Group Purchasing webinar on November 23rd
On Monday, November 23rd from 4 to 5 pm ET, join The Democracy Policy Network and group purchasing innovators for a webinar on how neighbors and cities can make life more affordable and build community by purchasing together.
This session will draw on the ideas and case studies from our "Group Purchasing" toolkit by Sam Butler, and will feature four leaders experimenting with group membership in their communities:
- Dr. Missy Stults, Director of Sustainability & Innovations, City of Ann Arbor
- Missy leads innovative energy programs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, leveraging group purchasing to make energy transitions and upgrades — from rooftop solar, to e-bikes, to water heaters — more affordable for residents and city-owned buildings.
- Amy Abbott, Co-Executive Director, Community Purchasing Alliance Cooperative (CPA Co-op)
- CPA Co-op is a purchasing cooperative that leverages the buying power of schools, houses of worship, non-profits and other community institutions to lower costs for facility-related services — from healthy school lunches, to energy contracts, to accounting, insurance services and more — while also shifting contract spend to values-aligned businesses.
- Adam Purvis, Community Organizing, Dark Matter Labs
- With Dark Matter Labs, Adam is co-organizing a London-wide initiative that leverages the power of all sectors of society — schools, public buildings, businesses — to shift the country to a regenerative, healthy food supply.
- Sam Butler, Editor of DPN's Group Purchasing toolkit
- Sam is organizing neighborhood group purchases in the Washington, D.C. area, and developing resources and tools to help you start group purchasing in yours.
Email Pete@DemocracyPolicy.network with any questions ahead of the event — and be sure to register here:
