Remaking the Economy: The Series Continues!

REMAKING THE ECONOMY:  WHO WILL OWN THE LAND?

Thursday, December 13th, 2018 at 2:00 pm EST 

If you want to rebuild the economy, it is hard to ignore the importance of the land. It is where we grow our food, build our homes, gather for recreation, and live our lives. Ownership of the land is also highly concentrated. Real estate in fact has been a key mechanism by which the nation’s vast economic and racial wealth gaps have been solidified. It must also be acknowledged that, except for the two percent of the US population who are Native American, we all live on what is ultimately stolen land.

Fortunately, nonprofit and movement activists in recent decades have been devising a growing range of strategies to counteract and reverse the trend towards further concentration of land ownership. To help you explore the practical range of options your organizations can consider, the second webinar in NPQ’s series, Remaking the Economy, will explore these issues. The 90-minute webinar will connect you with experts whose knowledge is grounded in the field to discuss the strengths and challenges inherent in pursuing various practical community-based democratic land ownership and stewardship strategies.

This webinar will explore:

• What are core principles that can guide nonprofits in their approaches to the ownership and stewardship of land?
• How do key tools that promote democratic ownership of land, such as community land trusts and land cooperatives, work?
• What is required to decolonize wealth and ownership of the land?
• What are points of leverage available to nonprofits and movement leaders?
• What is the ecosystem that helps nonprofit land strategies to succeed?
• What shifts in thinking, practice, and culture are required?