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About. public bankingStrike Debt advocates a just and sustainable economy, based on common goods, mutual aid, and public affluence. The creation of public bank is a major step forward |
,Click on the video from California to learn more about Public Banks. Then you can select from many choices to hear Ellen Brown speak about how personal debt and publicly owned banks are connected.
Currently Oakland and Berkeley City councils have voted to spend $100,000 to investigate the value of an Oakland Public Bank and a Berkeley Public Bank. Strike Debt Bay Area was behind the educational efforts that brought these 2 cities, with a combined population equal to Portland, to this point. San Francisco is ready to do the same. Power to the people means keeping the peoples money in the state instead of big Wall St. banks. We can do this!
The Berkeley City Council proclaimed May 1, 2018 "Break Up With Your Bank Day" as a way to encourage residents to move their money to socially and environmentally responsible banks.The goal is to spur Berkeley residents to stop doing business with banks that engage in fraudulent practices and that invest in things like fossil fuel infrastructure, pipelines, gun manufacturing, private prisons, and big tobacco. This effort extends the critical groundwork to shift the City's banking business to community banks and credit unions that invest in Bay Area businesses and that better reflect Berkeley's values of social, economic and environmental justice.
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Public Banking Resources The Portland Public Banking Alliance meets on the second Thursday each month starting at 7:30 PM at the First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon St in Portland. |
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Build a public Bank in S.F. - May 19, 2018
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