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A call for national discussion and debate by Gar Alperovitz, James Gustave Speth, Jane Mansbridge, Sarita Gupta, Bill McKibben, Danny Glover, Barbara Ehrenreich, Leo Gerard, Annie Leonard, Robert B.
Reich, Noam Chomsky, Anuradha Mittal, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ralph Nader, Manuel Pastor, Erik Olin Wright, Phyllis Bennis, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Oliver Stone, Nancy Fraser, Dean Baker, Gerald Torres, John James
Conyers, Jr., Jill Stein, Herman E. Daly, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, William Greider, Frances Fox Piven, Juliet Schor, Larry Cohen, Medea Benjamin, Timothy E. Wirth, Emily Kawano, Saru Jayaraman, Jeff
Faux, Heather McGhee, James Mumm, Joseph Blasi, Paul S. Adler, Richard Falk, Seymour Hersh, Daniel Ellsberg, Will Raap, Gerald Hudson, May Boeve, L. Hunter Lovins, Jose Zapata Calderon, Deepak Bhargava,
Lawrence Mishel, Angela Glover Blackwell, James Counts Early, Chuck Collins, Maya Schenwar, Heather Booth, Robin Hahnel, Dayna Cunningham, J. Phillip Thompson, George Goehl, Saskia Sassen, Kai Bird,
Marcus Raskin, David Korten, Marta Ceroni, Carole Pateman, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jessica Gordon Nembhard, David W. Orr, Sonia E. Sachs, Alexis Goldstein, Michael Albert, Mark Weisbrot, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Julie Matthaei, Christopher Jencks, Robert W. McChesney, Neva Goodwin, C. Otto Scharmer, Richard Heinberg,
Bob Massie, Ron Blackwell, Vijay Prashad, Fran Korten, Jeffrey Hollender, Joe Uehlein, Juanita Valdez-Cox, Richard D. Wolff, John Cavanagh, Greg Grandin, James K. Boyce, Robert Costanza, Peter Kuznick, john a.
powell, Susan Witt, Lester Brown, Raj Patel, Carlos Pérez de Alejo, John Bellamy Foster, Michael Kazin, Dick Mazess, Stacy Mitchell, Paul Raskin, Joel Rogers, Peter Marcuse, Michael C. Dawson, Todd Gitlin,
Jerry Mander, Anna Galland, Aaron Tanaka, Ed Whitfield, Peter Barnes, L. Randall Wray, Saket Soni, David Schweickart, Judy Wicks, Michelle Long, Christian Parenti, Gayle McLaughlin, Peter G. Brown, & many others.
The following statement was developed with input from a small group of initial signatories whose names are included in the statement. They have been joined by many more—activists, policymakers, practitioners, business people, and scholars from across disciplines—in spelling out the systemic nature of the current crisis we face as a society and the urgent need to think in terms of systemic solutions.
It’s time for everyone who cares about our troubled country to face the depth of the
systemic crisis we now confront as a nation. We must step back from the daily fray and
ask: How do we actually get on a path to the kind of society—and world—we’d like now
and for future generations? We must begin a real conversation—locally, nationally, and at
all levels in between—on how to respond to the profound challenge of our time in history.
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending,” Lincoln said, “we could
better judge what to do.” Today’s answer to Lincoln’s charge is grim. If one looks at “where
we are” among advanced democracies across more than a score of key indicators of
national well-being—including relative poverty, inequality, education, social mobility, health,
environment, militarization, democracy, and more—we find ourselves exactly where we
don’t want to be: at or near the bottom.
The challenging realities of growing inequality, political stalemate, and climate disruption
prompt an important insight. When big problems emerge across the entire spectrum of
national life, it cannot be due to small reasons. When the old ways no longer produce
the outcomes we are looking for, something deeper is occurring. We have fundamental
problems because of fundamental flaws in our economic and political system. The crisis
now unfolding in so many ways across our country amounts to a systemic crisis.
Today’s political economic system is not programmed to secure the wellbeing of people,
place and planet. Instead, its priorities are corporate profits, the growth of GDP, and the
projection of national power. If we are to address the manifold challenges we face in a
serious way, we need to think through and then build a new political economy that takes
us beyond the current system that is failing all around us. However difficult the task,
however long it may take, systemic problems require systemic solutions.
