CommonBound is an open space where you can network, share stories and discuss visions for the future. Join more than 700 leaders, thinkers and practitioners to discuss what you care about most during more than 100 workshops and 16 workshop tracks that offer hands-on training in direct action, panel discussions on food democracy, and the development of local economies.

Common Bound puts the people and the planet first. Bringing together thinkers, practitioners and community leaders from around the world, including the New Economy Coalition which has more than 140 members throughout the U.S and Cananda. The mission of the New Economy Coalition is to ''Build a new economy that is restorative to people, place and the planet.''

Event schedule:

Friday July 8:    9:30am-9:30pm 

Saturday July 9: 8:30am-7:30pm 

Sunday July 10: 9:00am-4:20pm 

Key note speakers include: 

Elandria Williams 

Co­-Editor of Beautiful Solutions and is on the Education Team and Organizational Leadership Team of the Highlander Research and Education Center. She coordinates the Southern Grassroots Economies Project, co-­leads the Governance and Economics curriculum, and supports community leaders and organizers in the South and Appalachia.

Federica Bandini 

Federica Bandini is Director of the Course in Management for Social Economy at the School of Economics at Bologna University. Federica was also Director of the Master on Management of Social Enterprises at L. Bocconi University in Milan from 2008-2014. 

Kali Akuno 

Co-­Founder and Co­-Director of Cooperation Jackson. He served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. Kali is also an educator, writer, and an organizer with the Malcolm X Grassroots movement.

 Makani Themba  

Chief Strategist at Higher Ground Change Strategies based in Detroit, Michigan. Previously, Makani served as the Founder and Executive Director of The Praxis Project, a nonprofit organization helping communities use media and policy advocacy to advance health justice. She is author of Making Policy, Making Change, and she has also co-authored with Hunter Cutting Talking the Walk: Communications Guide for Racial Justice.

Malachi Larrabee ­Garza 

Currently  serves as Director of the Community Justice Network for Youth at the W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI). Before coming to the BI, Malachi spent 5 years at the School of Unity and Liberation (S.O.U.L.) as the Advanced Political Education Director. Malachi co-­founded the Brown Boi Project in 2006 and currently sits as Chair of its Board of Directors.

Nancy Neamtan 

Co-­Founder and former Executive Director of Chantier de l'économie sociale. Over the past 30 years, Nancy has been at the heart of the social and solidarity economy movement, working first as a community organizer, then as Executive Director of RESO, a community economic development corporation, and since 1998 with Chantier.