Welcome to the second Community Exchange Alliance Presents Taking Back Our Economy podcast series hosted by Christine Gray. In this episode, the topic of discussion will be, "Is there a role for governments in community empowerment?" 1) Does taking money from the government inevitably compromise community empowerment? 2)How do governments do harm to community empowerment? 3)When have collaborative relationships between governments and communities worked well?
The aim of the Alliance is to form a learning community where people come to share their experience, information, and how-to advice about exchange systems such as sharing, swapping, gifting, bartering and local community currencies and also about networks of exchange systems. The Alliance was formed by Anitha Beberg, Edgar Cahn, Christine Gray, Tim Jenkin and Martin Simon, a group of individuals who have dedicated, between them, over one hundred person-years to helping grow different types of local means of exchange that can help to build strong, resilient communities where people feel valued for their contributions and are supported in their needs.
We believe that bringing leaders and members of exchange systems together to share what they have done, what they have learned, the tools that they have developed and how it has changed their community, will bring insights to those with long experience in exchange systems as well as helpful information for newcomers to this growing movement.
