On the left a caterpillar, connected by a dotted line to a chrysalis at the center, then connected again by a dotted line to a butterfly on the right.

Watch the video from The Next System Project’s national launch webinar

Movement Strategy & History

On Wednesday, May 20th, we held our national launch webinar, moderated by Grit TV’s Laura Flanders. Panelists included Gar Alperovitz and Gus Speth, co-chairs of The Next System Project, Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PolicyLink; Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston College; and Gerald Torres, Jane M.G. Foster Professor of Law at Cornell University.

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