Project Equity's Goals
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Instability (def.)
Lack of resistance to sudden change or deterioration
{no safety net}
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What causes community economic instability?
Income gap• Talked about and
widely understood• Continues to grow
Wealth gap• ‘Safety net’ • Not as widely
understood• Continues to grow
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Community health indicators all tied to economic resiliency
Health
Education
CrimeUnemployment
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For healthy communities we must address the resiliency of the local economy
Jobs + wealththat
STAY in the community
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Why wealth?
HAVE’SHave resiliency, financial and otherwise
HAVE-NOT’STeeter on the edge with little or no safety net
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Financial resiliencyOpportunity
GrowthSafety net
More than enough
None
HAVE’SHAVE-NOT’S
We need to slow the increasing disparity of wealth
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How can we turn the tide?
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By developing
Businesseswithin communitiesthat are employee-ownedthat will scale
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We will break the cycle of poverty at the community level
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By enabling
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Stability within the immediate family
{stable job}{wealth through equity}
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Stability within the extended family
{stable relatives}{with wealth}
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Stability within the community
{stable families}{role models}{cross-generational}
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It’s about more than JUST opportunity for individuals
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Through reducing communities’ financial dependency on external factors over which they have no control
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Communities (re) gain self-determination
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And all of the opportunities that come with it
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Join us:www.project-equity.org
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