The social pain arising from the economic crisis, the steady unfolding of the climate
calamity, and many other deeply troubling developments have made it possible to pose
the question of large-scale system change in a serious fashion in the United States. Yet,
despite this new space for a debate about fundamental change, challenges to the system
have until recently been constrained by a continuing lack of imagination concerning
social, economic and political alternatives. It is said that the existing system is the only
possibility, one we must accept and work with—that, as Margaret Thatcher famously
insisted, “There is no alternative.” But she had it wrong.
The good news is that the inability of traditional politics and policies to address
fundamental challenges has fueled an extraordinary amount of experimentation in
communities across the United States—and around the world. It has also generated an
increasing number of sophisticated and thoughtful proposals for transformative change.
Together these developments suggest that it is possible to build a new and better America
beyond the failed systems of the past and present.
Indeed, new terms have begun to gain currency among diverse social movements and
activist communities—an indication that the domination of traditional thinking has already
started to weaken. Thus we encounter the sharing economy, the caring economy, the
solidarity economy, the restorative economy, the regenerative economy, the sustaining
economy, the resilient economy, and, of course, the new economy. There is talk of the need
for a great transition. Several of these approaches already have significant networks and
thoughtful research efforts underway. New thinking by creative scholars and members of
the labor movement and community-oriented advocates is also contributing to the ferment.
It is time for Americans to think boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic
difficulties facing the United States. It is time to explore genuine alternatives and new
models—“the next system.” It is time to debate what it will take to move our country to a
very different place, one where outcomes that are truly sustainable, equitable, and
democratic are commonplace.
Those of us signing this statement are committed to working towards these ends.
Gar AlperovitzCo-Founder
The Democracy Collaborative Co-Chair, The Next System
Project
Hilary AbellCo-Founder
Project Equity
Dean AbrahamsonProfessor Emeritus of Energy
and Environmental PolicyUniversity of Minnesota
Frank AckermanLecturer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Senior EconomistSynapse Energy Economics
Paul S. AdlerProfessor of Management and
OrganizationUniversity of Southern California
James Gustave SpethBoard MemberThe New Economy CoalitionCo-Chair, The Next System Project
Kali AkunoCoordinator Cooperation Jackson OrganizerMalcolm X Grassroots Movement
Michael AlbertCo-Founder Z CommunicationsCo-AuthorParticipatory Economy vision
Lindsey AllenExecutive DirectorRainforest Action Network
Patrick Almonrode350NYC
Rev. Dr. Jim AntalConference Minister, President Massachusetts ConferenceUnited Church of Christ
Angela AtwoodExecutive Director
College Houses
Robert U. AyresProfessor of Environmental
Management, Center for the Management of the
Environment and ResourcesINSEAD - Institut Européen
d’Administration des Affaires
Jay Thomas Bad Heart BullPresident and CEO
Native American Community Development Institute
Gianpaolo BaiocchiDirector, Urban Democracy Lab
New York University
Dean BakerCo-Director
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Gopal BalakrishnanAssociate Professor
History of Consciousness Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jill BamburgPresidentBainbridge Graduate InstitutePinchot University
Aman BanerjiCommunity ManagerRoosevelt Institute Campus Network
Peter BarnesAuthorWith Liberty and Dividends for All
Ed BarryDirectorSustainable World InitiativeSustainable Living AdviserPopulation Institute
Allison BasileCo-FounderImpact Hub DC
Ben BeachyResearch DirectorGlobal Trade Watch Public Citizen
Medea BenjaminCo-FounderCODEPINK
Phyllis BennisFellow, Institute for Policy Studies
Fellow, Transnational Institute
Suzanne BergeronProfessor of Womens’ Studies
and Social Sciences University of Michigan Dearborn
Elaine BernardExecutive Director, Labor and
Worklife ProgramHarvard Law School
Rajasvini BhansaliExecutive Director
International Development Exchange
Deepak BhargavaExecutive Director
Center for Community Change
Keane BhattJournalist, Activist
Kai BirdAuthor, Biographer
Angela Glover BlackwellFounder and CEO
PolicyLink
Ron BlackwellFormer Chief EconomistUNITE and AFL-CIO
Joseph BlasiJ. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor, School of Manage-ment and Labor Relations Rutgers University
