Paul Glover (activist) explained

Paul Glover (born July 18, 1947) is a community organizer, author, and former university professor currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Community work

Glover published local histories of Ithaca starting in the 1970s with Glad Day Press. In 1992, he founded the Ithaca Hours, one of the first local currency systems. He said he founded it because there wasn't enough money in the local community.

He founded of the Philadelphia Orchard Project, the Citizen Planners of Los Angeles[1] and the Ithaca Health Alliance,[2] He is author of several books on community economic development,[3] a former professor of urban studies at Temple University,[4] and Ecological economics[5] at Philadelphia University.

He consults as Greenplanners and speaks on community economic development.

Glover suffered a stroke in January 2019.[6] [7]

Political career

Glover was the Green Party candidate for mayor of Ithaca, New York, in 2003.[8]

Glover participated in the Green Party's presidential primaries in 2004.[9]

Glover was the Green Party candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in 2014[10] and 2018.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Citizen Planners: Designing Eco-Los Angeles . Glover . Paul . Spring 1984 . paulglover.org.
  2. Web site: Ithaca Health Alliance - Free Clinic . ithacahealth.org.
  3. Web site: Books by Paul Glover . paulglover.org . 2013-06-04.
  4. Web site: Ecological Economics . paulglover.org.
  5. Web site: Glover's Student Evaluations . paulglover.org.
  6. Web site: The School for Designing a Society. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/224569377585276/2543367095705481 . 2022-02-26 . limited. .
  7. Web site: Patch Adams. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/13924829474/10156589436429475 . 2022-02-26 . limited. .
  8. Web site: Paul Glover for Mayor of Ithaca, NY . paulglover.org.
  9. Paul Glover to discuss the Ithaca HOUR, an alternative form of money, during lecture at King's . 7 April 2010 . 10 February 2013 . Wilkes-Barre, PA . King's College . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021416/http://www2.kings.edu/news/04-10/glover.htm . 3 December 2013.
  10. Web site: Candidates for Governor . Committee of Seventy . dead . https://archive.today/20140327021743/http://www.seventy.org/Elections_Candidates_for_Governor.aspx . 27 March 2014 . 28 March 2014 .
  11. Green Party of Pennsylvania Announces Seven Candidates for 2018 State and National Election . 27 March 2018 . 10 May 2018 . Green Party of Pennsylvania.
  12. Web site: Hometown Money: How to Enrich Your Community with Local Currency.

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