The Pillar posts below are our initial framing statements for the website. They set out the core ideas we will use to organize content and shape conversations as the website develops. Our 5 Pillars include:
• Inclusive, Equitable Communities: Safeguarding Human Rights and Ensuring Equitable Access
• Social Rights and Protections: Decent Work, Livable Income, Housing and Health for All
• A Human Needs Economy: Local Economies Organized Around People and Communities
• Deepening Democracy: Strengthening Democracy and Civil Society, and
• Sustainable Eco-Systems: Economies Living In Harmony With Nature
Taken together, these core ideas would dramatically reshape society in ways that build solidarity, trust, community and a deeper democracy that improves both well-being and prosperity.
Based on this work, we see our journey as rooted in:
• Community building, broadening human rights, growing the capacity of civil society and strengthening the social programs on which we all depend
• Democratizing the economy in ways that grow shared community assets that revitalize the commons
• Critically important, it re-imagines very different legal and institutional foundations that would re-focus obligations and expectations of both governments and the private market in enabling and sustaining community life
The structure and organization of the website has adopted a broad thematic approach that relies on a journey of discovery metaphor. The World We Seek (Our Vision and Pillars) –> The Failures of Current Systems (At The Crossroads) –>The Drivers of Transformation (the Shift) –> Building A Future That Works For Everyone (Creating Our Future).