May BoeveCo-Founder and Executive Director350.org
Heather BoothDemocracy Partners
Craig BorowiakAssociate Professor of Political Science Haverford College
James K. BoyceProfessor of EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jessica BrackmanBoard MemberNew Economy Coalition
J. Alan BrewsterChair, Energy Advisory Board
City of Milford, ConnecticutFormer Deputy Dean
School of Forestry & Environ-mental Studies, Yale University
Former Senior Vice President World Resources Institute
Robin BroadProfessor, School of
International Service American University
Ellen H. BrownPresident Emeritus, Founder
and Senior AdvisorPublic Banking Institute
Lester R. BrownPresident and Founder
Earth Policy Institute
Peter G. BrownProfessor, School of
Environment, and Departments of Geography and Natural Resource
SciencesMcGill University
John BurroughsExecutive DirectorLawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Dallas BurtrawDarius Gaskins Senior Fellow Associate DirectorCenter for Climate and Electricity Policy Resources for the Future
Marco ButtazzoniClimate Change Mitigation and Sustainability AdvisorOwner, Buttazzoni Consulting
Jacqueline CabassoExecutive DirectorWestern States Legal Foundation
Jose Zapata CalderonEmeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a StudiesPitzer College
Katie CampbellFounder and Executive DirectorAynah
John CavanaghDirector
Institute for Policy Studies
Marta CeroniExecutive Director
Donella Meadows Institute
Karen ChappleProfessor, City and Regional Planning
Interim Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development
Faculty Director, Center for Community Innovation
Co-Chair, Master of City Planning Program
University of California, Berkeley
Theresa ChelikowskyExecutive Director
Florida Alliance of Community Development Corporations, Inc.
Noam ChomskyInstitute Professor, Professor of
Linguistics EmeritusMassachusetts Institute of
Technology
Leslie ChristianInvestment Advisor
Leslie E Christian LLC
Tiy ChungResearcherSCORAI
Christina A. ClampProfessor, School of Arts and SciencesDirector, Ph.D. Program, Com-munity Economic Development Director, Center for Co-operatives & CEDSouthern New Hampshire University
Mary M. ClevelandAdjunct Professor of Environmental EconomicsSchool of International and Public AffairsColumbia University
Jaimie CloudPresidentCloud Institute for Sustainability Education
David CobbNational SpokespersonMove to Amend
Larry CohenPresident
Communications Workers of America
Maurie CohenAssociate Professor and
Director, Program in Science, Technology & Society
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jonathan CohnManaging Editor
Great Transition InitiativeTellus Institute
Peter ColavitoDirector, Government Relations
Service Employees International Union
Romand ColesFrances B. McAllister Endowed Chair
Director, Program for Community, Culture and
EnvironmentNorthern Arizona University
Chuck CollinsSenior ScholarInstitute for Policy StudiesCo-FounderWealth for the Common Good
Melvyn ColónExecutive DirectorSouthside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance
Ken ConcaProfessor, School of International Service American University
Representative John James Conyers, Jr.Member of Congress (D)Thirteenth District, Michigan
Christine G. CorderoProgram DirectorCenter for Story-Based Strategy
Teresa CórdovaDirector, Great Cities InstituteUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Jose CoronaChief Executive OfficerInner City Advisors (ICA)
Robert CostanzaProfessor of Public Policy
Australian National UniversityEditor-in-Chief, Solutions
Harvey CoxHollis Research Professor of
Divinity Harvard University
Reid CramerDirector, Asset Building Program
New America Foundation
Charlie CrayResearch Specialist
Greenpeace
Ronnie CumminsDirector
Organic Consumers Association
Dayna CunninghamExecutive Director, Community
Innovators Lab (CoLab) Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Elliott CurrieProfessor of Criminology, Law
and Society University of California, Irvine
Brian CzechPresidentCenter for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Herman E. DalyProfessor EmeritusSchool of Public PolicyUniversity of Maryland
Bob DandrewDirector, Local Economies Project New World Foundation
Gerald DavisWilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of ManagementUniversity of Michigan
Michael C. DawsonJohn D. MacArthur Professor ofPolitical Science and College Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and CultureUniversity of Chicago
Gopal DayaneniCollective MemberMovement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project
John de GraafExecutive Director
Take Back Your Time
sProfessor of Sociology
