I’m travelling across the USA, Canada and India researching Universal Basic Income!
I’ll be passing through LA, San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, New York, Toronto and Hyderabad this summer, speaking to those involved in the UBI pilots and experiments as I ask the question “How can Civil Society advocate for a Universal Basic Income?”
When I’m back, I’ll be sharing my findings with a report and a series of workshops around the UK.
This blog isn’t a forum for an academic discussion about the pros or cons of Basic Income. This is is a blog on how we go from debate to implementation. How to campaign for Basic Income. How to win Basic Income.
Check out this blog to hear stories & case studies from the trip which includes interviews with politicians, campaigners, academics, organisers, and community leaders and to keep in touch with what I’m up to back home, where I’ll be sharing what the global UBI state-of-play means for the basic income movement in the UK.
The research is funded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. I’m travelling to learn, returning to inspire. Check them out at http://www.wcmt.org.uk and apply before September to be a Churchill Fellow next year!
Check out where I’m going and who I’ll be meeting
Los Angeles – Training in community organising with the Industrial Areas Foundation
San Francisco – The Economic Security Project, San Francisco Office for Financial Empowerment, Yang2020
Oakland – Universal Income Project, Mia Birdsong, Oakland Insight Center, Berkeley Labor Center, Y Combinator Research, Stanford University Basic Income Lab
Stockton – Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED)
New York – USBIG (US Basic Income Guarantee network), Yang2020 campaign, Andy Stern
Toronto – Canadian Senators, Prof Evelyn Forget, Humans of Basic Income, Ontario Basic Income Network, and participants of the Basic Income experiment in Ontario.
Hyderabad – Basic Income Earth Network Congress, Indian Network for Basic Income
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