Democratizing wealth, communities, and work is one of the principles of Just Transition that we want to uplift in 2022. Through this gathering we offered a platform to learn from each other, connect with ideas and initiatives, and facilitate the hard and powerful conversations that come with looking at how we might better share resources to shift from individual survival to collective thriving.

We asked big questions to reimagine money and redefine shared resources:

• How might we understand money differently, democratize wealth, and see new ways to engage in exchanges that benefit our communities and all life?
• What happens when we allow ourselves to explore the commons, land as wealth, cooperatives, community funds, mutual aid, and traditional practices rooted in collective prosperity?

With activists, entrepreneurs, storytellers, community builders, and explorers as our guides, we gathered to learn from the projects underway to create stable, dynamic, just abundance in our communities. We also faced the real fact that there is trauma around money, and brought forward ways to heal, to move away from the scarcity that global capitalism imbeds in us. Lastly, we celebrated the creativity inherent in all of us and took the opportunity to be together in-person! It was amazing.