Les Leopold appeared on a TV show called The Public Banking Solution, talking about the public banking solution, one of his favorite topics.
The tech isn’t the greatest, Les had Skype issues, but the message is clear.
Events
Excellent New Video of Les Leopold’s Runaway Inequality Talk
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″] Shot at the meeting last fall in Wilmington NC, cut down to 30 minutes. Very well done. http://vimeo.com/255184742 [/et_pb_text][et_pb_video _builder_version=”3.0.92″ src=”http://vimeo.com/255184742″ image_src=”//i.vimeocdn.com/video/682532243_640.jpg” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
Indivisible St. Johns, St. Augustine Workshop: What We’ve Been Doing
Jim Henry sent us a video about the recent workshop Indivisible St. Johns, in St. Augustine Florida, ran. Jim says the video is a little down and dirty, because he was facilitating the workshop as well as shooting the video, but hopes it still gets out the word about what’s happening in these events all … Read more
SIUnited! What We’ve Been Doing
A group called Sustainable Staten Island organized a conference on the anniversary of the first Women’s March of a coalition of grassroots community groups and organizations. Under the #SIUnited2018 banner, they gathered to build a strong progressive movement in New York City’s most conservative borough. Visit the conference website for more. Runaway Inequality’s Les Leopold … Read more
INVITATION TO JOIN MONTHLY CALL February 6, 2018
Reversing Runaway Inequality – SF Bay Area Tues. Feb. 6, 2018 6-7pm PST Dear Movement Builders, You are invited to join the first Monthly Call for the SF Bay Area educators network. Calls will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The agenda for the call is attached. Ideas for Future Workshops We are pleased … Read more
Activism 101—Les Leopold in Boone North Carolina, October 19th.
When: Thursday, October 19th. 12:30 PM to 2 PM Where: HOW Space. 182 Howard St., Boone, North Carolina 28608 What: Facilitated by Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute in New York, this nuts and bolts workshop provides an opportunity to learn more about developing successful grassroots campaigns for social and economic justice. + learn skills to … Read more
A report from our Wilmington NC appearances and training
Les was in Wilmington NC on September 19 and 20. George Vlasits, one of the event’s organizers, sent us a report about what went on: On September 19th and 20th a coalition of 15 labor and community groups sponsored a book tour on Runaway Inequality by Les Leopold in Wilmington, North Carolina. The two public events, … Read more
Train the Trainer: Open Oakland CA Session
While in Oakland for the CWA, USW, Sierra Club, Bluegreen Alliance trainings, in September 2017, RI also held its first training open to the community. While in Oakland we also held our first at-large train-the-trainer, open to anyone in the community. Most of the twenty-four participants came from the Bay area, a few from further … Read more
Labor-Environmental Train-the-Trainer: CWA, USW, Sierra Club, Bluegreen Alliance, in Oakland CA
This is a report about a Train the Trainer session held in Oakland CA in September 2017, with members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), United Steelworkers (USW), Sierra Club, and BlueGreen Alliance. After a successful pilot workshop with labor and environmental activists earlier this year, Runaway Inequality.org returned to Oakland for a joint … Read more
Training the Trainer: United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A Conference
This is a report on recent Runaway Inequality work at the UAW Region 9A Conference, in August 2017. Runaway inequality trainers held workshops for all 120 participants at Region 9A’s annual conference. Trainers ran four simultaneous workshops, including our first ever in Spanish for conference delegates from Puerto Rico. UAW Region 9A director Julie Kushner … Read more