[PEN-L:4238] New Web Site: WWW.NCESA.ORG

[Alex Campbell <ncesa1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One-Time Announcement:
NEW WEB SITE OFFERS A WEALTH OF
COMMUNITY BUILDING,  NONPROFIT, AND
DISARMAMENT RESOURCES, RESEARCH & LINKS

Please visit the new online home of the National Center for Economic and
Security Alternatives, an independent, progressive, nonprofit research
institute at:

<www.ncesa.org>

At launch, this new site contains more than 100 pages of articles, case
studies, scores of links and other material on two areas of national and
international concern: Community Building and Security and Disarmament. The
site is fully searchable. (Please note: the site will be continually updated
as we build our database of innovations in community economic development,
nonprofit impact, international models, and more.)


COMMUNITY BUILDING
The site features models and innovations, theory, and policy-focused
information about community building and community-based economic
development alternatives. Of particular interest are initiatives focused on
building locally-anchored assets, capturing and rooting capital, and
democratizing ownership of wealth. Among the material that is now or will
soon be available:

Models & Innovations: community development corporations (CDCs); consumer,
producer, and worker cooperatives; worker-owned firms (ESOPs); municipal
enterprises; nonprofit enterprise; community development financial
institutions (CDFIs); urban land trusts; local currency and barter systems;
and community supported agriculture programs.

Policy: a comprehensive range of actual or proposed policies at the local,
state, federal, and international levels that can substantially contribute
to the goal of stabilizing communities in the United States.

Theory: We explore questions such as: What do we mean by a "good society"?
What institutional arrangements can best express values such as democracy,
liberty, equality, and ecological sustainability?  Can there be a healthy
national "Democracy" if the experience of "democracy" in the nation's
communities is weak or non-existent?

SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT
The site also features information about the National Center's new Program
on General Disarmament.  The purpose of the program is to increase the
visibility and viability of the concept of general disarmament.  This
program will incorporate international networking, public education,
training, research, and analysis.

E-MAIL NEWSLETTER
Our content-rich web site will be continually updated and we are now
preparing major additions which will be available by the end of March.
Because we think you will be interested in the areas covered by this web
site, we have subscribed you to our FREE e-mail newsletter. The newsletter
will periodically up-date you on new developments, publications, etc.

Within a week, you will receive a brief welcome e-mail from the newsletter.
If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, you can easily unsubscribe by
following the instructions in the message.

If this announcement has been forwarded to you and you would like to
subscribe to the newsletter, you can do so by sending an empty e-mail
message to: <ncesa-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
or you may subscribe on our home page at: <www.ncesa.org>

WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS
We seek to have this site be a resource for people throughout the U.S. and
around the world. We welcome your comments and input -- particularly your
suggestions for additional models, innovations, readings, and other material
which can be added. Please e-mail your comments to: <info@xxxxxxxxx>
or use the convenient Interact form on the web site.

If you find this site of interest, we hope you will forward this message to
others.

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Alex Campbell
Assistant to the President, National Center
for Economic and Security Alternatives
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2000 P Street, NW
Suite 330
Washington, DC 20036
202 986 1373 (voice)/ 202 986 7938 (fax)
ncesa1@xxxxxxx
www.ncesa.org
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