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Dear Reader,
We always have so much going on around NPQ, and it just gets better and better. But as Editor in Chief, it is rare when I just act as an audience member.
But there is one strain of work that I do just sit and listen to, and that is Steve Dubb’s webinar series, “Remaking the Economy,” where he talks to people about using wealth-sharing principles and practices. I always attend those in full receptive mode because:
- They always feature a rich mix of people who know the practical steps to get visionary projects built and rooted (that last part is important).
- They have knowledge I do not have, extending beyond the field of rebuilding the economy but also centering that practice, and I know that work is critical to our communities…our children…our democracy.
- Each panel of speakers reflects a variety of cultural perspectives on our work in this sector that is deeply informative to everything I do.
In short, these sessions incorporate the tactical, strategic, cultural, and policy-oriented complexity of our work in communities, but it is easy listening because of the spiritual connective tissue that runs through every session. This year, they will focus on particular places—starting with New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, where the panel highlights efforts in low-income communities and communities of color to develop new economic structures in the arts, the food industry, and beyond. With a panel of community entrepreneurs, we will look at a Zuni Pueblo art co-op start-up, an Albuquerque nonprofit that supports community-based food businesses, and an emerging statewide co-op development network.
See what I mean? Here is the art for the session done by one of the panelists.
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