Category: Events

Updates on CPE events

  • Thank you for SI 2026 <3

    A brick wall with green graffiti that says "Hampshire Will Live Forever"
    CPE Director Will Chaney introducing CPE's popular education methods
    Participants sitting at desks in a classroom with an economic history timeline on the wall behind them

    At the end of June, we held our 2026 CPE Summer Institute: Challenging Capitalism in Troubled Times and Building Collective Futures. We’ve been left with gratitude, solidarity and renewed enthusiasm for change thanks to all the people who made this wonderful event happen: nearly 40 participants who came from as far as Puerto Rico to Quebec, our CPE facilitator team, and all the Hampshire College staff that helped us pull this off.

    This year’s SI took place in an especially unique environment, with the impending closure of Hampshire College casting doubt on the ability to use this beautiful space to convene and build solidarity in the future. Supported by participants who were Hampshire alumni, Hampshire Next, and other groups convening at Hampshire, we took time to apply our learnings to the concrete situation at hand: how could Hampshire College be transformed to maintain democratic, radical forms of education long into the future?

    If you’d like us to hold a workshop for your organization that helps participants understand our economic system and use that knowledge to transform the world around them, please get in touch with us.

  • A look back at Summer Institute 2025

    A look back at Summer Institute 2025

    In July 2025, CPE hosted over 35 activists from across the country at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA for our Summer Institute.

    CPE’s Staff Economists led a four-day workshop in radical economics that covered the history of global capitalism; economics of racism and patriarchy; colonialism and imperialism; and alternative economic systems. It applied CPE’s unique pedagogical approach which involves co-producing the learning experience, inviting participants to connect the concepts discussed to their practical experience to build new knowledge together.

    Summer Institute facilitators smiling at a check-in table
    Facilitators welcoming participants to the 2025 Summer Institute!
    A Summer Institute participant presenting rapid research in front of a canvas covered with sticky notes
    A Summer Institute participant presenting their rapid research during a workshop
    A Summer Institute facilitator laughing with some participants during an outdoor activity at the Summer Institute
    CPE Facilitators laughing with participants
    Summer Institute participants listening to a brief lecture in a classroom
    Summer Institute participants listening during a lecture on imperialism
    CPE Director leading an activity in a classroom filled with seated participants
    CPE Director leading a classroom activity during the Summer Institute
    Participants discuss the approaches and ideas of past revolutionaries in a park
    The last day of workshops was held outside at a park to take advantage of the great weather!
    Summer Institute facilitators leading a discussion amongst seated and standing participants in Pulaski Park, Northampton
    Facilitators leading a workshop on the last day at Pulaski Park in Northampton
    Summer institute facilitators and participants with their fists raised outside Hampshire College
    Summer Institute Facilitators and participants enjoying some sun at Hampshire College

    Learn more about Summer Institute 2025 here and stay tuned for the link to register for SI 2026 in the coming days!