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Starting March 2, UFE wil be hosting a series of four bilingual Popular Education Training of Trainers at our office in downtown Boston.

February 24, 2010

On Friday, October 30th, the Jamaica Plain Forum welcomes one of America's stalwart fighters against corporate abuse, best-selling author, and former presidential candidate, Ralph Nader.

October 27, 2009

Check out UFE's July E-news for the latest in financial regulation, progressive taxation and the Pope's call for a new economy.

July 9, 2009

From March 19 – 22, 2009 close to 400 people found their way to University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the first national gathering of the US Solidarity Economy Network (SEN), a group formed out of the Solidarity Economy Caucus meetings of the U.S. Social Forum held in Atlanta in June 2007.  UFE was present at the US Social Forum and was represented at the SEN forum by six staff members. April 9, 2009

We created a guide to help undecided voters make an informed choice based on their own values. Please consider forwarding our guide to friends and family. Updated October 21, 2008

From UFE's March 2008 E-News March 31, 2008

UFE is one of the few national organizations that trains and supports a network of volunteer economics educators. We now have over 180 active volunteer trainers nationwide. These trained workshop leaders conduct programs on the changing economy across the country. UFE holds Training of Trainers Institutes several times a year.

November 26, 2007

Collaboration is crucial to UFE's work of supporting and helping to build a movement for a fair economy. We work with partners in all our issue areas to ensure good communications and to integrate joint work concerning our shared interests. July 22, 2007

UFE welcomes volunteers to help us with our economic justice work. Volunteer opportunities are most often available at our downtown Boston headquarters. Occasionally, we need volunteers to help at events across the country, ranging from Washington, D.C. to Washington state.

Typical volunteer tasks at UFE range from stuffing envelopes and helping with mailings, to database entry, staffing events, short research jobs, graphic design tasks, and web work. 

July 20, 2007

Take Action

The United States is one of the richest nations in the world. So why aren't our schools thriving? Why are so many African-Americans unemployed? Why are healthcare, housing and college education so hard to afford?

Our mission at UFE is to support the growing movement for economic fairness in every way we can. This can take many forms. If you are interested in making the economy fairer and improving the quality of life in the U.S. for everyone, you can:

July 6, 2007