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The Banking Working Group is focused on direct actions to create awareness about what banking changes are required to move toward a more sustainable economy. This group is also involved in "direct actions" to create public pressure on the banking industry to change. See below for an important education event.  
The Banking Working Group is focused on direct actions to create awareness about what banking changes are required to move toward a more sustainable economy. This group is also involved in "direct actions" to create public pressure on the banking industry to change. See below for an important education event.


Also, see the Sustainable Economy Working Group and other efforts associated with creating a new economy at the [[Occupy the Economy]] page. These efforts include a startup of a Community-Reinvestment Credit Union, a Local Currency, a Good Business Buying Guide, AND MORE!
Also, see the Sustainable Economy Working Group and other efforts associated with creating a new economy at the [[Occupy the Economy]] page. These efforts include a startup of a Community-Reinvestment Credit Union, a Local Currency, a Good Business Buying Guide, AND MORE!


Get educated! Act!
Get educated! Act!


==EDUCATION EVENT on BANKING==
== CONTACT ==


'''Understanding Wall Street Banking & How OCCUPY Can Do Better for the 99%'''
Join our mailing list: [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/bank-action https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/bank-action]


Saturday, May 12th, 5-6:30 pm,  Occupy Boston-General Assembly
For more information on this group, Please contact Ridgely: ridgely fuller @ gmail . com


Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street, Boston
There are upcoming actions for you to participate in!


The Occupy movement has been instrumental in exposing the financial system's complete control of the global economy for the profit of the few. The purpose of OB Bank Working group's presentation is to develop a common knowledge base about the financial sector and to stimulate ideas and actions for creating financial institutions committed to the public good
== Resources ==


Jim Campen is a professor emeritus of economics at the UMass-Boston.  He served from 2007 to 2009 as executive director ofAmericans for Fairness in Lending, which "exists to raise awareness of abusive credit and lending practices and to promote re-regulation of the industry."
* [[Bank Action Materials]] (petitions, flyers, posters, etc)


Fred Moseley  graduated from Stanford and has been teaching economics at Mt Holyoke College since 1989.He has taught  Political Economy, US Economic History, Marxism and  written and published numerous papers including analyses of US economic conditions.
== Events ==


Both speakers are important contributors to [http://www.dollarsandsense.org/ Dollars and Sense], a Boston based democratic and non-hierarchical collective of radical economics graduate students and faculty founded  in 1974. Dollars and Sense publishes a blog, books and a periodical devoted to 'real world economics'.
*[[EDUCATION EVENT on BANKING|EDUCATION EVENT on BANKING 12 May 2012]]


==CONTACT==
== Meeting Minutes ==


For more information on this group, Please contact Ridgely: ridgely fuller @ gmail . com
*[[Bank Action WG - 20 June 2012]]
*[[Bank Action WG - 13 June 2012]]
*[[Bank Action WG - 6 June 2012]]


There are upcoming actions for you to participate in!


[[Category:Working groups]]
[[Category:Inactive Working Groups|Banking Actions]]
[[Category:Banking Actions WG|Banking_Actions_WG]]

Latest revision as of 21:29, 22 January 2013

The Banking Working Group is focused on direct actions to create awareness about what banking changes are required to move toward a more sustainable economy. This group is also involved in "direct actions" to create public pressure on the banking industry to change. See below for an important education event.

Also, see the Sustainable Economy Working Group and other efforts associated with creating a new economy at the Occupy the Economy page. These efforts include a startup of a Community-Reinvestment Credit Union, a Local Currency, a Good Business Buying Guide, AND MORE!

Get educated! Act!

CONTACT

Join our mailing list: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/bank-action

For more information on this group, Please contact Ridgely: ridgely fuller @ gmail . com

There are upcoming actions for you to participate in!

Resources

Events

Meeting Minutes

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