2013 new economy coalition annual review

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1WORKER1VOTE 350.ORG ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND PROSPERITY AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY B LAB BALDWIN BROTHERS INC. BRING IT LOCAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES CAMAS PARTNERS CANADIAN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORK THE CAPITAL INSTITUTE CARING ECONOMY CAMPAIGN THE CARROT PROJECT CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN DREAM CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE STEADY STATE ECONOMY • CLASS ACTION CoFED COMMUNITY BUILDERS OF LONG ISLAND CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE COOPERATIVE FUND OF NEW ENGLAND CROATAN INSTITUTE DEMOS DONELLA MEADOWS INSTITUTE • EARTH ACTION EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE ECONOMISTS FOR EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT ECOTRUST EQUAL EXCHANGE THE EQUITY TRUST FOOD FIRST FREELANCERS UNION FRIENDS OF THE EARTH THE GARDEN PROJECT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY GLOBAL WELLBEING INSTITUTE GRAND ASPIRATIONS GREENAMERICA GREEN MAP SYSTEM GUND INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS THE HAPPATHON PROJECThOURWORLD INSTITUTE FOR AGRI- CULTURE AND TRADE POLICYINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF- RELIANCETHE DE- MOCRACY COLLABORATIVE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES INTERNATION AL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTUREIOBYJP NEWECONOMYTRANSITION LABOR NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABILITY THE LIBERTY TREE FOUNDATION LIVING ECONOMIES FORUM LOCAL ENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE FUND THE MARION INSTITUTE MISSOURIANS ORGANIZING FOR REFORM & EMPOWER- MENT NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION (U.K.) NEW ENGLAND GRASS ROOTS ENVI- RONMENT FUND NORTH AMERICAN STUDENTS OF COOPERATION • NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE•OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATESPARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT PATAGONIA PEERS.ORG POLICYLINK POST CARBON INSTITUTE PROGRAM IN NATURE-CULTURE-SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES AT RISD PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE RESPONSIBLE ENDOWMENTS COALITION SCHUMACHER CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMICS SECOND NATURE SENIOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKS • SHAREABLE SLOW MONEY SMALL PLANET INSTITUTE • SOUL OF THE NEXT ECONOMY SOSTENICA SUSTAINABLE CON- SUMPTION RESEARCH AND ACTION INITIATIVE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER • SUSTAINABLE ENDOWMENTS INSTITUTE TAKE BACK YOUR TIME TELLUS INSTITUTE • TIMEBANKS USA • TRANSITION US TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT US FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES VER- MONTERS FOR A NEW ECONOMY THE WORKING WORLD YES! MAGAZINE BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY ANNUAL REVIEW 2013-2014

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  • 1WORKER1VOTE 350.ORG ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND PROSPERITY AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY B LAB BALDWIN BROTHERS INC. BRING IT LOCAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES CAMAS PARTNERS CANADIAN COMMUNITY ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT NETWORK THE CAPITAL INSTITUTE CARING ECONOMY CAMPAIGN THE CARROT PROJECT CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN DREAM CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE STEADY STATE ECONOMY CLASS ACTION CoFED COMMUNITY BUILDERS OF LONG ISLAND CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE COOPERATIVE FUND OF NEW ENGLAND CROATAN INSTITUTE DEMOS DONELLA MEADOWS INSTITUTE EARTH ACTION EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE ECONOMISTS FOR EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT ECOTRUST EQUAL EXCHANGE THE EQUITY TRUST FOOD FIRST FREELANCERS UNION FRIENDS OF THE EARTH THE GARDEN PROJECT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY GLOBAL WELLBEING INSTITUTE GRAND ASPIRATIONS GREENAMERICA GREEN MAP SYSTEM GUND INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS THE HAPPATHON PROJECT hOURWORLD INSTITUTE FOR AGRI- CULTURE AND TRADE POLICYINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF- RELIANCETHE DE- MOCRACY COLLABORATIVE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES INTERNATION AL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTURE IOBY JP NEW ECONOMY TRANSITION LABOR NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABILITY THE LIBERTY TREE FOUNDATION LIVING ECONOMIES FORUM LOCAL ENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE FUND THE MARION INSTITUTE MISSOURIANS ORGANIZING FOR REFORM & EMPOWER-MENT NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION (U.K.) NEW ENGLAND GRASS ROOTS ENVI- RONMENT FUND NORTH AMERICAN STUDENTS OF COOPERATION NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATES PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT PATAGONIA PEERS.ORG POLICYLINK POST CARBON INSTITUTE PROGRAM IN NATURE-CULTURE-SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES AT RISD PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE RESPONSIBLE ENDOWMENTS COALITION SCHUMACHER CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMICS SECOND NATURE SENIOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKS SHAREABLE SLOW MONEY SMALL PLANET INSTITUTE SOUL OF THE NEXT ECONOMY SOSTENICA SUSTAINABLE CON- SUMPTION RESEARCH AND ACTION INITIATIVE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER SUSTAINABLE ENDOWMENTS INSTITUTE TAKE BACK YOUR TIME TELLUS INSTITUTE TIMEBANKS USA TRANSITION US TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT US FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES VER- MONTERS FOR A NEW ECONOMY THE WORKING WORLD YES! MAGAZINE

    BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

    ANNUAL REVIEW 2013-2014

  • NEC applies a powerful, coalition-building

    approach to a game-changing vision of the

    future. The transformational systems we

    urgently need require numerous parallel and

    complementary effortsNEC is where they

    come together in a whole that is greater

    than the parts.

    MICHAEL TOYE Canadian Community Economic Development Network

  • 1 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

    The New Economy Coalition is a collaborative network of organizations working to build the movement for a more just and sustainable future.

    For the vast majority of people on this planet, the old economy isnt working. It poisons our water, air, and land, concentrates resources and power in the hands of a few, deprives communities of their agency, and destroys the ecosystems we depend on. Faced with interconnected ecological and economic crises, we believe its time for deep changes to both our economy and our politics. We believe its time for something newa new economy.

    All around the world people are rolling up their sleeves and experimenting with innovative ways of doing business, practicing democracy, and sharing common resources. So many strategies that could transform our economy are already available, and more

    OUR MISSION

    are emerging every day. But new policies and ideas are only as good as our will and capacity to bring them to life.

    To take on the old system and build a new economy, we need a broad, intersectional, people-powered movement with values of economic, racial, and environmental justice at its core. The New Economy Coalition exists to build exactly that. We see ourselves as a network server, uniting efforts, amplifying grassroots work, and identifying opportunities for collaboration, thus creating a whole far greater than the sum of our parts.

    Already we have convened a network of more than ninety pioneering organizations (see pages 6-7). Working together, we can sharpen our ideas, reach new constituencies, broaden support for existing work, and launch new campaigns. In so doing, we will move forward rapidly from imagining a better future to making it happen.

  • 2 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    LAUNCHING THE NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    A Letter from the President

    None of us can transform the traditional economy into a regenerative economy

    alone. The New Economy Coalition is the most exciting collaboration of the groups

    who have been leading the conversation that I have seen.

    HUNTER LOVINS Natural Capitalism Solutions

    Over the last few years, our board, staff, and organizational allies have embarked on an ambitious journey to build the New Economy Coalition (NEC), a collaborative network of organizations committed to addressing the structural failings of our economic system. Together we are bringing together the individuals and groups at the forefront of advancing a new economy one that puts people, place, and planet first.

    Our organization began when the E. F. Schumacher Society and the U.K.-based new economics foundation collaborated to form the New Economics Institute. In 2013, the New Economics Institute in turn merged with the New Economy Network to create the New Economy Coalition.

    The merger has been a success, establishing a backbone organization that links creative ideas and people already working on change.

    We launched a New Economy Coalition of over ninety organizations which has continued to grow by the week.

    We supported student-led teams in convening fourteen New Economy summits on college campuses across the U.S. and Canada through the spring and fall of 2013.

    We brought together more than 300 young leaders at a ground-breaking convergence in New York City in July 2013.

