May 1-2: Gar Alperovitz in Santa Barbara
What if there was a way we could create an economy here in Santa Barbara that offers everyone:
- secure, rewarding, living wage employment;
- healthy, safe and sustainable housing, food, energy and transportation;
- meaningful participation in power at work and in the community;
- and (insert your passion and need here)?
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Thursday, May 1st, 2014
- Noon: Keynote Address by Gar Alperovitz (UCSB Multicultural Center)
- 2:30pm: Seminar Discussion following the Keynote (UCSB)
- 7:30pm: Reception for Dr. Alperovitz (Downtown)
- 11:30am: Roundtable on Organizing for Community Democracy (Orfalea Foundation Downtown Center at Chapala and Victoria in Santa Barbara)
About Gar Alperovitz
Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, is cofounder of the Democracy Collaborative. He is a former fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard and of King's College at Cambridge University, where he received his PhD in political economy.
His numerous articles have appeared in publications ranging from The New York Times and The Washington Post to The Journal of Economic Issues, Foreign Policy, Diplomatic History, and other academic and popular journals. His most recent books are What then Must We Do? (2013) and America Beyond Capitalism (2011). Dr. Alperovitz is also the author of The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, published in 1995, the 2002 book, Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era (with Thad Williamson and David Imbroscio), and the 2008 book Unjust Deserts (with Lew Daly).
For more biographical information, visit Gar's website
Please REGISTER NOW for each event you'd like to attend and for specific location and other important information . . .
- See this Democracy Now interview re: Gar's NY Times article "Worker-Owners of America, Unite!"
- View Gar's keynote address at the 2013 Democracy Convention
- Click here for information about Gar's most recent books
His numerous articles have appeared in publications ranging from The New York Times and The Washington Post to The Journal of Economic Issues, Foreign Policy, Diplomatic History, and other academic and popular journals. His most recent books are What then Must We Do? (2013) and America Beyond Capitalism (2011). Dr. Alperovitz is also the author of The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, published in 1995, the 2002 book, Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era (with Thad Williamson and David Imbroscio), and the 2008 book Unjust Deserts (with Lew Daly).
For more biographical information, visit Gar's website
Please REGISTER NOW for each event you'd like to attend and for specific location and other important information . . .