31st Annual International Conference: The Will and the Way
Crowne Plaza Hotel Chandler, AZ, United StatesDavid will participate from his home in Washington on Friday morning, May 12. He will share his perspective on "A Living Earth Economy for an Ecological Civilization", addressing the cultural, institutional, and spiritual foundations of the rapidly deepening threefold human crisis and the path to its resolution, followed by conversation with participants.
Fix Democracy First Annual Dinner & Fundraiser
Centilia Cultural Center 1660 S Roberto Maestas Festival St, Seattle, WADavid will be the keynote speaker at this event in Seattle - a celebration of "Joining Together" in the recent merger of Fix Democracy First and WAmend and building more pro-democratic alliances to advance the movement for fair elections and government by and for the people, not big money. In his talk, "Deep Democracy and the [...]
IONS 17th International Conference
Oakland City Center Marriott 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CADavid will join spiritual theologian Matthew Fox, 7:00 - 10:00pm, on Thursday evening, July 20, for a conversation about "What Connects Us - and Why It Is Important". They will explore how to translate a spiritual awakening into a societal transformation that is sustainable, respects all creation as sacred, and leaves no one behind.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDavid will join Joel Rogers for a dialogue on "Progressive Localism as an Alternative Future" (11:45am - 1:45pm on Saturday, August 5). This session brings together two prominent scholar activists with the "Alternative Economic Futures" community to help envision progressive localism as a sustainable and democratic path forward. An economy organized by and for global [...]
Atlanta Shambhala Meditation Center
Atlanta Shambhala Meditaiton Center 1447 Church St, Decatur, GA, United StatesDavid will visit the Shambhala Center to share his thoughts and engage in conversation about "Change the Story, Change the Future", as part of their series about the economy and the need for a new cultural story. He will talk about the risks of continuing to give power to the story of Empire, and explore what [...]
2017 Community Change Institute
Radisson Airport Hotel 8181 Cambie Road, Richmond/Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDavid has been invited to be part of Tamarack Institute's 2017 Community Change Institute and deliver the keynote on "Change the Story, Change the Future", related to their theme, "Cities of the Future - Co-Creating Tomorrow" on Wednesday, September 27 (more details to follow). The Institute is designed "to explore the critical role citizens, organizations, and government [...]
Economics of Happiness Conference
Fort Worden State Park 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA, United StatesPlans are underway for the Economics of Happiness conference at the scenic, waterfront Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, WA. David will participate, with YES! Magazine co-founder, editor-at-large, and author, Sarah van Gelder, and others, to explore how - and why - we need to keep moving forward to create local, living economies that work for everyone. [...]
BALLE Leadership Summit
David participated in a vision session on "Building an Economy That Works for All" with Laura Flanders and Alfa Demmellash of Rising Tide Capital to consider the future of work – and how to move beyond capitalism. Watch the video HERE.