Final Program Available here (PDF) - Worcester SAGE Alliance

Asa Needle is Outreach and Education Coordinator at Worcester Roots Project,

member of Stone Soup Community Center. He facilitated workshops and trainings

around the region on several topics from environmental justice to youth worker co-

operatives. He is dedicated to creating connections and coalitions between people of

diverse ages and backgrounds. Asa recently won the prestigious Brower Youth

Award for his leadership in environmental activism and achievements with the Toxic

Soil Busters Co-op.

Penn Loh is Professor of the Practice at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and

Environmental Policy and Planning. He has served in various roles, including Execu-

tive Director at Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE), a Roxbury-based

environmental justice group. He holds an M.S. in environmental science and policy

from Energy and Resources Group of the University of California at Berkeley and a

B.S. in electrical engineering from MIT. He is currently a board member of the New

World Foundation and the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board.

Emily Kawano is an economist and the Director of the Center for Popular Economics

and the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network. She taught economics at UMass, Amherst

and Smith College and worked as the National Economic Justice Representative for

the American Friends Service Committee. She is currently involved in the Wellspring

Initiative, a project to create a network of worker-owned, sustainable cooperatives in

Springfield, Massachusetts through the purchasing power of large, local institutions

like universities.

Daniel Tygel - Master in theoretical physics at the University of Campinas / SP

(UNICAMP). Former executive secretary of the Brazilian Forum of Solidarity Econ-

omy until 2011. Member of EITA, a solidarity economy enterprise which develops

free information technologies (and popular methodologies for its usage) to support

the struggles of social movements. Since 2012 has been working as operations man-

ager for RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social and Solidarity

Economy).

Tim Fisk is the Executive Director of the Alliance to Develop Power. He has played a

key role in the creation and development of ADP’s innovative “Community Economy”

model that combines community organizing, community building and alternative

economic development. He began working with ADP as a finance consultant in 2003,

coming on full time as Managing Director in 2007, and most recently taking the helm

as E.D. in May of 2011. His background in economic development has contributed to

the creation of an alternative economy currently valued at $45 million, creating 49

permanent, living wage jobs and building a cross-sector, grassroots base of 5,000.

ADP’s Community Economy injects $20 million annually into the local economy.

Plenary Speakers

Worcester Housing, Energy and Community

The premier networking organization around housing, energy and community in the Worcester area.

8:30 Registration

Jefferson Academic Center Room 320

9:00-9:15 Music Evan Greer


9:15-10:50 Plenary (MC: Boone Shear)

Speakers: Penn Loh, Tufts Univ Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning /ACE, Emily Kawano, US Solidarity Economy Network

Daniel Tygel, Brazilian/International Solidarity Economy activist, Asa Needle, Worcester Roots Project / Stone Soup (2012 Brower Youth Award Winner), Tim Fisk, Alliance to Develop Power


10:50-11:15 Interactive Session

Facilitated by Aaron Tanaka of Boston Workers Alliance


11:20-12:50 WORKSHOP BLOCK 1

Track Education & Research Land-based Alternatives Big Picture Economic Frame-works

Housing & Energy Concrete Solid. Econ. Initiatives / Co-ops

WORKSHOP BLOCK 1

11:20-12:50

Jonas Clark Hall

Democratizing Education

(Lazri Disalvo, Len Krimerman)

Jonas Clark Hall Room 206

Building one village at the time (Sakinah Abdur-Rasheed, Dania

Flores)


Transition Economy (Emily Kawano, Penn Loh, Stephen

Healy, John Odell, Amy Mosher, Alex Papali)


Community Solar (Lynn Benander, Michael Cucchiara / Facilitated by Peter Cutting and

Matt Feinstein)


How to talk about Solidarity Econ-omy with youth (Haley Berube, Asa Needle, Youth In Charge, ECO Youth)


1:00-2:00 Lunch & Music

The Woo / Pilgrim Church, 911 Main Street

2:15 - 3:45 WORKSHOP BLOCK 2

Jonas Clark Hall

WORKSHOP BLOCK 2

2:15 - 3:45

Mapping the solidarity econ-omy (Stephen Healy)