University of Coimbra (Portugal)Distinguished Legal Scholar
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peter DreierDr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished
Professor of PoliticsChair, Urban and Environmental
Policy DepartmentOccidental College
Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizProfessor Emerita
California State University
Riley E. DunlapDresser Professor and Regents
Professor of SociologyOklahoma State University
Ethan EarleProject Manager, North America
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office
Advisory Board MemberThe Working World
James Counts EarlyBoard of TrusteesInstitute for Policy Studies
Farhad A. EbrahimiFounder and Trustee ChairThe Chorus Foundation
David EhrenfeldDistinguished Professor of BiologyRutgers University
Barbara EhrenreichAuthor
Michael EisenscherNational CoordinatorUS Labor Against the War
Daniel EllsbergAuthor, Whistleblower
Gerald EpsteinProfessor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute University of MassachusettsAmherst
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Jon D. EricksonProfessor of Ecological EconomicsFellow, Gund Institute for Eco-
logical EconomicsUniversity of Vermont
Sara Day EvansFounding Director
Accelerating AppalachiaCo-Founder
Prosperity Collective
Elena FairleyProgram and Communications
DirectorProspera Co-ops
Richard FalkMilbank Professor of
International Law EmeritusPrinceton University
Joshua FarleyProfessor, Community Develop-
ment and Applied Economics and Public Administration
University of Vermont
Anika FassiaDirector of Outreach
Public Works
Jeff FauxFounder and Distinguished FellowEconomic Policy InstituteAuthorThe Servant Economy
Richard FeldmanJames and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
Deeohn FerrisPresident and FounderSustainable Community Development Group
Eric M. FinkAssociate Professor of LawElon University
Lorenzo FioramontiProfessor of Political EconomyUniversity of Pretoria (South Africa)DirectorCentre for the Study of Governance Innovation
Richard FlacksProfessor of SociologyUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Bill Fletcher, Jr.Senior Scholar
Institute for Policy Studies
Margaret FlowersCo-Director
It’s Our EconomyA project of PopularResistance
William E. ForbathLloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law
Associate Dean of Research, School of Law
Professor of HistoryUniversity of Texas Austin
John Bellamy FosterProfessor of Sociology
University of Oregon
Nancy FraserHenry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Politics and
Philosophy New School for Social Research
Omar FreillaCoordinator
Green Worker Cooperatives
George FridayLeadership Team Member and Co-Founder Move to AmendNational Planning Committee MemberUS Social Forum
Deborah FriezeFounding PartnerBoston Impact Initiative
John FullertonFounder and PresidentCapital Institute
Anna GallandExecutive DirectorMoveOn.org Civic Action
Douglas GambleMember, Board of Directors Manufacturing Renaissance
Laura GangCoordinator, Greater Boston Move to Amend
Herbert J. GansRobert S. Lynd Professor Emeritus SociologyColumbia University
Dave GardnerFilmmaker, Growthbusters
Leo GerardInternational President
United Steelworkers
Todd GitlinProfessor of Journalism and
Sociology Chair, PhD Program in Communications
Columbia University
Danny GloverActor, Social Activist
Tim Glynn-BurkeAssociate Director of
Democratic Governance and Student Programs, Ash Center
for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Harvard University
George GoehlExecutive Director
National People’s Action
Alexis GoldsteinWriter, Activist
Communications DirectorThe Other 98%
Eban GoodsteinDirector, MBA in SustainabilityDirector, Center for Environmental PolicyBard College
Neva GoodwinCo-Director, Global Development and Environment InstituteTufts University
Linda GordonUniversity Professor of the HumanitiesFlorence Kelley Professor of HistoryNew York University
Greg GrandinProfessor of HistoryNew York University
Alisa GravitzPresidentGreen America
William GreiderNational Affairs CorrespondentThe Nation
John A. GrimSenior Lecturer and Senior
Research ScholarYale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies
Christopher GunnProfessor of Economics EmeritusHobart and William Smith Colleges
Sarita GuptaExecutive DirectorJobs With Justice
Robin HahnelProfessor Emeritus
American UniversityVisiting Professor
Portland State University
Gwendolyn HallsmithExecutive Director
Public Banking InstituteFounder, Global Community
Initiatives and Vermonters for a New Economy
Ian F. Haney-LópezJohn H. Boalt Professor of Law
University of California, Berkeley
Hildegarde HannumBoard of DirectorsSchumacher Center for a New Economics
