Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is excited to announce its new Economic Justice Initiative to further address the issue of economic justice in our local communities, and ultimately in North America and the global economy.
BALLE has an ongoing commitment to creating new models of economic development through which communities left out of ownership opportunities in the old industrial economy gain ownership positions in the emerging local living economies.
BALLE will form five task forces of people committed to economic justice with experience in business development and network development, as well as specific experience in the building blocks of local living economies, such as food, fiber, and energy.
The intentions are:
If you would like to learn more about this work, and perhaps contribute to a task force, please e-mail info [at] livingeconomies [dot] org or see updates at BALLE’s website. (livingeconomies.org)
BALLE has an ongoing commitment to creating new models of economic development through which communities left out of ownership opportunities in the old industrial economy gain ownership positions in the emerging local living economies.
BALLE will form five task forces of people committed to economic justice with experience in business development and network development, as well as specific experience in the building blocks of local living economies, such as food, fiber, and energy.
The intentions are:
1. To help BALLE networks assist entrepreneurs from African-American, Latino, Native American, and other historically disadvantaged communities in starting, expanding, and strengthening businesses that build a local living economy, andThe task forces are:
2. To strengthen BALLE by further diversifying our networks, conferences, board, and committees.
- Business education - to develop business education programs for BALLE networks serving historically disadvantaged communities
- New network development - to support community leaders in creating and running new BALLE networks in historically disadvantaged communities, with an initial focus on Newark, NJ
- Enterprise development - to help start and strengthen businesses needed to build local self-reliance in historically disadvantaged communities where BALLE networks are located
- Network diversification - to support existing BALLE networks in reaching out to leaders from disadvantaged communities for steering committee positions and other leadership roles
- Conference diversification - to advise the conference committee
If you would like to learn more about this work, and perhaps contribute to a task force, please e-mail info [at] livingeconomies [dot] org or see updates at BALLE’s website. (livingeconomies.org)
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