‘Community Currency’ at First Friday event

DEXTER — DDATT’s next First Friday public get-together will be May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Abbott Memorial Library with “Community Currency” as the subject of a few short videos and then discussion. This topic should segue with the “This Changes Everything” theme of critically looking at the current economic system and how to reshape it for better purposes.

Money can be anything that people in a community will accept as carrying on its basic functions, which are to provide a unit of value, a medium of exchange, and a store of value. Throughout history many different forms of money have been created with a number of forms being used simultaneously within the same community. Each form has various advantages and disadvantages. These need to be reassessed with modern technology and in the context of the objective of creating for individual communities an autonomous banking and monetary system.

For more information, contact 924-3836.