    We organized the first-ever New Economy Week in October 2013, with over seventy-five events in eighteen U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

    In 2013 we made great strides:

  • 3 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

    Our experiments have been met with tremendous energy and enthusiasm. Our student and youth efforts engaged thousands of young people. New Economy Week spotlighted dozens of organizations interested in solutions to rising inequality, flawed economic models, corrupt democracy, and climate injustice.

    Building a new economy wont happen overnight, nor will it happen as a result of one organization. But here at the New Economy Coalition, helping to build that movement is what drives everything we do. In these pages, you will read more about our actionsand the people who made it all possible. We will also take a look ahead at the exciting new work well undertake in the coming year.

    We invite you to be a part of this vital effort. We want to learn from your experience, support your work, and build a just and sustainable futuretogether.

    Sincerely,

    Bob Massie

    President, New Economy Coalition

  • 4 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    DRIVING REAL CHANGE BY WORKING TOGETHER

    1WORKER1VOTE

    350.ORG

    ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND PROSPERITY

    AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE

    AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

    ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY

    B LAB

    BALDWIN BROTHERS INC.

    BRING IT LOCAL

    BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES

    CAMAS PARTNERS

    CANADIAN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

    THE CAPITAL INSTITUTE

    CARING ECONOMY CAMPAIGN

    THE CARROT PROJECT

    CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN DREAM

    CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE STEADY STATE ECONOMY

    CLASS ACTION

    CoFED

    COMMUNITY BUILDERS OF LONG ISLAND

    CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION

    COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

    COOPERATIVE FUND OF NEW ENGLAND

    CROATAN INSTITUTE

    DEMOS

    DONELLA MEADOWS INSTITUTE

    EARTH ACTION

    EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE

    ECONOMISTS FOR EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT

    ECOTRUST

    EQUAL EXCHANGE

    THE EQUITY TRUST

    FOOD FIRST

    FREELANCERS UNION

    FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

    THE GARDEN PROJECT

    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY

    GLOBAL WELLBEING INSTITUTE

    GRAND ASPIRATIONS

    GREENAMERICA

    GREEN MAP SYSTEM

    GUND INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

    THE HAPPATHON PROJECT

    hOURWORLD

    INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY

    INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF-RELIANCE

    (as of March 1, 2014)

  • 5 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

    NECs growing membership is the key to achieving our shared mission. Our membership includes an exciting variety of programs and initiatives from all over North America and from every facet of the New Economy Movement. We are grateful for their engagement and are working hard to find new avenues for collaboration to and expand the network.

    THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE

    INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

    INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTURE

    IOBY

    JP NEW ECONOMY TRANSITION

    LABOR NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABILITY

    THE LIBERTY TREE FOUNDATION

    LIVING ECONOMIES FORUM

    LOCAL ENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE FUND

    THE MARION INSTITUTE

    MISSOURIANS ORGANIZING FOR REFORM & EMPOWERMENT

    NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT

    NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS

    NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION (U.K.)

    NEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND

    NORTH AMERICAN STUDENTS OF COOPERATION

    NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE

    OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATES

    PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT

    PATAGONIA

    PEERS.ORG

    POLICYLINK

    POST CARBON INSTITUTE

    PROGRAM IN NATURE-CULTURE-SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES AT RISD

    PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE

    RESPONSIBLE ENDOWMENTS COALITION

    SCHUMACHER CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMICS

    SECOND NATURE

    SENIOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKS

    SHAREABLE

    SLOW MONEY

    SMALL PLANET INSTITUTE

    SOUL OF THE NEXT ECONOMY

    SOSTENICA

    SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION RESEARCH AND ACTION INITIATIVE

    SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER

    SUSTAINABLE ENDOWMENTS INSTITUTE

    TAKE BACK YOUR TIME

    TELLUS INSTITUTE

    TIMEBANKS USA

    TRANSITION US

    TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT

    US FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES

    VERMONTERS FOR A NEW ECONOMY

    THE WORKING WORLD

    YES! MAGAZINE

  • 6 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    I have gained the trust of community members, that allows me to assist in

    developing a stronger local economy.

