Now available: companion “how to” guides for those new to giving presentations or tabling events. As the benefits of public banking become more widely known, more potential allies are seeking answers. We’ve created several useful new tools that can help you quickly communicate key concepts. If you are new to making presentations or tabling events, or would like …
With newly printed PBI trifold brochures in hand, Nelson Betancourt took the message of public banking to the people by setting up a tent at VegFest, which took place at Orlando Festival Park. Nelson writes: Our non-profit organization, AWAKENING/art & culture, took the initiative to set up a vendor tent at Veg Fest — a fantastic festival …
New Mexico advocacy organization the Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity (AFLEP) and Retake Our Democracy are co-hosting a public banking webinar on Wednesday, October 26. Details from AFLEP: Join AFLEP Executive Director Angela Merkert and AFLEP Public Bank Campaign Director / retired banker Harold Dixon to discover precisely how a state public bank would collaborate, not compete, …
New Mexico webinar Oct 26, 8pm ET / 6pm MT / 5pm PT— Creating a Public Bank in NM Read More
Watch the Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity’s (AFLEP) new video about one incredible farm cooperative in Central New Mexico, which provides food, trains farmers, and incubates businesses. The coop describes the financing challenges faced by local farmers and small businesses. A Public Bank in New Mexico could be a vital resource to invest in local food production, …
This week’s NIB Coalition Town Hall on Thursday, October 27 will focus on the latest news about the inflation war. PBI Chair Ellen Brown, PBI Senior Advisor Walt McRee, and Cornell Professor and PBI Advisory Board member Robert Hockett are on the panel and have some new insights to share. From the Coalition for a National …
Mike Krauss, one of the original founders of Public Banking Institute, passed away October 10th at his home in Mexico. He was a powerful speaker and bipartisan organizer. Our colleagues gave us these tributes: Marc Armstrong: “I got to know Mike Krauss as we launched the Public Banking Institute back in late fall of 2010. …
Eric Hardmeyer, the long term president and CEO of the Bank of North Dakota, will unfortunately not be able to speak at this event, but his very articulate and effective video presentation organized by the New York Public Banking Coalition will enlighten us about banking in the public interest and the proper use of the …
Please join Emmy Award-winning author Steven Fenberg, Public Banking Institute Chair and author Ellen Brown, and macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy for the timely Zoom presentation “Rebuild the Nation with a New Reconstruction Finance Corporation.” The compelling forum will examine the primary role the Roosevelt era Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) played in rescuing the nation from the …
Please join Cornell University Edward Cornell Professor of Law and Finance Robert Hockett, Washington State Senator Robert Hasegawa, New Mexico State Senator Bill Tallman, and PBI Senior Advisor Walt McRee for a Town Hall zoom event. Via the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank: Fed Chair Jerome Powell, NY Fed Pres. John Williams and their public promoter former Treasury Secretary …
Modern Money Mechanics Professor Rohan Grey, president of the Modern Money Network and a noted leader in both MMT, the digital eCash campaign, and public banking, speaks with Ellen and Walt about how these new dimensions of money management are changing our thinking about money and public monetary policy. [Watch video]
Despite Congress having passed two major infrastructure bills in the last year, over $2 trillion in much-needed infrastructure is still unfunded, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In her latest ScheerPost article, PBI Chair Ellen Brown outlines how approaches used in the past can be duplicated today to fund critical needs including projects to address drought, affordable housing, high-speed …
Via Public Bank East Bay: Northern California Grantmakers and the San Francisco Foundation came together in July to showcase our project to a large network of foundations and other interested parties. This was an entirely informational event. The recording is an excellent explainer on public banking and our project, featuring: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl’s superb introduction – 1:16 …
Video spotlight: Public Bank East Bay presents project to regional foundations Read More