Rev. Fletcher HarperExecutive DirectorGreenFaith
Keith HarringtonCo-FounderInternational Student Initiative for Pluralist Economics
Lisa HasegawaExecutive DirectorNational Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
Paul HawkenAuthorFounder, Project Drawdown
Randy HayesExecutive DirectorFoundation Earth
Richard HeinbergSenior Fellow-in-ResidencePost Carbon Institute
Seymour HershJournalist
Rita Axelroth HodgesAssistant Director, Netter Center
for Community PartnershipsPenn Program for Public Service
School of Arts and SciencesUniversity of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey HollenderFounder and Chief
Executive Officer Sustain
Co-Founder and former Chief Executive Officer
Seventh Generation
Melissa HooverInterim Executive Director
US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
Founding DirectorDemocracy at Work Institute
Louise A. HowellsProfessor of Law
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
Gerald HudsonInternational Executive Vice PresidentService Employees International Union
Joshua HumphreysPresident and Senior FellowCroatan Institute
Leah Hunt-HendrixCo-FounderSolidaireBoard MemberNew Economy Coalition
Jonathan T. Isham, Jr.DirectorCenter for Social Entrepreneurship Professor of EconomicsMiddlebury College
Nick IuvieneProgram DirectorJust Urban EconomiesMIT Community Innovators Lab
Janine JacksonProgram DirectorFairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Sushil JacobDirector
Green-Collar Communities Clinic (GC3), East Bay Community Law
CenterBerkeley Law
David JacobsAssociate Professor of Labor,
Business and SocietyGraves School of Business and
ManagementMorgan State University
Saru JayaramanCo-Founder and Co-Director
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Director Food Labor Research Center
University of CaliforniaBerkeley
Christopher JencksMalcolm Wiener Professor of
Social PolicyHarvard University
Christina A. JenningsExecutive Director
Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund
Anne R. KapuscinskiSherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Sustainability ScienceDartmouth College
Jenny KassanChief Executive OfficerCutting Edge Capital
John B. KasselPresidentConservation Law Foundation
Tim KasserProfessor of PsychologyKnox College
J. Kēhaulani KauanuiAssociate Professor of American Studies and AnthropologyWesleyan University
Emily KawanoCoordinatorU.S. Solidarity Economy NetworkStaff EconomistCenter for Popular Economics
Michael KazinProfessor of History
Georgetown UniversityCo-Editor
Dissent Magazine
Esteban KellyStaff Leadership Team
New Economy CoalitionBoard Member
National Cooperative Business Association
Marjorie KellySenior Fellow
The Democracy Collaborative
Lee KetelsenCoordinator
Shamus KhanAssociate Professor of Sociology
Columbia University
David KortenFounder and President
Living Economies Forum
Fran KortenExecutive Director and Publisher
YES! Magazine
Nicolas KosoyAssistant Professor, School of Environment and Department of Natural Resource SciencesMcGill University
Dan KovalikAdjunct Professor, International Human RightsUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law
Benjamin KunkelAuthorUtopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis
Peter KuznickProfessor of HistoryDirector, Nuclear Studies Institute American University
Alnoor LadhaExecutive DirectorThe Rules
Erik LampmannResearcher, Activist
Marilyn LangloisCo-Founder
Richmond Progressive AllianceRichmond, California Planning
Commissioner
Annie LeonardAuthor
The Story of StuffExecutive Director
Greenpeace USA
Rabbi Michael LernerEditor
Tikkun MagazineChair
Network of Spiritual Progressives
Andrea LeverePresident
Corporation for Enterprise Development
Ariana LevinsonAssociate Professor of Law
University of Louisville
Mark LevinsonChief Economist
Service Employees International Union
Andrew LichtermanSenior Research AnalystWestern States Legal Foundation
Alison LinganeCo-FounderProject Equity
Penn LohLecturer and Director of Community PracticeDepartment of Urban and Environmental Policy and PlanningTufts University
Michelle LongExecutive DirectorBusiness Alliance for Local Living Economies
Roberto LovatoWriter, Visiting ScholarCenter for Latino Policy ResearchUniversity of California, Berkeley
Thomas E. LovejoyUniversity Professor of Environmental Science and PolicyGeorge Mason University
Central Massachusetts Move to Amend
Author, Playwright, Executive Producer
L. Hunter LovinsPresident
Natural Capitalism Solutions
Stephanie LuceProfessor of Labor Studies
Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education
CUNY School of Professional Studies
Paul LussierPresident
Me2U MediaLecturer
Yale College
Christopher MackinFounder and President
Ownership Associates, Inc.
