Detroit This was going to be an interesting evening: barbecue, beer, and a wide circle of 25 plus people talking about Citizen Wealth and how to built more sustainable organizations and create social movements. Kim Hodge, the director of Michigan Timebanks, had taken the initiative to put the people, party, and dialogue together to [...]
Columbus I thought I remembered the Neighborhood House from 30 years ago, but that was a couple of story, white building…must have been something else because now the operation presided over by Allen Huff for the last dozen years was huge with an auditorium, gymnasium, multiple buildings, and god knows what else, [...]
New Orleans In talking about Citizen Wealth around the country I’m frequently asked about education and the old saw that education creates income security. Odds are that there is still truth to that, but it was shocking to read how predatory the least slipup can be for students taking on debts for a key to [...]
Monteverde Admittedly in the 24-hour news cycle the memory lasts about the same length of time, but it wasn’t that long ago that we got to read about the cave-in of the U. S. Census Bureau to the partisan assault on their partnerships, including ACORN and more recently SEIU. This is all rich [...]