United for a Fair Economy Offers Downloadable Workshops

Workshop Descriptions
United for a Fair Economy brings lively, energizing workshops on economic inequality to conferences, youth, religious groups, colleges and non-profits across the US. We start with people's own experiences to build a common-sense understanding of the changing economy.

Available UFE Workshops

The Growing Divide: The highly acclaimed workshop that over 35,000 people have participated in nationwide. Reviews recent changes in income and wealth distribution and examines the rule changes that have fueled inequality. Lays out a range of strategic initiatives and specific and immediate steps we can take to reverse the growing gap between the rich and everyone else. http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/workshops/the_growing_divide_workshop

Closing the Racial Wealth Divide: This workshop helps participants critically examine the way in which race shapes the distribution of resources and privilege in the U.S. We use several participatory activities and dialogue to analyze the role of government in supporting (for people of European descent) or blocking (for people of color) the accumulation of assets and, in effect, helped create economic apartheid in the U.S. The workshop also reviews strategies, campaigns, and actions that will help close the racial wealth divide and promote create greater economic equality in general. http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/workshops/racial_wealth_divide_workshop

Fair Taxes for All: An interactive 60-90 minute workshop that reviews the 2001 Bush tax cut, explores the impact of this and other tax law changes on our families and communities, and exposes the political and social agenda driving the new and proposed tax rules. The workshop also provides participants with opportunities to suggest strategies and specific steps for both defensive and proactive efforts for fair taxation. http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/workshops/fair_taxes_for_all

War and the Economy WorkshopWar & the Economy : Too Many Guns, Not Enough Butter is an interactive workshop about economic inequality, not about the morality of war & militarism. The U.S. economy is increasingly focused on expanding the military. This expansion intensifies the cycle of concentrated wealth and concentrated power, drains resources from social spending, and thereby worsens economic security for most Americans. http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/workshops/war_and_economy_workshop

High Pay, Low Pay, Fair Pay!: A highly interactive workshop for youth that looks at recent trends in income, engages participants in a role play to explore the factors and values that should determine wages, and reviews action steps to address economic inequality. http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/workshops/high_pay_low_pay