Post-Capialism Conference
You are invited to the Decolonizing Economics Summit: The Fourth Annual Post-Capitalism Conference, Thursday, April 20 – Saturday, April 22, 2023. The conference will be virtual, with an in-person closing ceremony on April 22 in McKinleyville, CA.
For the last three years, the Post-Capitalism Conference has brought together organizers, academics, leaders, students, workers, artists, and creators, to imagine a world beyond ecological, economic, social and political crisis. Each year we have committed ourselves to foster a space that challenges us, strengthens our work, and celebrates those who are committed to transformative change. With the explicit focus on decolonizing economics, we ask ourselves and each other: What does this path look like? Is it as Audre Lorde professed in 1979, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house”? What are the ways in which “decolonizing” movements mobilize and rely upon these “master’s tools”? What are the consequences of relying upon these tools (financial/monetary instruments, laws, policies, institutions, technologies, materials, logics, etc.) for “decolonization,” and how do these ultimately reproduce colonial systems and conditions? With these questions in mind, we invite you to participate in a gathering where we lovingly and joyfully imagine the world where we want to live. Register at decolonizingeconomicssummit.org
Hosts
Anchored by the Wiyot Tribe’s Dishgamu Community Land Trust, several Cal Poly Humboldt faculty and departments, Cooperation Jackson, Democracy at Work, Green Eco-Socialist Network, Native Roots Network, New Economy Coalition, the US Solidarity Economy Network, CA CLT Network, Solidarity Research Center, CA Public Banking Alliance, Full Spectrum Capital, Cal Trout, Transition US, and a growing network of additional partners, this three day virtual conference serves as a space to exchange experiences and information, strengthen alliances and networks, and devise strategies to decenter colonial systems and implement concrete solutions to heal the land and people. Over 1,000 people participated in the 2022 Summit, and we expect even more in 2023!
TOPICS
Panels and presentations include Making Land Back Real, Decolonizing Restoration and Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Food Sovereignty, Labor Organizing, Racialized Capitalism, the Role of the Artist, and much more! A full schedule is coming soon.
Cost
Attendance is on a sliding scale, which means you can pay what you can. If you are able to do so, we request a contribution of $25-100 so that we can pay a living wage to organizers, and provide a stipend to presenters. (We prioritize stipends to BIPOC presenters.) No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Earth Day Event
If you are able, join us in-person on Earth Day (April 22) at Pierson Park, located at 1608 Pickett Road in McKinleyville, CA. The Decolonizing Economics Summit will conclude with a family-friendly event with food, music, tabling, a bouncy house, face painting, jugglers, temporary tattoos, hula hoops, and more! We strive to make this a zero waste event.