Community Currency Workshop

Hi Folks!

The next Community Currency Workshop will take place this Saturday, April 27, 1:00-4:45pm.  The workshop is free.  Location this week will be the Sunset Room at 401 Herald St. in Victoria. (Thanks Jason Guille!).  All future workshops will be at the regular location, at Community Micro Lending Gathering Place.

See below for background information and details of this Saturday's meeting. RSVP Here. If you'd like more information please contact the facilitator, Jordan Bober, jordan@seedstock.ca.

Hope to see you there,

Geoff, Nicole and Jordan

 

Event Details

This is the third in a series of community currency workshops being hosted as a collaboration between community currency developers from the Comox Valley (Michael Linton and Ernie Yacub of Community Way Dollars) and Vancouver (Jordan Bober of Seedstock Community Currency) together with the organisers of Living the New Economy, a week-long convergence of people and ideas around the new economy that debuted in Vancouver in November 2012 and will be returning to Vancouver in October 2013 and coming to Victoria Nov. 29-Dec. 5 this year.

In our previous gatherings in Victoria on March 23rd and April 13th, Michael, Jordan and Ernie engaged participants in discussions that explored the nature of money, the theory and practice of community currencies, why community currencies are among the most powerful tools we can apply towards positive economic and social change in our communities, and the very practical ways in which community currencies can unleash community resources in Victoria. We have been joined by Meaghan and Charles Champion of the local Tetla Dollar community currency project (www.tetla.org), which launched last year and is quickly expanding with over 35 participating businesses so far in the Victoria area (see this recent article about the Tetla in the Times-Colonist).

We would like to invite anyone with an interest in learning more about community currencies and applying this learning hands-on to participate in our next gathering on April 13th (please note that this time we will be meeting at the Sunset Room at 401 Herald Street, NOT the Community Microlending Gathering Place as previously - many thanks to Jason Guille, owner of the Sunset Room and participant in our gatherings, for arranging this for us!).
Our next workshop will be divided into two different segments. We encourage you to attend both as there is much to be learned, but if you are only able to attend one segment, please feel free to do so.
Here is the planned agenda for our next meeting:
1pm to 3pm: For the first two hours, we will take an in-depth look at the Tetla Dollar, a community currency already operating in the Victoria area. Together with the Tetla's founders, participants will apply their collective intelligence to thinking about how the Tetla can grow its reach and impact rapidly. What community needs can the Tetla address most effectively?

3pm to 4:45pm: In the last half of our gathering, we will begin developing practical strategy around another idea that has emerged from our previous workshops - a community currency focussed on health and wellness Victoria. We have identified exciting potential in this area, and between the participants of previous workshops we have the skills, resources and networks to implement such a currency relatively quickly. 

We hope to see you there! Please spread the word to any of your friends and contacts who are interested in overcoming traditional barriers to the mobilisation of community resources towards the common good.

For more information, please contact Jordan Bober at jordan@seedstock.ca.
This workshop is free, but donations are welcome to help cover the travel expenses of the out-of-town workshop facilitators. 
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