Sustainable Economies Law Center

EDUCATION

LEGAL SERVICES
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES LEGAL CAFE: awarded

TRAININGS, TEACH-INS,
workshops, EVENTS
WITH A REACH OF OVER
PEOPLE in
different cities!
Events like...
legal eats:

a legal workshop to support food enterprises

FROM
OWNERSHIP to STEWARDSHIP:
strategies for democratizing
urban land use

TINY HOUSES
LAW teach-in

&

theres more!
Launched
the very first

worker coop
academy!
Grew our fellowship program
to 11 attorneys, who are
each building practices that
focus on cultivating resilient
local economies.

The SELC Fellowship

has greatly strengthened the
quality of services I can offer
cooperative, nonprofit, and
social enterprise clients, and
low-income clients.

2014 Annual Report

Kate Redman, Attorney at

Olson, Bzdok & Howard

Meritorious Recognition by the American Bar Association

for its outstanding dedication to the advancement
of innovations in the delivery of legal services!

# of attorney/ law
student volunteers

# of clients who
received advice

50+

120

Helped immigrant farmers avoid or reduce

unjust fines from the Department of Labor
STANDARD ENFORCEMENT (DLSE)
WORKED WITH Arroyo SECO & Davis Dollars
to create more democratic and community-based forms of EXCHANGE & CURRENCY

ADVOCACY
passed:
AB 129 (Alternative Currencies Act)
AB 2561 (Neighborhood Food act)
AB 569 (Cooperative Housing bill)
SELCs policy director, Christina Oatfield, served on the committee that wrote the California Food Policy Councils Legislative Report on Food and Farming.
SELCs executive director, Janelle Orsi, was part of the
White House Roundtable on Labor in Sharing
Economy.
Launched a campaign to keep seed
libraries legal across the United States!
www.legalizeseeds.org

MOVEMENT BUILDING
new full-time staff HIRED!
community members!
Partnered with
organizations including:

US Federation of Worker Cooperatives Freelancers Union Shareable

New Economy Coalition Transition US Post Growth Alliance Green-Collar Communities Clinic Project Equity Agrarian Trust Local Clean Energy Alliance Oakland Climate Action Coalition CA Food Policy Coalition
check out our cartoons, workshops, & other events at
www.youtube.com/theselctube