Jerry ManderFounder and Distinguished
FellowInternational Forum on
Globalization
Gabriel MandujanoFounder
Wash Cycle Laundry Inc.
Jane MansbridgeAdams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic ValuesHarvard University
Ben ManskiPresidentLiberty Tree Foundationfor the Democratic Revolution
Peter MarcuseProfessor Emeritus of Urban Planning Columbia University
Abby MartinFounderMediaRoots.org
Rania MasriAssociate DirectorAsfari Institute for Civil Society and CitizenshipAmerican University in Beirut
Bob MassieMinister, Activist, Non-Profit Executive
Julie MatthaeiProfessor of Economics
Wellesley CollegeBoard Member
U.S. Solidarity Economy NetworkCo-Coordinator, Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network
Cornerstone Cohousing
Dick MazessEmeritus Professor of
Medical Physics University of Wisconsin, Madison
Robert W. McChesneyGutgsell Endowed Professor of
CommunicationUniversity of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Heather McCullochManager, Tax Policy Project
Asset Funders Network
Heather McGheePresident
Demos
Bill McKibbenCo-Founder and Senior Advisor
350.org
Gayle McLaughlinCouncilmember and Two-term MayorCity of Richmond, California
Repa MekhaPresident and CEONexus Community Partners
Pam McMichaelExecutive DirectorHighlander Research and Education Center
Zia MianProgram on Science and Global SecurityPrinceton University
Lawrence MishelPresidentEconomic Policy Institute
Stacy MitchellDirectorCommunity-Scaled Economy InitiativeCo-DirectorInstitute for Local Self-Reliance
Author, Playwright, Executive Producer
Anuradha MittalExecutive Director
The Oakland Institute
Marissa MommaertsCommunications Manager
Transition US
Yolanda T. MosesProfessor of Anthropology
University of California Riverside
Jamal Mubdi-BeyDirector, Office of Community
Outreach Sojourner-Douglass College
James MummStaff Director
National People’s Action
Caryn McTighe MusilSenior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy
InitiativesOffice of the President
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Ralph NaderConsumer Advocate, Author,
Former Presidential Candidate
Bruce NelsonEmeritus Professor of HistoryDartmouth College
Jessica Gordon NembhardProfessor of Community Justice and Social Economic DevelopmentDirector, McNair Post-Baccalau-reate Achievement Program,Department of Africana StudiesCity University of New York
Thomas NewmarkCo-Founder and ChairThe Carbon Underground
Helena Norberg-HodgeDirectorLocal Futures / International Society for Ecology and CultureAuthorAncient FuturesProducerThe Economics of Happiness
Richard B. NorgaardProfessor Emeritus of Energy and ResourcesUniversity of California, Berkeley
Bertell OllmanProfessor of PoliticsNew York University
David W. OrrPaul Sears Distinguished Pro-
fessor of Environmental Studies and Politics
Oberlin College
Noel OrtegaNew Economy Working Group
CoordinatorInstitute for Policy Studies
Richard L. OttingerDean Emeritus
Pace Law School
Thomas PalleySenior Economic Policy Adviser
AFL-CIOResearch Associate
Economic Policy Institute
Christian ParentiFaculty, Global Liberal Studies
New York University
Manuel PastorProfessor of Sociology and American Studies and EthnicityDirector, Program for Environ-mental and Regional EquityUniversity of Southern California
Raj PatelResearch ProfessorLyndon B. Johnson School of Public AffairsUniversity of Texas, Austin
Carole PatemanDistinguished Professor Emeritus of Political ScienceUCLA
Michael Alden PeckCo-Founder1worker1vote.org
David Pellow Don A. Martindale Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota
Antonio PérezSecretary-Executive DirectorHousing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
Francisco PerezActivist
Carlos Pérez de AlejoCo-Director
Cooperation Texas
Tova PerlmutterPrincipal
Engine of Progress
Sarah M. PikeDirector of Partnerships
Common Enterprise Development Corporation
Frances Fox PivenDistinguished Professor of
Political Science The Graduate Center
