Our Economy! Economic Democracy & System Change Friday, April 12 | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY More information & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-economy-economic-democracy-system-change-ti... Can the economy be democratized? How can we transform it into a more socially inclusive and ecologically sustainable system? How can we combat the growing concentrations of power and wealth? What current practices point toward a participatory democracy and resilient next system? Our current political economy is unjust, anti-democratic, and ecologically unsustainable. This reality has led to a host of efforts to transform our political economy. This conference will bring together leading academics, researchers, advocates, and practitioners for a day of discussion on how we can achieve systemic transformation and make a political economy that is equitable, democratic, and sustainable. *KEYNOTE SPEAKER:* *J. Phillip Thompson*, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, City of New York *PLENARY SPEAKERS: **(list in formation)* *Sheila Foster, *Professor of Law and Public Policy, Georgetown University *Roger Green*, Co-Founder, Society for Effective Economic Democracy; Co-Chair of the Coalition to Transform Interfaith *Sean Sweeney*, Director, International Program for Labor, Climate and the Environment, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies; Coordinator, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy *Panel topics will include:* · Energy democracy and the Green New Deal · Building the infrastructure for economic democracy · Creating a healthy cooperative ecosystem · Co-ops and immigrant workers · Opportunities and challenges of land use policy and community land trusts · Municipalism and workers' rights · Food co-ops and food systems · Public ownership and the state