World Workshop #19: "A WORLD WITHOUT MONEY" + Dinner

10/4/13 @6:00 pm in CSUF Hum 123. This event is part of the Left Bank's "World Workshops" series (NOW ON FRIDAY EVENINGS). Today's theme: A WORLD WITHOUT MONEY. Co-hosted by Dr. Hélène Domon, professor of French Studies at CSUF, and Ryan Johnson, member of the Orange County Time Bank.

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Do we need money? This workshop will explore the origins of money and present alternative economies that operate largely independently from institutional Treasury and Wall Street. These alternative economies operate according to humane and sustainable principles. They have their own currencies (tokens, digital signals, alternative barter or no barter at all) and develop their own means of conducting commerce, with the goal of creating a high level of self-sufficiency, employment opportunities as well as material and spiritual well-being for participants. For example, “time banking” is a system in which members give and receive services and skills using “time dollars,” a community currency that uses time as an indicator of value. The concept is simple: One hour equals one time dollar, regardless of the service given. From dog-walking to graphic design, community organizing to tutoring, cooking lessons to massage therapy, everyone’s time is valued equally. Other forms of alternative economies will be presented.

PROGRAM:

(If you want to be a speaker, please see instructions below.)

• Ryan Johnson: "Introduction to the Orange County Time Bank."

• Christina Ellis, founder of the OC Time Bank: "The Five Core Values of Time Banking."

• (your name)

• Round-Table Discussion.

• After the workshop, we will have dinner in Fullerton.

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• Give a talk! Anyone at the Left Bank is welcome to submit a proposal for a 10-minute presentation on this topic. You do not need to be an expert, a teacher or a published writer - just an informed citizen of the Earth who would like to provide personal insights.

Rules of the game:

1. Email a title and short summary to Helene at hdomon@fullerton.edu at least a few days before the workshop date;

2. Focus your topic on one theme you would like to emphasize;

3. Your presentation is 10 minutes max, followed by an informal group discussion;

4. A PowerPoint is welcome, but not mandatory. Lectures, round tables, videos, poetry, slam, spoken word, songs, art, performance and other forms of expression are all welcome.

Cheers, come on, don't hesitate! Share your knowledge and hopes! Be part of the people's university where we learn and grow from each other and build tomorrow's world!

Cost: The workshop is FREE.

Directions and Parking: From FWY 57, take Nutwood Exit to the west. Make a right on Folino Dr. and an immediate left into Parking lot F. Drive around the curve and park close to Humanities building, which is the tallest building near the parking lot, with a beehive-like wall pattern. Parking is free on Fridays after 5:00pm.