    MAUREEN JACKSON Appalachian State University/Campus Network Program

    ENGAGING A NEW GENERATION TO LEARN AND TAKE ACTION

    Year One of NECs Campus Network Program

    Todays young people see the crisis in our systemincreasing inequality, diminished well-being, and ecological destructionand are working toward a new economy that is just, fair, and healthy for people and the planet. They have the energy, passion, and organizing savvy to carry out this transformation, and the New Economy Coalition is working hard to support their talent and vision.

    To help launch and support student-led new economy efforts, our

    Campus Network team provided competitive grants up of to $5,000 to support student-led initiatives. More than sixty schools in twenty states and provinces applied with exciting, detailed, and visionary proposals. On the campuses of the fourteen finalists, young people came together to develop a vision for a more just and sustainable economy, and to plant seeds that could make that vision a reality at their schools and in their communities.

  • Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy

    This was the culmination of NECs spring and summer work with youth and students engaged in building a new economy. The three-day convergence in New York City in July 2013 brought together a diverse new generation of practitioners and organizers from across the U.S. and Canada to share strategies, tools, and stories about our work creating a solidarity economy from the ground up in our communities and on our campuses. Through highly participative workshops and panel sessions, participants had the opportunity to share ideas and learnings and broaden their understanding of how to harness new economy thinking to bring the changes our society needs.

    FEBRUARY

    22-24

    MARCH 6

    APRIL 4-6

    APRIL 4-6

    APRIL 4-6

    APRIL 13

    APRIL 13

    APRIL 19

    APRIL 20-21

    APRIL 20-21

    APRIL 2

    MAY 3

    JULY 19-21

    Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Power Up! Divestment Convergence

    Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Beyond Divestment: Money and Finance for a Living Economy

    Gonzaga University, Spokane, WashingtonSpokane New Economy Summit

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

    New Economy Summit

    Appalachian State University, Watauga County, North Carolina New Economy Summit

    The New School, New York, New YorkUniversities and the New Economy

    Tufts University, Medford, MassachusettsCultivating a New Food Economy:

    Putting People and Planet First

    Clark University, Worcester, MassachusettsConnecting the Dots: Pathways to a New Economy

    College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, MaineCooperation, Community, and Complexity:

    Imagining a New Economy for the 21st Century

    Ithaca College, Ithaca, New YorkYouth Power Summit: Building a New Economy

    University of Vermont, Burlington, VermontOwning Our New Economy, New Economy Series

    Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, ArizonaCatalyzing the Commonwealth:

    Cooperative Economics, Sustainability, and Civic Engagement

    New York University, New York, New York

    reRoute: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy

    Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MassachusettsBuilding the New Economy Speaker Series

    2013 EVENTS AND INITIATIVES

    This was an amazing learn-

    ing experience. Our goal of

    bringing together local

    organizations which are

    promoting new economy

    principles was successful.

    We were also successful in

    reaching out to our campus

    and community residents.

    LATOYA JONES, Clark University/Campus Network Program

    reROUTE

    7 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

    SPRING

    SEMESTER

  • 8 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania No More Detroits: the Philadelphia Public Bank Solution

    Needham, Massachusetts Creation Care & the Church Conference

    Pawtucket, Rhode Island Ecological Healing, Ecological Economics, Ecological

    Justice: Creating Prosperity for the 99% in Rhode Island

    New Orleans, Louisiana NOLA TimeBank Intro and Map Jam

    Tampa Bay, Florida #BuyLocalBlast

    St. Louis, Missouri Trading Post Solidarity Economy Week

    Tucson, Arizona Sustainable Tucson October Meeting:

    Investing in Local Solar Energy Solutions

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin Transition Launch Training

    Medford, Massachusetts Building New Economies from the Ground Up

    Visions from Boston and Mondragon

    Montpelier, Vermont Central Vermont Harvest Festival

    Great Barrington, Massachusetts Signature Drive: Pass Mass Amendment

    Corporations Are Not People Money Is Not Speech

    Oakland, California

    Cooperative Jobs Build Resilient Communities.

    What I love about New Economy Week is that it makes visible all of the people,

    businesses, and communities that are already working in the New Economy.

    The more we can see, the more inspired we will be by the range and beauty of

    our common commitments.

