Workshops

The highly acclaimed workshop that over 35,000 people have participated in nationwide. Reviews recent changes in income and wealth distribution and examines the rule changes that have fueled inequality. Lays out a range of strategic initiatives and specific and immediate steps we can take to reverse the growing gap between the rich and everyone else.
January 3, 2008

This workshop helps participants critically examine the way in which race shapes the distribution of resources and privilege in the U.S. We use several participatory activities and dialogue to analyze the role of government in supporting (for people of European descent) or blocking (for people of color) the accumulation of assets and, in effect, helped create economic apartheid in the U.S. The workshop also reviews strategies, campaigns, and actions that will help close the racial wealth divide and promote create greater economic equality in general. August 24, 2007

An interactive 60-90 minute workshop that reviews the 2001 Bush tax cut, explores the impact of this and other tax law changes on our families and communities, and exposes the political and social agenda driving the new and proposed tax rules. The workshop also provides participants with opportunities to suggest strategies and specific steps for both defensive and proactive efforts for fair taxation.
August 24, 2007

This 1-hour, interactive workshop reviews the Massachusetts budget and the current crisis, considers how the worsening budget crisis has impacted our life and the lives of people we know, demonstrates that unwise tax cuts in the 1990s was a major cause of the current budget crisis, and explores opportunities to advocate.

August 24, 2007

War & the Economy - Too Many Guns, Not Enough Butter is an interactive workshop about economic inequality, not about the morality of war & militarism. The U.S. economy is increasingly focused on expanding the military. This expansion intensifies the cycle of concentrated wealth and concentrated power, drains resources from social spending, and thereby worsens economic security for most Americans.

August 24, 2007

A highly interactive workshop for youth that looks at recent trends in income, engages participants in a role play to explore the factors and values that should determine wages, and reviews action steps to address economic inequality.

August 24, 2007

There is a growing clamor about our immigration "problem." But what are the facts about immigration? What is pushing and pulling workers and families to leave their homeland and emigrate to the U.S.? Who benefits from rules that allow in some workers and criminalize others? What do foreign-born and domestic workers have in common? How can we evaluate proposed immigration "reforms"? This latest addition to UFE's lineup of popular economics education workshops provides information, analysis, and strategies for action to close the political and social divides that pit workers and communities against each other. In Spanish and English. Request a workshop, or email questions to our training coordinator: training@faireconomy.org.
January 24, 2008