Public Bank East Bay General Membership Meeting

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When:
October 29, 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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2018-10-29T19:00:00-07:00
Where:
Sports Basement
2727 Milvia St
Berkeley, CA 94703
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Meeting at a new location – all are welcome! Help us further the continuing effort to establish a public bank!

We have been working on building support for the bank from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. You can help! Let your supervisor know that you’re their constituent, and you support creating a public bank for the East Bay. To find out which of the five districts you’re in, check out this district map or enter your address in this finder.

Here are the telephone numbers:

  • District 1: (510) 272-6691    Scott Haggerty
  • District 2: (510) 272-6692    Richard Valle
  • District 3: (510) 272-6693    Wilma Chan
  • District 4: (510) 272-6694    Nate Miley
  • District 5: (510) 272-6695    Keith Carson

If you live in District 1 Dublin, Fremont, Sunol, Livermoree, and the County’s southeast we’d love for you tto join us in a yet-to-be-scheduled meeting with Supervisor Scott Haggerty. Please shoot us an email at contact@friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org.

Reaching out in Alameda County

Beyond the Board, we’re starting to reach out to potential allies throughout Alameda County. Please help scale up our outreach to encompass this huge area! We recommend two great resources to aid you in your efforts.

This fact-packed explainer from the Next System Project makes a great introduction to public banking.

And this short video from the Public Banking Institute, Banks and Superpowers, is another fine resource. It shows how banks actually create money from nothing when they make a loan. In deciding whom to lend to�builders of fossil-fuel pipelines or for-profit prisons, say�private banks wield tremenddous power to determine our future. In contrast, public banks use the money-creation superpower to lend for the public good, bringing us the world we want to see.

Los Angeles

Our comrades at Public Bank LA are working hard to pass Measure B, which would clear the way for LA to establish its own public bank. They’ve produced this excellent video explaining public banking from an Angelino point of view. And here’s an interview with Phoenix Goodman, co-founder of Public Bank LA.

The Yes on B campaign needs our financial support�you can donate <here.

Please share the videos and the donation page with everyone you know in LA!

Doughnut Economics discussion group

Our friends at Strike Debt Bay Area are starting a new group to talk about Doughnut Economics: 7 ways to think like a 21st century economist, a book by the British economist Kate Raworth. The first meeting is at 4:00 on Saturday, November 10. Come to Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland. For more information, email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com.

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