City University of New York
Brenda PlattCo-Director
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Rachel PlattusDirector of Youth and Student
OrganizingNew Economy Coalition
Alicia PlerhoplesAssociate Professor of LawDirector, Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Law ClinicGeorgetown University Law Center
john a. powellDirector, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive SocietyProfessorUniversity of California, Berkeley
Joni PradedSenior EditorChelsea Green Publishing
Vijay PrashadGeorge and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian HistoryProfessor of International StudiesTrinity College
Will RaapFounder and ChairmanGardener’s SupplyCo-ChairNew Economy Coalition
Carolyn RaffenspergerExecutive Director
Science and Environmental Health Network
M.V. RamanaProgram on Science and Global
Security, Princeton University
Kelly RamirezChief Executive Officer
Social Enterprise Greenhouse
Marcus RaskinCo-Founder and Distinguished
Fellow Institute for Policy Studies
Paul RaskinFounding President
Tellus Institute
Dave ReedOrganizer
Fund for Democratic Communities
Robert B. ReichChancellor’s Professor of Public
PolicyUniversity of California,
Berkeley
Lauren ResslerDirector of Campus OrganizingResponsible Endowments Coalition
Anne ReynoldsExecutive DirectorUniversity of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
Burton RichterNobel Laureate (Physics 1976)Professor EmeritusStanford University
Corey RobinProfessor of Political ScienceBrooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center
Doria RobinsonExecutive DirectorUrban Tilth
Belinda RodriguezYouth and Student Network OrganizerNew Economy Coalition
Joel RogersSewell-Bascom Professor of Law, Political Science, Public
Policy and Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison
DirectorCenter on Wisconsin Strategies
Euneika Rogers-SippFounder
Sustainable Rural Regenera-tive Enterprises for Families
(SURREF)
Richard RosenSenior Fellow and Executive
Vice PresidentTellus Institute
Heather L. RossVisiting Fellow
Resources for the Future
Peter RughJournalistVice News
Co-FounderSystem Change Not Climate
Change
Jeffrey D. SachsDirector, Earth InstituteColumbia University
Sonia E. SachsDirector, Health ProgramsMillennium VIllages Project
Maliha SafriAssociate Professor of EconomicsDrew University
Rachelle C. SampsonRH Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Saskia SassenRobert S. Lynd Professor of SociologyCo-Chair, Committee on Global Thought Columbia University
C. Otto ScharmerSenior LecturerMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyFounding ChairPresencing Institute
Maya SchenwarEditor-in-Chief
Truthout.org
Juliet SchorProfessor of Sociology
Boston College
Jonathan SchwarzSenior EditorThe Intercept
David SchweickartProfessor of Philosophy
Loyola University Chicago
D’Artagnan ScorzaFounder and Executive Director
Social Justice Learning Institute
Deborah ScottExecutive DirectorGeorgia Stand Up
Naoko ShibusawaAssociate Professor of History
and American StudiesBrown University
Aisha ShillingfordActivist
Michael H. ShumanAuthorThe Local Economy Solution
William ShutkinPresident and CEOPresidio Graduate School
Nikki SilvestriSocial Innovation Strategist
Alan SmithAssociate Director of Networked InitiativesRoosevelt Institute
Marcie SmithExecutive Director
Richard SmithResearch AssociateInstitute for Policy Research & Development
Norman SolomonFounder and Executive DirectorInstitute for Public Accuracy
Responsible Endowments Coalition
Saket SoniExecutive Director
National Guestworker AllianceNew Orleans Workers’ Center
for Racial Justice
Kaitlin Sopoci-BelknapNational Director
Move to Amend
Jill SteinPhysician
2012 Green Party Presidential Nominee
Steven StollAssociate Professor of History
Fordham University
Oliver StoneAcademy Award-winning
Filmmaker
Sarah StranahanStrategic Development Director
Free Speech For People
Lee StuartExecutive Director
CHUM
Cathy SwainPresident and CEOThe Hub of Human Innovation
