Leah Hunt-Hendrix: Building the Next Economy in Solidarity with Resistance Movements
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Leah Hunt-Hendrix has her doctorate from Princeton University in religion, ethics and politics. Born and raised in New York City, she has spent the past decade at the intersection of theory and practice, combining a study of moral philosophy and democratic theory with research around the world in grassroots organizing and social movements. She has lived and worked in Egypt, Syria and Palestine, where she focused her research on the effects of international aid and development, and the history of popular protest. She is the co-founder of Solidaire, an organization that provides support for social movements.
Some highlights from the interview with Leah include:
- How economic justice intersects with racial justice, how economic democracy intersects with political democracy, and how Solidaire brings philanthropic support to these spaces with a vision for inclusive populist movements that tie together these threads.
- How the Movement Generation, a justice and ecology project, uses a three-stage process to advance and solidify systemic, structural change.
- How she has worked to advance the cooperative economy and climate justice.
Resources:
VIDEOS:
- From Protest to Power: Why movements matter and how they work
- Carlos Saavedra — Momentum Training 2015
BOOKS:
- The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic by Ganesh Sitaraman
- This is an Uprising by Paul and Mark Engler
Organizations
- Movement for Black Lives — The Electoral Justice Project
- Movement Strategy Center
- Movement Generation
- Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
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Kevin Bayuk works at the intersection of ecology and economy, where permaculture design meets next economy organizations intent on meeting human needs while enhancing the conditions conducive to all life. He is a co-founder and partner with LIFT Economy, the Senior Financial Fellow at Project Drawdown and a founding partner of the Urban Permaculture Institute. LIFT Economy is an impact consulting firm whose mission is to create, model and share a locally self-reliant economy that works for the benefit of all life. You can follow Kevin on Twitter @kevinbayuk or email him kevin@lifteconomy.com.
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