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5 May 2010
Social Forums and People’s Assemblies in the USA

Several peoples assembly and citizens movement processes are taking place. Nina Gregg - coordinator of the Charter of Human Responsibilities in the US - helps us unveil the " People’s assemblies " initiative in the United States. Already present during the first social forum in Atlanta in 2007, the peoples assemblies will associate again with the second US Social Forum in Detroit, in June 2010. (video posted by (...)

 

1 May 2010
The USA Charter: Youth Charter of Responsibilities by Nina GREGG

Charting the Future: Youth Take on Climate Change is the community-based project in the US associated with the upcoming Children and Youth International Conference on the Environment: Let’s Take Care of the Planet . On April 9-11, 2010, the Peer Learning Exchange was held on the campus of Regis University in Denver, Colorado. The Exchange was hosted by the FrontRange office of Earth Force, a national environmental education NGO. FrontRange staff provided homestays for all the youth and (...)

 


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Défendre les droits humains et la démocratie – Se taire est irresponsable by admin, 27 August 2010

Au cours des dernières années, le gouvernement canadien – particulièrement le gouvernement conservateur – a montré de manière de plus en plus explicite son intention d’allier inconditionnellement ses politiques sur celles du gouvernement israélien.  Pour ce faire, diverses actions sont en cours, (...)

Defending Rights and Democracy – Silence is no longer an option by admin, 27 August 2010

Fabienne Preséntey, Independent Jewish Voices and Canada/Québec Committee of the Charter of Human Responsibilities Over the last months the real issues of our rights and what kind of democracy we choose to live with have been seriously challenged. Recent events, such as the federal government’s (...)

DROITS ET RESPONSABILITÉS SONT-ILS COMPATIBLES ? by admin, 19 August 2010

Par Cécile Sabourin, professeure à l’UQAT et coordonnatrice du Comité Québec/Canada de la Charte des responsabilités humaines Ce texte a été publié dans le numéro d’avril-mai 2010 la revue À bâbord. Il est aussi disponible en anglais et en espagnol. Plus que jamais, les réalités qui se dissimulent derrière (...)

Prenons soin de la planète – Les jeunes adoptent une Charte de responsabilités à Brasilia by admin, 21 June 2010

Les membres de la délégation canadienne à la Conférence internationale Prenons soin de la planète revient de Brasilia, porteuse de l’engagement de faire connaître la Charte des responsabilités PRENONS SOIN DE LA PLANÈTE En compagnie des quelque 500 jeunes provenant de 53 pays de tous les continents, (...)

Degrowth Conference in Vancouver by admin, 1 June 2010

Envisioning «a healthy society without an expanding economy » was the central theme of the Conference on degrowth held in Vancouver from April 29 to May 2nd.  Three hundred (300) people attended the Conference which is said to be the first in North-America.  However the search for responsible and (...)
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The USA Charter: Youth Charter of Responsibilities by Nina GREGG, 1 May 2010

Charting the Future: Youth Take on Climate Change is the community-based project in the US associated with the upcoming Children and Youth International Conference on the Environment: Let’s Take Care of the Planet . On April 9-11, 2010, the Peer Learning Exchange was held on the campus of Regis University in Denver, Colorado. The Exchange was hosted by the FrontRange office of Earth Force, (...)

Intergenerational workshop on the economy and social justice by Nina GREGG, 1 December 2009

The Knoxville (Tennessee) Solidarity Economy Group led a 3-hour workshop on June 27, 2009 for an intergenerational group at the Highlander Research and Education Center (HREC). Twenty-five young people who are participants in STAY (a multi-state initiative focused on creating the community resources necessary so young people can stay in the region for education and employment), twelve (...)

Who’s Responsible for the Economy? by Nina GREGG, 7 May 2009

Nina Gregg, Charter of Human Responsibilities, and Wolfgang Hoeschele, geographer at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, co-led a workshop titled “A Liberatory, Equitable, and Sustainable Economy” at the first US Forum on the Solidarity Economy. The Forum at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst from March 19-22, 2009 was convened by the US Solidarity Economy Network in (...)

The Solidarity Economy and Responsibility by Nina GREGG, 19 June 2008

Twenty-four activists and educators from five states met for two days at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee to learn about the Solidarity Economy and build relationships for future work together. The group included people working on immigrant rights, sustainability education, living wages, police brutality, the cradle to prison pipeline, using art for (...)

A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, 13 May 2008

The unpopularity across the US of the war in Iraq is well documented. Yet the efforts of individuals and groups in the US and elsewhere to end the war are having no apparent impact on US policy: as Christopher Hayes wrote in the April 14, 2008 issue of The Nation: It is in this context that a group of Democratic Congressional candidates, retired military officers and national security (...)

Contact us, 10 May 2008

Coordinator of the US Charter Committee: Nina Gregg charter.US aMa alliance21.org

Global Corporate Social Responsibility Proposed for 21st Century, 31 January 2008

What does corporate social responsibility mean in a global economy? To whom are international enterprises accountable? And who decides? In the Winter 2008 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, GERALD F. DAVIS,. MARINA V.N. WHITMAN and MAYER N. ZALD take a look at the meaning of corporate social responsibility in a global economy. Their article considers how approaches towards CSR (...)

Making Accountability Accountable, 25 June 2007

article by George Lakoff, Glenn W. Smith °° Introduction, by Nina Gregg What does responsibility mean? In this article, George Lakoff, a well-known professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley, and author of several influential books (Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think and Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values, Frame the Debate) examines several (...)

INTRODUCTION by Nina GREGG, 8 March 2006

During the year 2005, the coordination of the Regional Charter Committee for the United Stated, that was hold by Rob Wheeler, has been taken up by Nina Gregg, who, as a new member of the Charter Team, will take the opportunity of her networks in the country to introduce the Charter and promote discussion of the concept of ‘responsibility’. The activities lead in 2005 are modest, given the (...)

Methodologies by Nina GREGG, 14 February 2006

United-States - We will use electronic communication (web presence with interactive capacity) and print materials for general communication.

A New Brochure Available! by Nina GREGG, 1 December 2006

; The brochure is designed as an invitation, to welcome and encourage participation in the Charter project throughout the US. The section "What You Can Do" offers examples of activities that individuals and groups can hold in their communities, workplaces, schools and civic organizations. The section "Reflection and Action" provides examples of how the Charter is being used as a focus of (...)

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About Us (Canada) by Cécile SABOURIN, 1 December 2009

The initiative of promoting a culture of responsibilities and a Charter of Human Responsibilities at the international level is supported financially by the la Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le progrès de l’Homme (FPH), in collaboration with volonteers and organizations who recognize the importance of this endeavor. It is facilitated by the Centre de recherche et animation socioéconomique (...)

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