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More Info: www.sbpermaculture.org
"Legal Strategies for Social Enterprise and
Sustainable Economies"
with Jenny Kassan & Janelle
Orsi
from the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC)
Workshop, Saturday, June 4, 9am-Noon, 2011
Santa Barbara
Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St, Santa Barbara
Admission Limited to 45 attendees
Lawyer 3 MCLE Credits, $125 (early bird $100 by May 27)
General Public $70 (early bird $50 by May 27)
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Reservations are required, sign up and pay (including by
check), on EventBrite:
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Jenny Kassan and Janelle Orsi, pioneers in the
new field of Sustainability Law, invite entrepreneurs,
attorneys, and community-members to learn about the possibilities and
challenges presented by an economy built around unique enterprise
models, including:
- social enterprise
- cooperative enterprise
- community-owned enterprise
- community-supported enterprise
- enterprise in "private club" contexts
- nonprofit/for-profit hybrids
- micro-enterprise and "nano-enterprise"
- barter/gift economy enterprise
Presenters will showcase innovative organizations and
enterprises, and discuss their place in the movement to build
sustainable and localized economies. Participants will learn about the
new organizational structures designed for social enterprise, and the
interactions of social enterprise and nonprofit tax exemption. In
addition, the workshop will address the unique legal barriers and grey
areas that arise in efforts to build more sustainable economies,
including those relating to securities laws, employment laws, tax
laws, zoning laws, and consumer protection laws.
Jenny Kassan and Janelle Orsi are co-directors of the
Sustainable
Economies Law Center (SELC), which facilitates the growth of more
sustainable and localized economies through education, research, and
advocacy to support practices such as barter, sharing, cooperatives,
urban agriculture, shared housing, local currencies,
community-supported enterprises, and local investing. Janelle and
Jenny are co-authors of the American Bar Association's forthcoming
book, "Sharing Law: Understanding the Legal Landscape of the
Sharing Economy".
Jenny Kassan is an attorney and community development consultant,
specializing in creative capital raising and socially responsible
ventures. She is the Managing Director of Katovich Law Group, and CEO of Cutting Edge Capital.
Her legal practice areas include small business start-up and
financing, securities regulation, nonprofit law, business agreements,
real estate development, franchising, cooperatives, and assessment
districts. Jenny earned a masters degree in City and Regional Planning
from the University of California at Berkeley and earned her J.D. from
Yale Law School.
Janelle Orsi is a "sharing lawyer" in private practice,
specializing in helping communities share housing and cars, form
cooperatives, launch urban farming initiatives, and form social
enterprises. She is co-author of "The Sharing Solution: How to
Save Money, Simplify Your Life & Build Community" (Nolo Press
2009). Janelle earned her J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law.
The workshop takes place on Saturday, June 4, 9am-Noon, at the
Santa Barbara Recreation Center,100 East Carrillo Street, Santa
Barbara, CA. Reservations are required, sign up and pay
(including by check), on EventBrite:
http://selc.eventbrite.com
~Sponsored
by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network~
More information,
visit www.sbpermaculture.org, margie@sbpermaculture.org, (805)
962-2571.
Event Supporters: SB Independent, SBCC Center for Sustainability,
SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, the
Permaculture Credit Union, Loa Tree, Slow Money Santa Barbara Chapter,
Island Seed & Feed, Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara, Nutiva,
Green2Gold, Johnny Sacko, UCSB Sustainability Program, Oasis Design,
The Sustainability Project, Owen Dell & Associates, & the Fund
for Santa Barbara.
More Info/Resources:
Sustainable Economies
Law Center
http://www.sustainableeconomieslawcenter.org/
Janelle Oris, Lawyer
http://janelleorsi.com/
Jenny Kassan, Lawyer
President Cutting Edge Capital
http://www.cuttingedgecapital.com
Katovich Law Group http://www.katovichlaw.com
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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
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