Paul Glover (activist)
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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.<ref name=pg1 /><ref name=pg2 />Template:R
He founded of the Philadelphia Orchard Project,<ref name=pg3 /> the Citizen Planners of Los Angeles<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Ithaca Health Alliance,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Failed verification He is author of several books on community economic development,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a former professor of urban studies at Temple University,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Ecological economics<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> at Philadelphia University.
He consults as Greenplanners and speaks on community economic development.<ref name=gg4 />Template:When
Glover suffered a stroke in January 2019.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Political career
Glover was the Green Party candidate for mayor of Ithaca, New York, in 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Glover participated in the Green Party's presidential primaries in 2004.<ref name=gg>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Glover was the Green Party candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in 2014<ref name=gg2>Template:Cite web</ref> and 2018.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Bibliography
- Hometown Money: How to Enrich Your Community with Local Currency, 2013<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>