build pathways to economic equity for the people left behind by the traditional trickle-down economic playbook? These were the question on the agenda during the "Cities Building Community Wealth" gathering convened by The Democracy Collaborative on January 29th, 2016, at the CUNY School of Law in New York City. Hosted by CUNY Law's Community and Economic Development Clinic—a major partner in the coalition that has doubled the amount of worker cooperatives in NYC over the past year—and supported by the Surdna Foundation, the half-day event brought together mayors and heads of city economic development departments together with key allies and community advocates for a discussion of the emerging policy frameworks for creating more inclusive cities. More info on the event: http://democracycollaborative.org/content/municipal-leaders-share-visions-cities-build-community-wealth Read "Cities Building Community Wealth": http://democracycollaborative.org/cities yt:video:ZunK3MgcGTc ZunK3MgcGTc UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-02-02T19:16:50+00:00 2017-07-06T20:03:02+00:00 Cities Building Community Wealth Panel 01 yt:video:WttqnxAC1Dc WttqnxAC1Dc UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-02-02T19:15:54+00:00 2016-02-19T04:02:25+00:00 Cities Building Community Wealth Panel 02 yt:video:4YkLFByQW50 4YkLFByQW50 UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2016-01-29T23:49:10+00:00 2016-09-17T01:07:09+00:00 Cities Building Community Wealth: A Gathering at the CUNY School of Law yt:video:HhElYW_yLcg HhElYW_yLcg UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2015-09-14T12:01:24+00:00 2017-01-28T00:07:02+00:00 Webinar- Educate & Empower: Tools for Building Community Wealth UPDATED: webinar recording from September 9, 2015 now includes slides from the experts. Join co-authors Steve Dubb and Keane Bhatt as they facilitate discussion among three distinguished community partners: Dana Pedersen of Cooperation Texas, Aaron Brantley of PUSH Buffalo, and Carla Javitz of REDF California. yt:video:_LipsduV5rI _LipsduV5rI UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2015-06-30T13:06:07+00:00 2017-07-06T19:56:01+00:00 What is Community Wealth Building? Traditional economic development wastes billions of dollars of taxpayer money to subsidize the profit of corporations with no loyalty to the communities who foot the bill. But there's an alternative: community wealth building, which focuses on building collaborative, inclusive, and locally controlled economies. Learn more at http://community-wealth.org yt:video:5zQUnJaY4q8 5zQUnJaY4q8 UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2015-04-28T20:24:34+00:00 2017-04-04T01:40:45+00:00 Converting businesses to worker cooperatives: real world lessons learned 4 28 15, 2 01 PM The Democracy Collaborative and Project Equity organized this webinar presenting the findings of the latter's new report, Business Conversions to Worker Cooperatives: Insights and Readiness Factors for Owners and Employees. Panelists: Rob Brown, Cooperative Development Institute Rob Brown is the Director of CDI’s Business Ownership Solutions (BOS) program. BOS promotes worker ownership in Maine and works with retiring business owners and their employees to facilitate conversion to worker-owned cooperatives. He has also organized mobile home park residents to convert investor-owned parks into resident-owned cooperatives and is currently a DAWI fellow. Blake Jones, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Worker-Owner, Namaste Solar Blake Jones is the President of Namaste Solar, an employee-owned cooperative and solar electric company based in Colorado. Namaste Solar is democratically managed, is a certified B Corporation, has a 6:1 total pay cap, donates 10% of after-tax profits to the community, and is 100% transparent with all company information – including salaries. Blake is an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award recipient (2010) and has a BE in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Andrea Hurd, Founder and Owner, Mariposa Gardening & Design Mariposa Gardening & Design is a privately-owned a San Francisco Bay Area landscape design company that is in the process of converting to a worker-owned cooperative. Andrea Hurd, Mariposa’s founder and owner initiated this conversion, currently in process. Mariposa is a group of skilled craftspeople who bring a variety of experience to the work including dry stack stone walls, leaning flagstone walls, drought tolerant and permaculture gardens, native plants, butterfly gardens and songbird habitats. They create beautiful, ecologically conscious living spaces for people to relax, entertain and come together in a thriving native habitat. Alison Lingane, Co-Founder, Project Equity Alison Lingane is Co-founder of Project Equity, an Oakland-based nonprofit. Project Equity was founded on the belief that worker owned and controlled businesses are a key component of the New Economy, and critical for building economic resiliency within our communities. Alison focused her early career on micro-enterprise development with urban youth, and in the past 15 years, has held leadership roles in education-based social ventures designed to have human impact at scale, including Benetech, GreatSchools and InsideTrack. Alison is currently an Echoing Green Fellow with her co-founder Hilary Abell. Project Equity recently released the white paper CASE STUDIES: Business Conversions to Worker Cooperatives, Insights and Readiness Factors for owners and employees. Moderated by Marjorie Kelly, Senior Fellow and Director of Special Projects at The Democracy Collaborative yt:video:s_kLye_6VBc s_kLye_6VBc UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA Democracy Collaborative https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajRoULxURUQQaNgC67V8eA 2014-09-23T14:13:47+00:00 2017-07-26T10:10:10+00:00 The Cleveland Model: How the Evergreen Cooperatives Build Community Wealth Find out how anchor institutions like hospitals and universities can help worker cooperatives create green jobs in the neighborhoods that need them most. Learn more about the Cleveland Model at Community-Wealth.org: http://community-wealth.org/cleveland