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-Resilience Circles- Building an Economy That Works For All

Discover how Resilience Circles empower individuals to navigate economic challenges, foster community, and advocate for change. Join our small groups to learn, support, and create a solidarity economy.

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-Resilience Circles- Building an Economy That Works For All

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  1. -Resilience Circles-Building an Economy That Works For All Connect Learn Share Act

  2. Where Are We Now? Job Growth Stock Market Gains Foreclosures Banking Regulation Social Contract Accountability Who is recovering?

  3. Poverty in America • Nearly one out of five Americans (18.6%) reported in a recent survey by the Food Research and Action Center that they had some difficulty feeding themselves or their families in 2011. That’s 55 million people. • The number of people on food stamps is about 16%. That’s 50 million people. • The poverty level for a family of four is about $22,000. A record 49 million people lived below the poverty line in 2010.

  4. Over 50 million people without health insurance • 8.1 million children under age 18 are without health insurance (2007). • 43% of Americans are within 3 months of poverty if they experienced a financial shock of some kind • #1 reason for bankruptcy is medical expenses.  • The safety net is under attack

  5. GOT RESILIENCE?

  6. Facing Economic Change

  7. Transition • The End of Unlimited Growth • Resource Depletion • Debt • Peak Oil

  8. National Debt

  9. Debt as a % of GDP

  10. Now What?

  11. …Shift Happens Localize Connect Support Produce You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss ~

  12. Resilience Circles: Small groups of 10 – 15 people meeting for 7 sessions Warning: Learning about the economy or the environment alone can be challenging. Find your learning community. Purposes: • Learn together – Change the Story • Mutual Aid – Create Community • Social Action – Change the Rules

  13. Changing the Story What messages have we absorbed about the idea of economic success…..

  14. ….or failure?

  15. The Old Story You are on your own (YO-YO)

  16. The Old Story • Everything will be just fine…….very soon

  17. The Old Story This slump is just a bump in the road. Right?

  18. The Old Story Your financial situation is personal and private!

  19. The Old Story Economic growth and expansion is the solution

  20. The New Story: A Solidarity Economy • There is enough if we share and protect our commons • We all do better when we all do better • Our health is linked to the health of the earth

  21. The Fork in the Road The Familiar Path:– The path of self-protection, scarcity, fear, isolation, separation, a fortress mentality.

  22. A New Path A New Path: Mutual Support-- Together, we can accomplish things that no single person or family can accomplish. This is a “new story,” a story that shows how inventive, creative and cooperative we can be, especially during hard times. Together, we are a genius.

  23. Create Community - Getting Our Mutual Aid Muscles in Shape • Finding Common Ground • Overcoming Separation • Realizing Our Gifts • Expressing Our Needs

  24. Weatherization Party

  25. Time Banking

  26. Personal Debt Management

  27. Gift Circles

  28. Re-skilling

  29. Rent or Mortgage Party

  30. Social Action: Change the Rules • “Move Your Money” • Support a Financial Transaction Tax • 350.org campaigns • Move to Amend (Citizens United) • US UNCUT • Start a Co-op • Occupy Your Neighborhood

  31. Ground Rules • Sharing is voluntary. You don’t have to share or personally disclose anything you don’t wish to share. • Respect one another. We are creating a space of respect and personal safety. • Confidentiality within the group is required. Personal information disclosed within the group stays there. • Make space for all to contribute. Talkative people may want to hold back a little. People who tend to hold back --- please feel invited to open up more. • Honor our differences. We assume that people are experiencing insecurity differently depending on their personal circumstances, culture, race, gender and other differences. Let us honor and celebrate our diversity. Our intent is not to persuade others of our viewpoints. Regardless of our differences, we all can benefit from strengthening our common security. The main thing is that we listen to and understand each other as our primary objective.

  32. Beyond Seven Sessions • Community Forum • Enhancing Personal Safety Nets and Networks • Community Garden • Block Party • Transition 101 • Your Money or Your Life • Book Club • Emergency Preparedness • Time Banking • Up-cycling and Swaps • Bulk-Buying

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