EDI Panels at the 2022 Difference & Justice Conference
"Basic Human Rights: What Does an Equitable Future Look Like?"
11:00 - 11:50 AM The Right to a Home: The Intersections of Housing and Racial Justice
1:30 - 2:20 PM Economic Rights and Economic Security
Bard Alumni/ae Taking Action
Ben Baum is the Deputy Chief of Staff and Member Services Director for Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18). He has worked for the Congressman since 2017 when he was a junior at Bard College.
The mutating virus of global inequality
Join us for our second Economic Democracy Keynote with scholar Jayati Ghosh, Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Massachusetts- Amherst and Advisor to the United Nations HLAB on Economic and Social Affairs.
Global Forum on Democratizing Work
WORK: DEMOCRATIZE, DECOMMODIFY, REMEDIATE
5–7 October 2021 / Online
Registration opens June 1st
You’re invited to the first-ever Global Forum on Democratizing Work co-sponsored by the OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative.
William "Sandy" Darity Awarded with Honorary Doctorate
Faculty Sponsor OSUN-EDI Director, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Bard College has awarded William "Sandy" Darity with an Honorary Doctorate (Spring 2021).
Economic Rights and Racial Justice
April 27, 2021
With an introduction by EDI Founding Director Pavlina Tcherneva.
Featured Past Events
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Good Jobs for All: A Plan for Kingston & NewburghBringing the Green New Deal and the Job Guarantee to Kingston and Newburgh. A Bard College student proposal for people powered public service employment.
Kingston, NY and Newburgh, NY (Spring 2021) -
Research-to-Action Speaker SeriesSpecial guest, Rohan Grey, in conversation with EDI Director Pavlina R. Tcherneva
Each discussed their respective experiences working with legislators on various policy documents: the Job Guarantee Resolution, ABC Act, WPA Act, and other policy work in the US and abroad.
Upcoming Events
- 10/05Wednesday8:00 am – 9:30 am EDT/GMT-4 Online EventWednesday, October 5, 2022
Cooperatives Between Worker Activism and Normalization: A Comparative Perspective
Online Event 8:00 am – 9:30 am EDT/GMT-4
The Economic Democracy and Democratizing Work Initiatives present Cooperatives Between Worker Activism and Normalization: A Comparative Perspective.
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Speakers: Sonia Maria Dias (WIEGO), Suroto Ph (AKSES, INKUR Federation), Morshed Mannan (the New School, European University Institute), with Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen, Netherlands) and Flavia Maximo (University of Ouro Preto, Brazil) as chairs
Cooperatives are often seen as the democratic form of work, with workers not only sharing in governance structures, but actually owning the company. And yet, the form that cooperatives take in different countries is very distinct. In some parts of the world, they result from forms of worker activism, often in response to crisis, and are embedded in broader social struggles for social justice and the emancipation of workers. In other countries, they occupy a small but stable niche and struggle not to become normalized with regard to business practices and work relations. And in the digital sphere, the principle of cooperatives has been rediscovered in the “platform cooperativism” movement, which sees growing interest in industries such as delivery or household services.
How much promise lies in the form of cooperatives for organizing work? Do they live up to their promise to give workers real voice in the workplace? How do the experiences in different countries compare, and what can they learn from each other? How could we ensure that more capitalist firms can turn to the cooperative form? This webinar brings together three speakers, from three continents, with ample expertise about the cooperative sector and its specific challenges. Together with them, and in dialogue with the audience, we want to explore how cooperatives can contribute to the democratization, decommodification, and decarbonization of work, and what kind of structural changes would allow more cooperatives to be successful.
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