David SwansonDirectorWorld Beyond WarCampaign CoordinatorRootsAction.org
Aaron TanakaDirectorCenter for Economic Democracy Startup ManagerBoston Impact Initiative
Linwood TauheedAssociate Professor of Economics University of Missouri, Kansas City
Astra TaylorFilmmakerAuthorThe People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
J. Phillip ThompsonProfessor of Urban Planning and PoliticsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Marnie ThompsonCo-Managing Director
Fund for Democratic Communities
John TirmanExecutive Director
Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Gerald TorresJane M.G. Foster Professor
Cornell University Law School
Rodolfo D. TorresProfessor of Urban Planning,
Chicano Studies, Political Sci-ence, Culture and Theory
University of California, Irvine
Mary Evelyn TuckerCo-Director
Forum on Religion and EcologyYale University
Joe UehleinPresident
Labor Network for Sustainability
Alayne UnterbergerFounderFlorida Institute for Community Studies
Kabzuag VajCo-Founder and Co-Executive Director Freedom Inc.
Juanita Valdez-CoxExecutive DirectorLa Union del Pueblo Entero
Sarah van GelderCo-Founder and Editor-in-ChiefYES! Magazine
Carlos L. VelascoFounderVelasco Consulting LLC DirectorFuerza Local Arizona
Peter A. Victor
York University
Stewart WallisExecutive DirectorNew Economics Foundation (London)
Responsible Endowments Coalition
Professor of Environmental Studies
Michael WalzerCo-Editor (Emeritus)
Dissent Magazine
Cheyenna Layne WeberCo-Founder
SolidarityNYC
Mark WeisbrotCo-Director
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Allen L. WhiteVice President and Senior
FellowTellus Institute
Ed WhitfieldCo-Managing Director
Fund for Democratic Communities
Judy WicksCo-Founder
BALLEAuthor
Good Morning, Beautiful Business
Wendy Willbanks WiesnerFounding Board Member and Treasurer Partnerships for Affordable Cohousing
Steven WilliamsExecutive DirectorThe Partnership CDC
Thad WilliamsonAssociate Professor of Lead-ership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and LawUniversity of Richmond
Billy WimsattGamechanger Labs
Timothy E. WirthVice ChairUnited Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
Felipe WitchgerExecutive DirectorCommunity Purchasing Alliance Cooperative
Susan WittExecutive Director
Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Richard D. WolffDemocracyatwork.infoProfessor Emeritus of
Economics University of Massachusetts,
AmherstThe New School University
George M. WoodwellFounder and Director Emeritus
Woods Hole Research Center
L. Randall WrayProfessor of Economics
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Erik Olin Wright
Professor of Sociology
Emily WurthWater Program Director
Food and Water Watch
Daphne WyshamFellow
Institute for Policy Studies
Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar Associate Professor of HistoryBrown University
Kevin ZeeseCo-DirectorIt’s Our EconomyA project of Popular Resistance
Deidre ZollResearch CoordinatorGund Institute for Ecological EconomicsUniversity of Vermont
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The Next System Project is an ambitious multi-year initiative aimed at helping Americans think boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic challenges the United States faces now and in coming decades. Responding to real hunger for a new way forward, and building on practical experience with new economic institutions and approaches being developed in communities across the country and around the world, we will use the best research, understanding and strategic thinking to refine and publicize comprehensive alternative political-economic models capable of delivering superior social, economic, and ecological outcomes and put the central idea of system change, and that there can be a “next system,” on the map. For more information, see http://thenextsystem.org or write to [email protected]
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