As part of our going effort to develop our 2023 Farm Bill priorities into more concrete policy asks, we will be hearing this month fromDavid HowardatNational Young Farmer’s Coalitionon their One Million Acres for the Future campaign. With land access for beginning and marginalized farmers having emerged as one of our top group farm bill priorities from our vote earlier this year, this will be a very important discussion.
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American Sustainable Business Network has convened the Regenerative Agriculture and Justice working group to advance public policies for a more regenerative, just, and equitable food and agricultural system. This broad group of stakeholders brings together business leaders from industries throughout the agricultural value chain, advocacy organizations, and groups representing farmers, workers, and frontline communities.
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The Transforming Ownership for Social Justice working group strives to demonstrate the powerful benefits achieved by employee-owned enterprises for workers in terms of additional income and retirement savings as well as improved workplace conditions.
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Is your capital aligned with your values? Our local, national, and global economies face significant challenges and opportunities – from public health to racial equity, disruptive technology to climate action. Join investors, financial advisors, philanthropists, and other impact-aligned practitioners for the Total Impact Summit – May 16 -17 in Philadelphia – to learn, connect with peers, and take action for investing our money for the future we want to create.Use promo code “IC300†to save an additional $300 OFF!
The Regenerative Agriculture and Justice working groupstrives to advance public policies for a more regenerative, just, and equitable food and agricultural system. This week we will be going over next steps on the farm bill and hearing a presentation on the GRASS initiative fromJim Kleinschmidt.
Contact [] Colton Fagundesto participate.
The Livable Planet working group is dedicated to identifying systems and solutions that enable all life to thrive. This week we’re featuring a sampler of tools for systems change-makers. Three members will be sharing their incredible projects: Banking for Clean Water, Calculating environmental footprints of employees, and Impact investing for solar tax equity.
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American Sustainable Business Network invites you to join us Wednesday, May 11th at 1pm ET for [] Investing in the Next Seven Generations: A Case Study and Framework. The Wolakota Buffalo Range is home to the largest Indigenous-managed bison herd in the world; just two years ago, however, the project was barely underway and desperately in need of funding. Join us to hear from project leaders about the partnerships and approach that have allowed this project to exceed expectations and become a model for investing in Indian County.
Clay Colombe(CEO, Rosebud Sioux Economy Development Corporation) andKim Pate(Managing Director, NDN Fund)will share lessons learned from the launch of Wolakota and introduce their7Gen Investing Framework, a relationship-centered set of principles that can be replicated to accelerate socioeconomic transformation, equity, and sovereignty for Indigenous nations and beyond.
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The Business for Democracy working group believes that the support of businesses, big and small, is increasingly pertinent to an inclusive democracy. ASBN has long championed inclusivity and equity as enduring principles on which a healthy economy is founded. And a functioning free and fair democracy is an incomparable tool to achieve such a landscape. We are committed to pioneering these necessary reforms in order to ensure the survival of democracy by convening interested businesses with a shared commitment to democracy. We will be discussing our advocacy and progress on the state races as well as our path moving forward.
Contact [] Devika Rao to participate
EQUITY CAN’T BE AN ADD-ON| A CONVERSATION ABOUT DESIGN, WASTE AND RACIAL JUSTICE
April 5, 12:00 – 1:00pm ET
Where do design, waste and racial justice converge? Americans dump 12 million tons of furniture and furnishings waste into landfills each year, alongside 500 million tons of construction and demolition debris. At the same time, people of color are more likely to live near waste facilities and toxic manufacturing plants, in substandard housing, and in areas most vulnerable to climate disasters.
Join Jennifer Graham, Equity Council and VP of Action of theIIDA NY, and Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director ofthe Chisholm Legacy Project, in an exploration of equity, change, racial justice and designing for a just and sustainable future.
COOL FURNITURE, HAPPIER PLANET, SMART BUSINESS| INTRODUCING A NEW GENERATION OF’CIRCULAR’ NYC FURNITURE BUSINESSES
April 6, 12:00 – 1:00pm ET
Join the leadersof young NYC-based companies that are reinventing the very definition of what it means to be in the furniture business. Alongside great design, this new generation of furniture-makers prioritizereduced waste, healthier materials, ease-of-repair, transportability, affordability, long product life and other key sustainability practices. They make comfortable, fun furniture that reduces your ‘carbon footprint’ and doesn’t break the bank.
Phantila Phataraprasit ofSabai,Conor Coghlan ofHoek Homeand Ilyse Kaplan ofFeatherexplore principles ofthe circular economy deeply embedded in each of their companies’DNA, values and business model.
ALTERNATIVES TO THE CURB| HOW REAL NEW YORKERS REDECORATE AND KEEP FURNITURE OUT OF LANDFILLS
April 7, 5:00 – 6:00pm ET
The curb is where furniture too often goes to die, but it doesn’t have to! Meet 8 fun, creative New Yorkers who have turned to re-furbishing, re-designing, re-selling and re-using when redecorating their living and work spaces. These individuals, small business owners and community organization leaders have found great refurnishing alternatives that meet their needs for style, affordability, convenience and concern for the environment.
Join us for real-life stories with your fellow New Yorkers – connecting with great furniture, each other and the circular economy! Meet the faces behindBuy Nothing – Upper East Side group,Double R Design,AMANO Brooklyn,ReMix Market, andREDU.
The Restorative Investing Task Force is a group committed to overcome systemic racism through restorative access to capital. It seeks to share knowledge and learning to try to fill the gap between traditional philanthropy and market return seeking impact investing. It is fundamentally a way of deploying capital with and to marginalised communities to address justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI), particularly to address the racial wealth gap (i.e. not just capital to BIPOC but that and more). Task Force member Leslie Lindo will be sharing the restorative work of the[] Olimina Fund.
Contact[] Thulasi Sivalingamto participate
