If you’ve driven down NE 15th to Emerson, you’ve probably noticed something called Second World - a kiosk and “village commons” and, well, the epicenter of another world. With some help from the biblical Pentateuch and It’s a Wonderful Life we’ll get into why in this second world neighbors are family, and how this patterns an economy and protects it from the market. This is an idea of economics “so old it feels new again”, so we will tell you about how our Simone Weil House extended community as well as churches and others we work with have been experimenting with a few of these family practices for several years now, highlighting the credit union partnership through which we can “redeem” each other’s interest bearing debt. But, be warned the event will unfold at a tedious pace - each idea has a greedy commercial sponsor. For example, this disclosure was sponsored by All Day Pie, a pie that you eat clockwise (!) through the day from the Am egg wedge to the dessert pie pie. 

reserve tickets here, free!