Jan 17, 2025 · What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our communities, and how decisions are made by government, corporations, and businesses because it ...

May 2, 2024 · Over the past 50 years, the growth of ILSR and its mission to build local power and fight corporate control has become a story worth telling.From taking on corporate giants like Amazon and Walmart to leading the charge against utility and waste monopolies, ILSR’s research, advocacy, and community assistance continue to break new ground for advancing vibrant, sustainable, and just cities and ...

May 1, 2024 · Jessica Auer, Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst, Community Broadband Networks. Jordan Ashby, Advocacy & Communications Lead, Composting for Community. John Bailey, Development Director. Ingrid Behrsin, Senior Researcher, Energy Democracy Initiative. Linda Bilsens Brolis, Associate Director for Education & Advocacy, Composting for Community. Danny Caine, Multimedia Content Creator

We provide community members with the research and advocacy tools they need to reclaim power over local decision making and hold corporations and government accountable. We believe that democracy can only thrive when economic and political power is widely dispersed. ILSR works to achieve this vision ...

Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are able to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our communities, and how decisions are made by government, corporations, and businesses because it affects all of us.

Aug 12, 2024 · States and the Future of Antitrust: How State Policymakers Can Take On Monopolies and Rebuild Local Economies in 2025 and Beyond. Wednesday, January 15 | 3 – 4:15 p.m. ET Join the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and the State Innovation Exchange (SiX), along with leading policymakers, experts, and advocates for a virtual event on how states can strengthen enforcement of existing ...

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In 1974, David Morris, Gil Friend, and Neil Seldman launched the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) in Washington, D.C. The organization’s motivation grew out of the social and economic unrest in D.C. and the country at large, stemming from racial injustice, the scarcity of quality jobs, and skyrocketing food and fuel prices.

Jan 29, 2025 · A Public Utility for New York’s Hudson Valley – Episode 227 of Local Energy Rules. Rep. Sarahana Shrestha has a bill, The Hudson Valley Power Authority Act, that would take the privately-owned Central Hudson Gas & Electric public in order...

Why Local. A journalist at ProPublica and the author of multiple books, including Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, Alec addressed our 50th-anniversary celebration guests, connecting economic concentration to the plight of the postindustrial Midwest.In his remarks, Alec MacGillis highlighted the importance of local media as seen in his hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts ...