Question 1

How is Community Wealth Building (CWB) different?

Accepted Answer

CWB takes progressive elements like community land trusts, worker cooperatives, public banking, and more, and supercharges their power, connecting and scaling them to give people greater democratic ownership and control over their economic destinies and the future of their communities.

Question 2

What will this training cover?

Accepted Answer

You will be introduced to a movement of organizers, activists, and government leaders working to realize broad, systemic economic transformation; explore leading-edge CWB efforts in the US and globally;and learn the theory and skills to analyze, deploy, and scale up your CWB activities.

Question 3

Who is this training for?

Accepted Answer

This is for anyone who wants to understand more about CWB or wants to accelerate existing CWB activity in their community. We especially encourage community and economic development practitioners, activists and community leaders, policymakers. philanthropists, and elected officials to attend.

Question 4

Who will be leading this training?

Accepted Answer

Neil McInroy, The Democracy Collaborative's Global Lead for Community Wealth Building and former chief executive of the UK-based Centre for Local Economic Strategies. He brings first-hand experience developing and implementing CWB strategies in the United States and globally.

Question 5

How large are these training sessions?

Accepted Answer

Each session will be limited to 25 persons on a first-come-first-served basis. Organizations or jurisdictions looking to book five or more people should contact us in advance to determine whether a bespoke training session exclusively for your organization would be more appropriate.

Introduction to Community Wealth Building (CWB)