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A Letter from BALLE's Executive Director, Doug Hammond

March 25, 2009
Dear fellow business leaders and social entrepreneurs,

I recently participated in a group of mission-driven business executives and network leaders that collaborated to create a letter of shared priorities to send to key contacts in the Obama Administration.

To review and sign this letter, please click on this link and sign by Tuesday, March 31st.
March 25, 2009
Dear fellow business leaders and social entrepreneurs,

I recently participated in a group of mission-driven business executives and network leaders that collaborated to create a letter of shared priorities to send to key contacts in the Obama Administration.

To review and sign this letter, please click on this link and sign by Tuesday, March 31st.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5407/t/5509/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=296

We are starting with the Office of Public Liaison/Dept. of Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources, the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement, and the Council on Environmental Quality.
Our work together is part of a long-term collaborative process that builds our collective voice as well as our ability to work with each other and the Administration to create an equitable and sustainable economy.

Our letter is a synthesis of priorities and recommendations developed by leading mission-driven business executives, social entrepreneurs, and network leaders who have recently formed a collaboration called the American Sustainable Business Council.

The letter and the ideas represented in them will be among many tools for engaging a national dialogue and building broader consensus for creating a just and sustainable economy. We realize that this communication is only a beginning and that some items are not adequately addressed in this letter. We see this as an initial document that will be part of a series of communications and dialogues with the Obama Administration.
In addition to the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, the following networks and organizations have already signed on in support of this letter: Social Venture Network, New Voice of Business, Green America, Social Enterprise Alliance, Fourth Sector Network, and B Lab.

To review and sign this letter, please click on this link and sign by Tuesday, March 31st.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5407/t/5509/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=296

Plans are also underway to collect survey data on the key priorities of mission-driven business leaders and social entrepreneurs, facilitate discussions at conferences, and establish ongoing dialogues with other members of the Administration.
I'd like to thank the other business leaders and social entrepreneurs who met with members of the Obama-Biden transition team on January 12th and began this important dialogue: Jeffrey Hollender, Amy Domini, Alisa Gravitz, Melissa Bradley-Burns, Gary Hirshberg, Edward Dugger, Priya Haji, Adam Lowry, Julius Walls, Jr., Wayne Silby, Andrew Kassoy, Andy Shallal, David Levine, Deb Nelson, Don Shaffer, Seth Goldman, Tim Freundlich, Josh Becker, Steve Mariotti, Julie Cantor, Peter Liu, Ron Grzywinski, and Katherine Fulton.

Special thanks to the following people whom I had the privilege to work with in collecting and synthesizing the many voices and ideas into our letter of shared priorities:

David Brodwin, New Voice of Business
David Levine, Green Harvest Technologies
Deb Nelson, Social Venture Network
Kris Prendergast, Social Enterprise Alliance
Heerad Sabeti, Fourth Sector Network

Thank you for your support. Together we move forward!

Sincerely,
Doug Hammond
Executive Director
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
415-255-1108
http://www.livingeconomies.org

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http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5407/t/5509/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=296
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