Professor
Edgar Cahn was featured recently in The Progressivediscussing the
positive role Time Banks could play in Wisconsin, a state that has enacted severe
cuts to education, health care, and voting rights at a time of deep economic
pain. Time Banking is about spending an
hour doing something for somebody in your community, who then has a Time Dollar
to spend on having someone do something for you. It is a very simple idea that
if enacted more broadly would have a profound effect on our society. Read the
full article in The Progressive, "In the Midst of Economic Destruction,
Inspiration."
Professor Edgar Cahn is a Distinguished
Professor of Law and founder of TimeBanks. He teaches Law and Justice,
System Change and directs the Community Service Program. With his late wife, Jean
Camper Cahn, he founded the National Legal Services program and the Antioch
School of Law. Click here to read his full biography.