    ALISA GRAVITZ

    GreenAmerica

    CELEBRATING THE EMERGING MOVEMENT FOR ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES

    New Economy Week October 12-18, 2013

    New Economy Week was an international experiment in collective action. Over the course of seven days last October, thousands of people stood up in their communities and celebrated the movement to build a new economy one that works for the people, planet, and places we love.

    In its inaugural year, New Economy Week featured more than seventy-five events across the United States and Canada. With the support of NEC, groups organ-ized workshops, documentary screenings, conferences, trainings, actions, and more. The week earned original coverage in Truthout, Yes! Magazine, and dozens of other media outlets.

    By calling attention to the thousands of things people are doing to build the new economy, New Economy Week sought to inspire more participation in this movement and catalyze a national conversation on the need for deep, systemic change. Our hope is that it will become an annual celebration.

    OCTOBER 12

    OCTOBER 12

    OCTOBER 12

    OCTOBER 12

    OCTOBER 12-18

    OCTOBER 12-18

    OCTOBER 14

    OCTOBER 14-15

    OCTOBER 15

    OCTOBER 15

    OCTOBER 16

    OCTOBER 16

    Events the New Economy Coalition highlighted during this exciting week included:

  • BUILDING POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAITH COMMUNITIES

    The Faith Community Network

    Faith leaders and congregations have long been critical forces in strength- ening communities, promoting social justice, and helping people to live fulfilling, meaningful livesgoals that align well with the vision of the New Economy Movement. Faith communities today are tackling issues that are key to the new economy, such as racial and economic justice, sustainability, fossil fuel divestment, and socially responsible investment. These allied interests make faith leaders, divinity schools, and congre-gations natural partners and allies in NECs work.

    In 2013, we made plans and laid foundations for building a strong network of relationships and projects with key faith-based collaborators. We researched the organizational landscape of faith communities in North America, assessed challenges and opportunities, and refined the focus of our vision for working alongside them to build a new

    economy. Now we are moving forward on building the faith network program:

    Working with leaders and congre-gations in faith communities, we look forward to increasing their effectiveness, and ours, in building partnerships and programs for the new economy.

    Recruiting faith-based organizations as NEC members

    Building a new economy community of seminaries, divinity schools, and congregations in multiple faiths

    Creating a network for individual faith leaders

    Establishing a Faith Community Working Group, which will launch summer 2014.

    9 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

  • 10 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    In the spirit of our Strategies for a New Economy conference at Bard College in 2012, and our reRoute: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy convergence at New York University in 2013, in 2014 the New Economy Coalition is bringing together a diverse group of the new economys most energetic thinkers, practitioners, and newcomers. The convening serves as a time and place to share practices, tools, and stories; highlight achievements; and create an environment that will strongly propel existing work and new ideas forward. The two-part conference includes an open session over the weekend, followed by a coalition convention.

    GATHERING TO SHARE LEARNING AND BUILD MOMENTUM

    CommonBound: Moving Together Toward a New Economy. June 6-8, 2014

    From June 8-9, 2014 well be holding the first-ever in-person convention of the New Economy Coalition. Our membership is eager to explore opportunities for collective action, narrative, and purpose, and our face-to-face facilitated meeting will allow this process to accelerate rapidly. The convention will also be an opportunity to further demo- cratize the coalition through the election of NEC board members by the plenary.

    Making space for coalition members to share learnings.

    Initiating new people into the movement, and encouraging all participants to develop new skills and gain new knowledge.

    Encouraging participants to think through problems together.

    The national gathering builds the New Economy Movement by:

  • 11 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

    NEC is the prime perch

    and meeting spot for activ-

    ists, thinkers, and planners

    who want to engage and

    co-create the emerging

    new economy movement.Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies

    We have come far in the past year. But this is just the beginning. In the coming months, through the generosity of our donors, the help of our coalition members, and the hard work of our staff, we plan to:

    EXPAND THE NEW ECONOMY COALITION, including recruiting more groups working with and led by people from low-income communities and communities of color. We will also deepen our ties to faith-based groups and grassroots movements for social justice and form issue caucuses and working groups to define collective actions, share learnings, and coordinate campaigns to advance the movement as a whole.

