Barcelona En Comú at Fearless Cities North America
From July 27 to 29, just over a year since the first Fearless Cities Summit in Barcelona, Movement Netlab and Cooperation Jackson will organize Fearless Cities North America in New York City, with the goal of strengthening the municipalist movement in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
A delegation representing Barcelona En Comú will participate in the following sessions of the programme. If you’re attending the Summit, come and find us and say hello!
Friday, July 27 • 5:00pm — 8:00pm, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square South, NY, NY 10003
Barcelona Councilor for Participation and Districts, Gala Pin, will participate in the opening plenary alongside Felicitas Martinez Solano, Regional Coordinator, Community Authorities Community Police (CRAC — PC) from Olinala, Mexico, Kali Akuno, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Cooperation Jackson, USA, and the writer and activist, Debbie Bookchin.
“International Brigades for Spain’s Cities of Change!”
Saturday, July 28 • 2:00pm — 3:50pm, 4th Floor Seminar Room at 20 Cooper Square, NY, NY.
Activists from Barcelona En Comú will facilitate this strategy session on the international dimension of the 2019 municipal elections.
Cooperative Cities of Tomorrow: How International Lessons Can Inform North American Strategies
Sunday July 29 • 9:00am — 9:50am, 4th Floor Conference Room 20 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003
Commissioner for the Social Economy and Local Development and Consumption, Álvaro Porro, will share the lessons learned from building economic alternatives in Barcelona in this international panel.
“Elected Officials In Middle: Navigating Inside/Outside within institutions”
Sunday, July 29 • 11:00am — 12:50pm, 2nd Floor Open Lab Space 20 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003, USA
Gala Pin will participate in this fishbowl conversation with New York City Council’s Deputy Leader for Policy, Brad Lander and NY State Assemblymember, Harvey Epstein.
Fearless Cities: Our Next Steps
Sunday, July 29 • 2:00pm — 5:00pm, 5th Floor Room 503 20 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003, USA
Barcelona En Comú Executive team member, Kate Shea Baird will speak in the closing assembly on the next steps for the North American and global Fearless Cities networks.
