Solidarity Economy Initiative is a project of Massachusetts-based social movement groups and funder-allies that resources base-building groups to "build the new" as a symbiotic strategy with their essential resistance work. SEI funds "Just Transition" projects through the Solidarity Economy Fund, a pooled grant-making vehicle governed by SEI's grassroots leaders.

In the face of the coronavirus crisis and economic crash, grassroots groups across Massachusetts have been among the first responders, working around the clock to provide relief for urgent community needs while building the community resilience necessary to weather future storms. The Mass Redistribution Fund invited those who received pandemic stimulus funds and are able, to join the #ShareMyCheck movement and donate to grassroots relief efforts that combine emergency pandemic response with long-term base-building and community organizing.​

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The Boston Ujima Project is a cooperative business, arts and investment ecosystem built by and for Boston's working class Black, Indigenous and communities of color.  The Ujima network of community solutions includes a time bank, grassroots community standards, local business alliance and the Ujima Fund, the nation's first democratic investment fund. 

CED is a founding member of the United Frontline Table (UFT), a national network of grassroots coalitions fighting for environmental justice, safe and affordable housing, Indigenous sovereignty, robust labor rights and a solidarity economy that works for both people and the planet.  UFT works to mobilize this powerful member base towards a just climate response that meets the immense challenges ahead.

CED helps lead UFT's policy efforts, focused on both shaping federal policy and  implementation at the local, tribal and state levels.  Together we are building a path towards the just and sustainable future envisioned in the People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy.