For the next three weeks I’ll be a guest blogger for the Americans for the Arts Blog Salon covering the future of arts and business collaboration. Here is my first essay…
Evanston Neighbors for Peace presented…
“The Privatizers are coming! They’re HERE!”
Connecting the Dots – Privatization Is The Symptom, Not The Cure
The presenters were Tom Tresser of Illinois Public Bank Working Group and Flo Estes of the Evanston Community-Labor Alliance. Here is Tom’s presentation with audio (20 minutes):
Tom was one of the presenters at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute forum marking the 10th anniversary of their Professional Education Program’s Certificate in Nonprofit Management. He claimed that the nonprofit sector has failed America and urged nonprofit leaders, workers and constituents to get political and join a new political initiative called CForward. Hear his remarks (about ten minutes):
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TEDxMichiganAve was on the future of the arts in America. My talk was about business education might be re-shaped if it were infused with the values and skill sets of the artist.
What do you think? Have our business and law schools failed American business AND the American public?
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Tom will be teaching “Community Organizing 201” for CommuniTeach on Wednesday, July 13 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Bucktown Public Library. This is for people who have already taken a workshop with Tom or who have experience organizing. We will take a few examples of current organizing efforts and brainstorm for ways to help. Register online at CommuniTeach,
