NEWS
Symposium: The Shifting Landscape of Public Communication
CCCE, in coordination with the UW Department of Communication and the Simpson Center for the Humanities, hosted a highly successful symposium exploring the “big questions” for scholars concerned with our contemporary media landscape. Entitled “The [...]
UW Sustainability Action Network Gets Green Light
Through a grant awarded by the Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF), an exciting new student-led initiative for a campus wide sustainability action network (UW-SAN) is ready to launch its first year operations. Described as a resource [...]
The American Global Challenge: Aligning Economy, Democracy and Environment in the 21st Century.
Public Lecture Series: January 17: System Breakdown: Economy and Democracy in Crisis January 31: Can Capitalism Be Fixed? February 7: The Best Democracy that Money Can Buy February 21: Environment vs. Economy March 7: Building [...]
The Next System Teach-In
Join the Center for Communication & Civic Engagement (CCCE) for The Next System Teach-In on April 25 from 1 to 8 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Department of Communication among others, will take place [...]
Past Event: What should the next system look like – and how can we get there?
We are in the midst of systemic crisis. The realities of growing inequality, political stalemate, and climate disruption just scratch the surface of global issues. It is clear that the current system doesn't work for [...]
Retrospective: New Economy Week 2015 @ Rethinking Prosperity
Rethinking Prosperity participated in this year's New Economy Week by organizing two Seattle events: The New Economy Get-Together that brought together numerous local stakeholders and organizations, such as Yes! Magazine, Got Green?, and Pinchot University; and [...]
The New Economy Get-Together Nov. 13th
All around us, innovators are building cooperative, ethical, and community-rooted enterprises, reclaiming the commons, and democratizing and reorienting finance. We are finding new ways to share skills and goods, measure success, and meet growing human [...]
“This Changes Everything” Film Screening & Discussion – Nov. 10
Join Rethinking Prosperity for the screening of This Changes Everything! The documentary directed by Avi Lewis was developed in parallel to the critically acclaimed Naomi Klein worldwide bestseller with the same title. Both the movie [...]
Richard Wolff Captivates Rethinking Prosperity Audience
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, renowned economics professor and radio host Richard Wolff addressed an audience of about 100 students, faculty, and members of the broader Seattle community at a guest lecture organized by the [...]
CCCE to host discussion with economics scholar Richard Wolff
Rethinking Prosperity, a project of the UW's Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE), is hosting a public discussion with renowned economics scholar, radio host, and writer Richard Wolff. For the past 35 years, Wolff [...]