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Making the Economy Work for Us
October 30, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus University of Massachusetts, Amherst & Visiting Professor at The New School for Social Research
Marc Armstrong, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute
Omar Freilla, Founder & Coordinator, Green Worker Cooperatives
Alexis Goldstein, Organizer, the Other 99%
Moderated by J.A.Myerson, Independent journalist and author
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
All Souls Unitarian Church, Reidy Friendship Hall
1157 Lexington Avenue (at 80th Street), New York City
Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. Donations appreciated.
Median wages are declining while Wall Street bonuses are rising. The economy is not working for the average person. It doesn’t have to be this way. Big Apple Coffee Party and All Souls Peace and Justice Task Force are presenting a forum “It’s Our Money: Making the Economy Work for Us” that will explore alternative economic models and what we can do to transform the economy.
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Visiting Professor at The New School for Social Research in New York City. In 2012 he published two books on the economic crisis: Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism and Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism. His writings appear in Truthout, The Guardian (UK) and many other publications. He does media interviews (Amy Goodman, Bill Moyers, Charlie Rose, etc.) and hosts his weekly hour-long “Economic Update” radio broadcast.
Marc Armstrong is Executive Director, Public Banking Institute. Marc is a business development and communications consultant. Having worked for IBM Finance with both Bank of America and Wells Fargo Wholesale Banking Divisions as primary customers, Marc is very familiar with the operational requirements for wholesale banks. Marc became interested in the topic of monetary reform and public banking after reading Ellen Brown’s book Web of Debt and after designing peer-to-peer mutual credit software designed for a mobile platform.
Omar Freilla founded Green Worker Cooperatives out of his love for personal and community transformation and a passion for democracy, the planet, and making another world possible. Green Worker Cooperatives is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned green businesses in order to build a strong local economy rooted in democracy and environmental justice. Omar has received numerous awards for his work, including the Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism, and has been featured in Ebony Magazine’s annual Power 100 list.
Alexis Goldstein is an organizer with the nonprofit group the Other 98%, and a co-host of the radical finance and economics podcast Disorderly Conduct. Alexis spent seven years working on Wall Street before quitting the industry in 2010. Alexis was highly active with Occupy Wall Street, and is currently a team member of the Occupy Network who put out the biweekly Your Inbox: Occupied email newsletter. She is a contributor to The Nation and has also written for n+1, the Washington Post, and The American Prospect. You can follow her on twitter @alexisgoldstein
J.A. Myerson is an independent journalist, author of Onward: An Occupier’s Guide to Understanding the Current Crisis and co-hosts the radical economics and finance podcast Disorderly Conduct.