http://www.enoughenough.org/2008/10/cr10-and-creating-alternatives/ The Personal Politics of Resisting Capitalism Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:56:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.enoughenough.org/2008/10/cr10-and-creating-alternatives/comment-page-1/#comment-76 cox Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:28:10 +0000 http://www.enoughenough.org/blog/60/cr10-and-creating-alternatives/#comment-76 YES! you are so fucking right. I'm kind of responding to two posts: this one and Philanthropy and Abolition. I'm having coffee with a member of the committee for the US Solidarity Economies conference next week and hope to connect around its timeliness! Reading about it got me really exited during a week of dire depression. Not sure who is organizing it, and what the representation is, but i hope to find out. Also, im definitely experiencing the downward spiral of the funding debacle at work. It's survival mode at this point; we're on a spending freeze. It's interesting because while the org organizes latino immigrants for their own self determination (though its not referred to as such) we also help them sign their kids up for health insurance, apply for citizenship and take ESL. All important and necessary supports even though they are straight up social services. They are fostering community leaders but with one arm entangled with the state. And the gov money pays for a lot of jobs. That's the other caveat. If it wasn't such a big organization, it might be easier to cut back, re-prioritize, and shift focus to be able to be less reliant on gov funding, even foundations. But right now, we're so entrenched and our financial accountant consultant says we should have more money in reserves. Like it's going to appear out of thin air. I guess i'm trying to view it as a constructive learning experience. YES! you are so fucking right. I’m kind of responding to two posts: this one and Philanthropy and Abolition. I’m having coffee with a member of the committee for the US Solidarity Economies conference next week and hope to connect around its timeliness! Reading about it got me really exited during a week of dire depression. Not sure who is organizing it, and what the representation is, but i hope to find out. Also, im definitely experiencing the downward spiral of the funding debacle at work. It’s survival mode at this point; we’re on a spending freeze. It’s interesting because while the org organizes latino immigrants for their own self determination (though its not referred to as such) we also help them sign their kids up for health insurance, apply for citizenship and take ESL. All important and necessary supports even though they are straight up social services. They are fostering community leaders but with one arm entangled with the state. And the gov money pays for a lot of jobs. That’s the other caveat. If it wasn’t such a big organization, it might be easier to cut back, re-prioritize, and shift focus to be able to be less reliant on gov funding, even foundations. But right now, we’re so entrenched and our financial accountant consultant says we should have more money in reserves. Like it’s going to appear out of thin air. I guess i’m trying to view it as a constructive learning experience.

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