"...unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. " - Thomas Jefferson

10 Elements of Social Movement

Fundamental Elements:

1 A Vision and Frame

2 An Authentic Base is Key

3 A Commitment to the Long Haul

Implementation Tools:

4 An Underlying and Viable Economic Model

5 A Vision of Government and Governance

6 A Scaffold of Solid Research

7 A Pragmatic Policy Package

Scale:

8 A Recognition of the Need for Scale

9 A strategy for Scaling Up

10 A Willingness to Network with Other Movement

Social Movement – Narrative based on Shared Values, that maintain a link with real and broad base in the community, and build for a long-term Transformation in Systems of Power

Manuel Pastor - Movement Building for the Next America

Director of Equity Research Institute USC

Stacey Mitchell – Democracy vs. Big Tech: How We Can Win the Fight Against Monopoly Power

Co-Director of Institute for Local Reliance

“Anti-trust is essential to Democracy's basic notion... the notion that Economic Liberty is crucial to Political Liberty..."

"Across the country, urban and rural communities allies find themselves at the mercy of distant boardroom. Their local business disappearing... there is an incredible growing anti-monopoly movement across this country that is making real strides in resurrecting anti-trust laws... energizing people in both BLUE and RED states...

SOLIDARITY ECONOMY

LOCAL RELIANCE

Community Convergence is a system thinking design for a viable and sustainable economic model to empower local communities with a strategy to scale

TM

Democratic Liberty = Economic Liberty = Social Justice

Economic Liberty = Solidarity Economy + Local Reliance