Did You Miss Backbone Campaign’s Deep Dive into Ideas for Local Resilience? Catch Up Here

Backbone Campaign took a deep dive last week into solutionary ideas for local resilience when we interviewed Judy Wicks – an expert on local living economies – and a group of time bank experts last week.

You can watch the Time Bank Conversation Here

Backbone Campaign believes that Time Banking is a useful tool for lifting quality of life and building resilient local economies in this time of pandemic and system failures. As access to the monetary system and traditional employment are threatened, community connections are a source of well being, health and political power. Edgar Cahn refers to this as the “core economy.”

We are looking into reviving a local community time bank in our Vashon Island community. We also want to share our research and learning process with communities and change agents wherever they are.

Edgar Cahn is the Father of Time Banking. He and his wife, Christine Gray, former Executive Director of TimeBanks USA, were our guests for a 1-hour conversation on time banking as a tool for local resilience and connection. They were joined by Micaela Salatino, of Long Beach Time Exchange and Tamsen Spengler of West Seattle Time Bank. Thank you all for an inspired conversation about the power of community.

You can watch the Judy Wicks Interview HERE

Judy Wicks is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker and mentor, working to build a more compassionate, environmentally sustainable, and locally-based economy.

Founder of Philadelphia’s landmark White Dog Cafe, Ms. Wicks is author of “Good Morning Beautiful Business” and her current projects include: All Together Now PA, Circle of Aunts and Uncles, and Proud Pennsylvania. For more info, visit her website, judywicks.com.

Backbone Campaign is grateful to Judy for sharing her wisdom and insights gained over decades of work. Watch and see if you agree that going back to “normal” is unacceptable. Only forward – never backward. #ReMakeTheWorld

Thank you, Diane Wittner, co-producer of our Solutionary Perspectives series for organizing and hosting this interview.