Urban Farming & Permaculture (Haley Berube, Amanda Barker, Grace Duffy, Stacie Brimmage)


Green + Economy ≠ Capital-ism

(Ashley Trull, Callista Perry, Shane Capra)


WoHEC: Creating a Healthy and Energy-friendly Housing stock in Worcester (Philip Ver-gragt; Kwabene Owusu-Ansah and Benito Vega, Stephen Ker-lin, Debbi Moore, Joel Wool and Alex Papali) Jonas Clark hall Room 204

Ex-Prisoners and Immigrants as Ar-chitects of a New Economy (Sandra Gomes, Lucimara Rodrigues, Delia Sanchez, Scott Guzman, Ines Berón, Joel Pierre Jonas Clark Hall Room 218

4:00 - 4:30 Next Steps for Movement-Building (Stephen Healy + Dania Flores)


6:00 Dinner and Party 97D Webster St, Worcester

$7-12 sliding scale for dinner / drinks for sale

SCHEDULE SAGE Conference “Another World Is Possible” 2012

8:30 Registration


9:00-9:15 Music Evan Greer


9:15-10:50 Plenary (MC: Boone Shear)

Speakers: Penn Loh, Tufts Univ Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning /ACE, Emily Kawano, US Solidarity Economy Network

Daniel Tygel, Brazilian/International Solidarity Economy activist, Asa Needle, Worcester Roots Project / Stone Soup (2012 Brower Youth Award Winner), Tim Fisk, Alliance to Develop Power


10:50-11:15 Interactive Session

Facilitated by Aaron Tanaka of Boston Workers Alliance


11:20-12:50 WORKSHOP BLOCK 1

Track Education & Research Land-based Alternatives Big Picture Economic Frame-works

Housing & Energy Concrete Solid. Econ. Initiatives / Co-ops

WORKSHOP BLOCK 1

11:20-12:50

Jonas Clark Hall

Democratizing Education

(Lazri Disalvo, Len Krimerman)


Building one village at the time (Sakinah Abdur-Rasheed, Dania

Flores)


Transition Economy (Emily Kawano, Penn Loh, Stephen

Healy, John Odell, Amy Mosher, Alex Papali)


Community Solar (Lynn Benander, Michael Cucchiara / Facilitated by Peter Cutting and

Matt Feinstein)


How to talk about Solidarity Econ-omy with youth (Haley Berube, Asa Needle, Youth In Charge, ECO Youth)


1:00-2:00 Lunch & Music

The Woo / Pilgrim Church, 911 Main Street

2:15 - 3:45 WORKSHOP BLOCK 2

Jonas Clark Hall

WORKSHOP BLOCK 2

2:15 - 3:45

Mapping the solidarity econ-omy (Stephen Healy)


Urban Farming & Permaculture (Haley Berube, Amanda Barker, Grace Duffy, Stacie Brimmage)


Green + Economy ≠ Capital-ism

(Ashley Trull, Callista Perry, Shane Capra)


WoHEC: Creating a Healthy and Energy-friendly Housing stock in Worcester (Philip Ver-gragt; Kwabene Owusu-Ansah and Benito Vega, Stephen Ker-lin, Debbi Moore, Joel Wool and Alex Papali) Jonas Clark hall Room 204

Ex-Prisoners and Immigrants as Ar-chitects of a New Economy (Sandra Gomes, Lucimara Rodrigues, Delia Sanchez, Scott Guzman, Ines Berón, Joel Pierre Jonas Clark Hall Room 218

4:00 - 4:30 Next Steps for Movement-Building (Stephen Healy + Dania Flores)


6:00 Dinner and Party 97D Webster St, Worcester

$7-12 sliding scale for dinner / drinks for sale

SCHEDULE SAGE Conference “Another World Is Possible” 2012

Documents

Final Program Available here (PDF) - Worcester SAGE Alliance