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I am so excited to announce that a paper I co-wrote with Boone Shear is finally published and available after more than two years of work. Entitled Fight and Build: Solidarity Economy as Ontological Politics, this article explores the potential of solidarity economy movements to create and sustain other worlds (a pluriverse) beyond capitalism andContinue reading Article published in Sustainability Science. Fight and Build: Solidarity Economy as Ontological Politics
By Gaston Neville Introduction Many universities collaborate with their local communities through research and outreach programs aimed at addressing systemic inequalities present within their local community. Very few, however, overcome the challenges of universities dominating the agenda and reinforcing hierarchies of knowledge and resources. The Co-Education/Co-Research (CoRE) model attempts to transform the unequal power dynamicsContinue reading A Non-exploitative Community-University Partnership? A Case Study on the Co-Education/Co-Research Model (CORE)
Check out these two articles in Next City for which I was interviewed: Community Organizations Are Taking Ownership Of Boston’s Local Food Systems The Dorchester Food Co-op Is Here To Shake Up Boston’s Food Ecosystem The Boston food solidarity economy is continuing to grow!
It’s finally published! Check out this article I co-wrote with Neenah Estrella-Luna and Katherine Shor and published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice. This piece draws on the work that Neenah and I did for Barr Foundation on Lessons from the Pandemic and the Americorps-funded work that KatContinue reading Article Published: Pandemic Response and Mutual Aid as Climate Resilience
Mel King was the consummate practical visionary. On March 28, 2023, the world lost Mel at age 94. He was a friend, partner, collaborator, and inspiration to so many of us at Tufts Department of Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP). We last hosted Mel at Tufts on October 10, 2012 for a forumContinue reading Tribute to Mel King, Practical Visionary
I had the opportunity to be part of a panel on March 15, 2023 sponsored by Americorps: What is Civic Engagement? Exploring New Paradigms. Americorps funded the 2021-2022 project on community responses to the pandemic and is supporting continued research on mutual aid as civic engagement. Check out the slides and zoom recording here: https://www.americorps.gov/webinar/what-civic-engagement-exploring-new-paradigms
I’m happy to share an essay I just published in Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society (vol. 35, issue 1). This piece is based on an earlier article posted in this blog (Reflections on Radical Transformation: Moving from a Singular System Story to Pluriverse). For a limited time, you can download theContinue reading Beyond Postcapitalist Economy: Toward a Pluriversal Politics of Transformation in Massachusetts
Really excited to share this article in the Nonprofit Quarterly, “Fight and Build: Envisioning Solidarity Economies as Transformative Politics.” This piece is an adaptation of a longer piece that I co-authored with Boone Shear in Sustainability Science (2022, vol 17) titled “Fight and Build: Solidarity economy as ontological politics.” Many thanks to NPQ Senior EditorContinue reading Fight and Build: Envisioning Solidarity Economies as Transformative Politics
I and Neenah Estrella-Luna have posted an article as part of the Planning for Environmental Justice series at the Progressive City blog site. Check it out here: https://www.progressivecity.net/single-post/pandemic-responses-and-mutual-aid-are-building-climate-resilience-and-justice FULL ARTICLE REPOSTED BELOW: Pandemic Responses and Mutual Aid Are Building Climate Resilience and Justice: Learning from Community Responses in the Boston Area In early 2020, GreenRoots,Continue reading Pandemic Responses and Mutual Aid Are Building Climate Resilience and Justice
Si bien la pandemia de COVID-19 trajo enormes desafíos para las comunidades de los Estados Unidos, también fue un momento que unió a las personas y mostró el poder de la cooperación, la creatividad y la resiliencia. Cuando llegó la pandemia en marzo de 2020, las organizaciones comunitarias en el área de Boston dieron unContinue reading Nuevo informe:Cómo las Respuestas Comunitarias a COVID en Boston están Construyendo Nuevas Infraestructuras de Atención y Participación Ciudadana
While the COVID-19 pandemic brought daunting challenges for communities around the United States, it was also a time that united people and showed the power of cooperation, creativity, and resiliency. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, community-based organizations (CBOs) in the Boston area pivoted almost overnight to provide emergency response and mobilized to meetContinue reading New Report: How Community Responses to COVID in the Boston Area Are Building New Infrastructures of Care and Community Engagement