    DEVELOP OUR YOUTH AND STUDENT NETWORK: Our successful campus organizing in 2013 culminated in a three-day convergence in New York City called reRoute: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy, which brought together over 300 young leaders from across the United States and Canada. The convergence positioned NECs Youth and Student Network to grow dramatically, expanding the network of young people engaged in building the new economy, committing to a focus on racial and economic justice, incubating projects and campaigns led by students and youth, and moving toward a collective vision for youth leadership in the new economy movement.

    LAUNCH A RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE INITIATIVE: Perhaps our most important learning from the first year of our youth and student organizing work was recognition of the need for focused and intentional engagement with low-income communities and communities of colorand dedicated resources to support this engagement. We recognize that we cannot speak about building a new economy without tackling issues of racial and economic justice head-on, and we are wholly committed to aligning our personnel recruitment, staff and board development and programming to reflect this fact. To that end, the New Economy Coalition is launching a Racial and Economic Justice Initiative, a new organizing program that will enable us to develop more diverse and effective leadership for building a new economy.

    SHIFT THE CONVERSATION TOWARD NEW ECONOMY SOLUTIONS: The old economy is built on a foundation of mythsfrom the false premise of infinite growth on a finite planet to the obsession with GDP as our primary economic indicator. Through educational campaigns, public appearances, social media, op-eds and more, we are going to leverage the collective power of our growing coalition to reach new audiences and tell the story of the movement for economic alternatives.

    TAKING THE NEXT STEPS TO CREATE THE NEW ECONOMY

  • DIRECTORS OF THE NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    BOB MASSIE

    President of the New Economy Coalition. During his career he has created or led three ground- breaking sustainability organiz-ations, serving as President of Ceres, Co-founder and first chair of the Global Reporting Initiative, and initiator of the Investor Network on Climate Risk.

    DAVID M. ABROMOWITZ

    Partner at Goulston & Storrs, and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, focusing on housing policy and related federal and state programs and issues.

    GAR ALPEROVITZ

    Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, is co-founder of The Democracy Collaborative.

    JESSICA BRACKMAN

    Former CEO of FPG International, a leading stock photography agency, now works in the area of social and environmental impact documentary film. She is the founder of the New Economy Film Festival which launched in New York City in 2013.

    FARHAD EBRAHIMI

    Founder and Trustee Chair of the Chorus Foundation, whose mission is to end the extraction, export, and use of fossil fuels in the United States.

    CONNIE EVANS

    International development consultant, is the President and CEO of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO).

    JOHN FULLERTON

    Founder and President of the Capital Institute and the principal of Level 3 Capital Advisors.

    NEVA GOODWIN

    Co-Director of the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University.

    HILDEGARDE HANNUM

    Scholar and translator (with her husband) of major German thinkers, edits the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures.

    12 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

  • KEITH HARRINGTON

    Former Maryland and Washington D.C. Field Director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, writes on climate and the new economy.

    LEAH HUNT-HENDRIX

    Recently completed her doctorate at Princeton University in Religion, Ethics, and Politics, researching grassroots organizing and social movements around the world.

    DAVID W. ORR

    Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Senior Adviser to the President at Oberlin College.

    RACHEL PLATTUS

    (Staff Representative) is Director of Organizing for the Youth and Student Network at the New Economy Coalition.

    WILL RAAP

    Founder and Chairman of Gardeners Supply, an employee-owned family of companies known for its innovative business and socially responsible business practices.

    GUS SPETH

    Professor of Law at Vermont Law School, was Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

    SARAH STRANAHAN

    Strategic Development Director at Free Speech for People and also serves on the Board of the Stranahan Foundation.

    STEWART WALLIS

    Executive Director of the new economics foundation in the UK. He formerly served as International Director of Oxfam from 1992 to 2002 and was awarded the OBE for his distinguished services there.

    TIMOTHY WIRTH

    Former Congressman and U.S. Senator from Colorado and current Vice Chairman of the United Nations Foundation, was recently named a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Programme.

