An Economy That Works For All
An Economy That Works For All

An Economy That Works For All

ROAR’s fifth virtual Next World Conversation on Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. is focused on what the next economy will look like.

Please join us as Fadhel Kaboub, Professor of Economics at Denison University, engages in conversation with Denise Fairchild, Director of Emerald Cities Cooperative.

How can we build a economic system that is supportive of a healthy planet, productive for new and more sustaining jobs, and that addresses the deep racial and social inequities which has been exposed and exacerbated by the combined COVID-19 and climate crises?

Bring your thoughts and ideas!

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucuqvpjMsGtbX8Aly7RODpYIZQ29kgAO4


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Denise Fairchild is the inaugural President of Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC), a national nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., with affiliates in major urban centers across the United States. She is charged with advancing ECC’s “high-road” mission to green our cities, build resilient local economies and ensure equity inclusion in both the process and outcomes of a new green and healthy economy. Denise is nationally recognized and respected for her 40-year successful track record and innovative programs in sustainable and community economic development, domestically and internationally. In 1995 she founded and directed the Community and Economic Development (CED) Department at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, as well as an affiliated nonprofit community development research and technical assistance organization, CDTech. She founded the Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI), an initiative of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, to provide inner-city residents with career and technical education for high-growth/high-demand jobs in the L.A. region, with a focus on the green economy. From 1989-1995 she served as executive director of LISC-LA, helping to build out the region’s community development industry creating nonprofit housing, jobs and businesses that strengthened and improved the health and environments of L.A.’s low-income communities of color.


Fadhel Kaboub is an associate professor of economics at Denison University, and the president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He has held research affiliations with the Levy Economics Institute, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is an expert on Modern Monetary Theory, the Green New Deal, and the Job Guarantee. His work focuses on public policies to enhance monetary and economic sovereignty in the Global South, build resilience, and promote equitable and sustainable prosperity. You can follow him onTwitter @FadhelKaboub and @GISP_Tweets

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