Thu, November 4, 2021 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Join the Centre for Community Engaged Learning's Social Impact Lab on Activating Solidarity Economies for an interactive opportunity to learn from community organizations that prioritize environment and social objectives before profit and how they act and advocate upon values of solidarity, sharing and caring in their work. Session 1: Human Library will allow students to identify opportunities to re-imagine our economy for a just, inclusive and sustainable future.
Social and solidarity economies (SSE) refer to a range community-based organizations that prioritize social and environmental objectives over profit, use democratic/cooperative forms of worker management, act upon values of solidarity, sharing and caring, and are inclusive and rooted in the community. Many of these organizations are driven by climate action in their mission or focus on solutions for climate justice.
During the event you'll have the opportunity to participate in the Human Library, where you have the opportunity to be in conversation with many community-based organizations and event participants. In this session you will speak with community organization representatives to learn about their work, the solidarity economy sector, and how they build infrastructure and support communities to be sustainable and resilient to crisis. You'll have the opportunity to hear about the challenges of their work, and how you can get involved to lead or support a project that builds a just, inclusive and sustainable future.
Speakers
Michelle Stack
Community organizations in attendance
Speakers TBD
The Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) connects communities with UBC faculty and students to work on issues that impact society today.
The Social Impact Lab (SIL) aims at convening and supporting diverse stakeholders (students, staff and/or community partners) as they put their thinking into an actionable project in service of social justice.
Contact: If you have any questions, please email CCEL at community.learning@ubc.ca.