    13 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

  • 14 NEW ECONOMY COALITION

    NEW ECONOMY COALITION FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

    2012 FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES

    Program Services $ 600,000.00

    Fiscally Sponsored Projects $ 95,000.00

    Administrative $ 195,000.00

    Fundraising $ 70,000.00

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    $ 960,000.00

    2012 SUPPORT AND REVENUE

    Major gifts $ 480,000.00

    Grants $ 400,000.00

    Individuals $ 20,000.00

    Program Revenue $ 130,000.00

    Other Revenue $ 20,000.00

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    $1,050,000.00

    46%

    63%

    38%

    10%

    2%

    20%

    12%

    7%

    2%

    2012

    2012

  • 2013 FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES*

    Program Services $ 640,000.00

    Legacy Programs $ 83,000.00

    Administrative $ 210,000.00

    Fundraising $ 107,000.00

    TOTA L

    $1,040,000.00

    2013 SUPPORT AND REVENUE*

    Major gifts $ 160,000.00

    Grants $ 1,230,000.00

    Individuals $ 12,000.00

    Program Revenue $ 21,000.00

    Other Revenue $ 5,000.00

    TOTA L

    $1,428,000.00

    *Unaudited

    *Unaudited

    62%

    11%

    8%

    86%

    20%

    1%

    10%

    2%

    0.3%

    2013

    2013

    15 BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

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    2012-2014 SUPPORT (as of January 31, 2014)

    $ 100,000 AND HIGHER

    Joshua BogerNeva Goodwin Metabolic StudioNoVo Foundation

    $ 50,000 - $ 99,999

    Farhad Ebrahimi Rockefeller Brothers FundSwift FoundationTown Creek Foundation

    $ 10,000 - $ 49,999

    Anonymous (2)Barnsley FoundationJessica Brackman & Charles MelcherCloud Mountain Foundation Compton Foundation Eileen Fisher FoundationJohn Fullerton Family FoundationGarfield Foundation Grantham FoundationHildegarde HannumThe Hildegard FundKAT Charitable FoundationDan LevinsonBeatrice PaskPatagonia Christopher Reynolds Foundation Abby Rockefeller & Lee HalprinRichard RockefellerElizabeth SteeleTaupo Fund Tides Foundation V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation The Vervane Foundation

    $ 1,000 - $ 9,999

    Grant AbertAnonymous Maile & John BayPaul and Anne van Buren Fund Chelsea GreenKatherine Collins Anne Delaney Domini Social Investments Peggy DulanyFenwick Foundation Julie HarteHunter Grubb FoundationCharles KeilKindle Project Fund of the Common Counsel FoundationLinden Family Fund Dale McDonaldNachman Family Charitable FoundationOverbrook Foundation Will RaapGrace Jones RichardsonJohn Rosenblum Ross/Strohbehn Gift FundWilliam & Kay SchrenkKeri SmithJoseph StanislawSarah StranahanGordon ThorneCatherine & Wolfgang TraberTrillium Asset Management Timothy & Wren Wirth

    SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK

    The New Economy Coalition gratefully recognizes the generous support of the foundations and individuals who have contributed to our work so far. Through their generosity, we are truly moving closer to a new economyone that restores and sustains people, communities, and the environment.

  • BOB MASSIE, President

    ELI FEGHALI, Director of Communications and Online Organizing

    EMILY HARDT, Program Coordinator

    NICHOLAS HAYES, Faith Community Partnerships Organizer

    SACHIE HOPKINS HAYAKAWA, Youth & Student Organizer

    ESTEBAN KELLY, Lead Organizer (Capacity Building & Organizational Development)

    CARINA MILLSTONE, New Economy Coalition Fellow

    REN PREZ, IT and Data Systems Coordinator

    RACHEL PLATTUS, Director of Organizing, Youth & Student Network

    EMMA PUKA-BEALS, 2014 Conference Manager

    FILIPPO RAVALICO, Operations

    BELINDA RODRIGUEZ, Youth & Student Organizer

    MIKE SANDMEL, Coalition Organizing Manager

    AISHA SHILLINGFORD, Director of Organizing, Racial & Economic Justice Initiative

    ALI SMART, Development Director

    P R O D U C T I O N T E A M

    PROJECT MANAGER: Emily Hardt

    DESIGNER: Ciano Design

    EDITOR: Owen Andrews

    Printed in the United States of America

    by: The Journeyman Press

    NEW ECONOMY COALITION STAFF

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