#fightthepower Shared and shared again! Send it to Neal @Shareable and the freelancers union! Do you know all the #resist stuff that Meet Up are doing?
Have a remarkable day Bernie J Mitchell 0777 204 2012 www.berniejmitchell.com <http://berniejmitchell.com/> Sent from my mobile device *Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. On 27 June 2017 at 20:15, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that a lot of us, including myself, prefer to keep our politics and > our professions separate. > > But over this weekend, I had a long conversation with one of my biz > partners about the fact that people who promote entrepreneurship have a > unique need to speak up. We can't just promote entrepreneurial topics when > it's sexy and aspirational. > > I also recognize that this seems like a US centric concern. But I know > that our international community knows American community leaders who > promote business and entrepreneurship. And even if you're not in the US, > but work with US businesses in *any* capacity, this has the likelihood to > impact you as well. > > And finally I'm not really here to debate politics. > > But I am here because I'm I worried about the economic fallout that is > essentially inevitable from the nasty healthcare bill that's currently > making its way through the senate, and how it's going to impact our people. > Our communities are packed full of entrepreneurial, aspirational, > job-creating people. > > *People who, if this bill passes in the US, likely won't be able to afford > to employ people or even employ themselves. *People who won't be able to > keep their coworking memberships, or worse will have to debate between > keeping their memberships or paying for their healthcare. > > My biz partner put together an extensive post outlining all of the > potential impact specifically on the kinds of micro-businesses that thrive > in coworking spaces. Even more important than the details and the research > is *what we can do*, notably in the US. > > https://stackingthebricks.com/code-red-gop-senate-health- > bill-hurts-entrepreneurs/ > > I don't have answers here, other than realizing that as much as it > stresses people out to talk about this stuff out loud the result of *not* > talking > about it could be much much worse. > > So if anything about this post this makes you anxious - please read and > share my partner's post. And if you're in the US, pick up the phone and > call your representatives. If you've never done it before, there's great > tips in that post > <https://stackingthebricks.com/code-red-gop-senate-health-bill-hurts-entrepreneurs/#take-action-today-right-now> > . > > I'm not the kind of person who worries easily - but I also can't pretend > that this will get sorted out without taking some kind of action as > individuals or communities. > > So I'm curious - is anybody mobilizing their coworking community to action > around these issues? Do you have members doing activism work that other > coworking communities can support? > > -Alex > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org > Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com > My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
