Name: Decolonizing Economics 2024: Earth Day to May Day 

Dates: April 20 & 21 In-Person and May 1,2,3 Online

Earth Day Event: 4/20 11:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. PST at the Da Gou Rou Louwi’ Cultural Center in Eureka, CA.

Earth Day Festival: 4/21 1:00–7:00 p.m. PST at Pierson Park in McKinleyville, CA.

Virtual Summit: 5/1-5/3 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. PST online.

Decolonizing economics is an explicit challenge to ourselves and participants to center Indigenous wisdom, perspective, and knowledge. Decolonization is not a metaphor, it is the path towards just social, political, and economic institutions. A call to decolonize economics acknowledges that in order to build the movement for reparative justice, we need to first understand the extent to which colonialism has influenced/continues to influence our modern economy. Our summit aims to demonstrate real solutions to heal the land and people, through educating attendees about our economic system, the failings of putting profit over people, and the ways in which groups around the world are working towards economic and social justice.