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This is How We Transform the Economy - SEIZE SPEAKER SERIES 4 key speaker sessions, 1 hands-on workshop, and several spaces to mingle!

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This is How We Transform the Economy - SEIZE SPEAKER SERIES

4 key speaker sessions, 1 hands-on workshop, and several spaces to mingle!

Welcome to SEIZE’s first-ever month-long speaker series! Starting February 23 and ending on March 23rd, the SEIZE (Socialist Economy Incubation Zone for Entrepreneurs) will host one (1) speaker a week for four (4) consecutive weeks, and conclude the events with an immersive workshop to apply discussed theories, tools, and tactics. The final workshop will be specifically focusing on Concordia’s food system transformation.

Leaders in economic transformation will discuss experiences and lessons learned from grassroots organizing, movement and capacity building, and rethinking and reorganizing labor! The SEIZE Speaker Series is online and completely *free* (RSVP for meeting link), making SEIZE’s activities completely open to the community at large!

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Here is a sneak peek into the schedule. More announcements to follow!

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--- TUE February 23: SPEAKER 1- This event has happened

5h30 - 6h30 PM: Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free: Finding Freedom in Solidarity Economies // by Cheyenna Weber

6h30 - 7h30 PM: Open networking!

--- TUE March 2: SPEAKER 2

5h30 - 6h30 PM: Cooperation as part of a response to rising fascism and right populism // by George Lakey

6h30 - 7h30 PM: Open networking!

--- TUE March 9: SPEAKER 3

5h30 - 6h30 PM: THE BIG WE: How Movement Strategy Catalyzes Solidarity Economy Organizing // by Esteban Kelly

6h30 - 7h30 PM: Open networking!

--- TUE March 16: Presentation by SEIZE - open networking in virtual movable space

5h30 - 7h00PM : What is Venture Communalism? + Networking

Join us for a brief (20 min) presentation from SEIZE, followed by an open networking session?

Venture Capitalism is a form of high-risk, high reward investment where startups attract wealthy backers who think they might be the next Facebook or Uber. In the words of one famous Venture Capitalist, they aim to "eat the world," disrupting existing businesses and using tech to make megaprofits. (more info inside event)