Dear UFE and RW friends,

Please take a moment to check out this exciting new initiative from our partners at TURN/EWDi. We hope you will join their launch event this Thursday, July 14th!

Best,

Mike Lapham
Responsible Wealth/UFE

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Growing wealth inequality and a rigged economy affect every issue you and I care about. Bring your (virtual) pitchforks on Bastille Day, July 14 (11am Pacific; 2pm Eastern), and learn about two brand new efforts – the TURN (Tax the Ultra Rich Now!) Campaign and the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute (EWDi). 

The TURN Campaign is elevating the issue of taxes in five key battleground states this election cycle. TURN is a coalition led by Americans for Tax Fairness, Working America, Health Care for America Now, and Working Families Party, together with state organization leaders in five target states: Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The campaign includes message testing, door knocking, and robust social media, particularly among youth and communities of color. This diverse, grassroots effort represents a fresh approach in the fight for a just tax system and the effort to mobilize underrepresented voters.

The Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute (EWDi) will dig deep into all things related to the ultra-rich, the wealthiest 0.1% of our society, and promote a cure for this disorder that affects all of us. We’ll highlight the excessive wealth problems, challenge so-called meritocracy, and explore what it means to have “enough”, so that we change the societal narrative about the ultra-rich and move toward an economy of shared prosperity and racial justice. EWDi is guided by a 9-person Board of Directors, including Darrick Hamilton (University Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy at The New School), Nancy MacLean (Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University), and Vini Bhansali (Executive Director of the Solidaire Network).

Click here to RSVP and attend this important launch event on Thursday, July 14 at 2pm ET.

Choosing Bastille Day is intentional – as that’s when French peasants stormed the Bastille 233 years ago, launching the French Revolution against a ruling elite they saw as oppressive and out of touch. And we are honored to have as our guest speaker the distinguished French economist Gabriel Zucman, director of the Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at UC Berkeley. Also presenting will be state leaders, reporting on how taxing the ultra-rich looks from the “field”.

So please join us for this important launch event. I look forward to seeing you then.

Alan S. Davis
Founder, Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute