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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Special Session 2</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 60px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #313131;"><span style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;">At the time of this event,<strong style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> Alice Maggio </strong>was the Program Director for the Local Currency Initiative at the</span> <a href="http://www.centerforneweconomics.org/" target="[object Object]" style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-decoration-line: none; color: #0075b4;">Schumacher Center for a New Economics</a>. She currently works as a Senior Project Officer at <a href="https://www.theworkingworld.org/us/" target="[object Object]">The Working World NGO</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 60px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #313131;"><span style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;"><strong style="text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Thompson</strong> is an urban planner, political scientist, and Professor at MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He currently serves as Deputy Mayor for strategic policy initiatives for New York City. One of the primary focuses of his work is building on the theory and practice of economic democracy. </span></p>
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