WRC09-202

Recruitment & Retention of African American CEOs

Speakers: Jerome Hunter, Jamilla Moore, Eric Gravenberg, Ed Valeau

Moderator: Trudy Largent

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$12.00

$12.00

SEA11-207

All Politics is Local: The Opportunity for Social Enterprise

Speakers: Smith, Sheridan

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$12.00

$12.00

POC12-113

Unions in the new economy

Speakers: Jay Youngdahl, East Bay Express; Carl Hall, Pacific Media Workers Guild; John Logan, SF State Management School; Kerianne Steele, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld

Those who advocate new economic forms speak a language of ethical treatment of all. Yet, visions of a new economy often neglect to consider effects on workers, especially workers who perform more repetitive jobs. At the same time, the historic form of protections for workers – unions – has had a focus on community and protection of all since their inception. Yet, unions have had difficulties adapting to changes in the old economy and have not fully entered the conversation about a new economy. What is the role of unions in a new economy? How should new economy advocates think about this? How can these groups work together? This session will explore these rich and perplexing questions.

MP3

$7.00

$7.00

SEA11-223

Building the Right Funding Model for Your Organization

Speakers: Fernando, Levine

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$12.00

$12.00

POC12-163

Complementary and alternative currencies to the US dollar

Speakers: Guillaume Lebleu, Bernal Bucks; Jessica Nowlan, Oakland Grown Gift Card; Charlie Rebich, Oakland Acorn; Mira Luna, BACE Time Bank; Moderator: Amy Barr, Sustainable Business Alliance

Where national currency is scarce or there is a lack of market support for community services, local currencies can facilitate better flows of resources and energy by matching unmet needs with underutilized resources. Investing in community currency means investing in your community’s health and real wealth for the long haul, and therefore our own security and happiness. Democratically-controlled local money can be a powerful tool in relocalization to shift economic power and transform the economy into a more caring and cooperative one.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$10.00

$10.00

POC12-171

Slow Money – investing as if food, farms, and fertility matter

Speakers: Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money; Speaker presented by – Temra Costa, Sustainable Food Advocate and Author of Farmer Jane

Today, over $12 million has been invested directly in small food enterprises through the Slow Money network, both nationally and through over a dozen local chapters, one of which is in Northern California. We are still at the beginning, and at the same time we are well on the way to our goal of 1 million people investing 1% of their money in local food systems, this decade. Learn how, in Wendell Berry’s words, these “millions of small acts” can begin to rebuild our economy… from the ground up.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$10.00

$10.00

WRC09-110

Keynote: “Hope: Illuminating the Community in Community College”

Speakers: Gregory Hodge, Bryan Monroe

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$12.00

$12.00

WRC09-210

Luncheon Banquet: Ricky Minor & Greg Phillinganes

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$12.00

$12.00

WRC09-102

Making the Classroom Exciting: Learning from Our Ancestors

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$12.00

$12.00

POC12-141

The new sustainable theory of investing

Speakers: Jay Youngdahl, East Bay Express and Harvard Fellow at the Institute for Responsible Investment; (Responder) Ed Church, Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship

Wall Street investment activity is premised on a view of a theory of finance called, “Modern Portfolio Theory” (MPT). Due to lack of an alternative, even many green investment companies rely on MPT. But MPT is based on a selfish view of utilitarian interests in which the investments of an individual or enterprise are looked at out of societal context, and measured only by short term financial returns. Strict adherence to MPT forecloses most sustainable and green investment strategies and MPT has failed even as to what it promises. Hear from a panel working on a new replacement theory that is fascinating as well as nationally important, and which puts sustainability and people’s true needs at the heart of investment strategies.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$10.00

$10.00

BALLE10-212

Communicating Your Impact for Better Network Fundraising

Speakers: Shanna Ratner, Derek Long, Vicki Pozzebon, Beth Geagan

MP3

$12.00

$12.00

BALLE10-216

Mobilizing Communities to Save Energy & Create Jobs

Speakers: Alex Ramel, Merrian Fuller, Brian Sheehan

MP3

$12.00

$12.00

Subtotal

$133.00