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Retake Our Democracy Zoominar Panel on Public Bank Legislation
Retake Our Democracy Zoominar Panel on Public Bank Legislation
We had a great discussion panel with Retake our Democracy ahead of the 2023 Legislative session. October 26, 2022
VIDEO: Growing a Prosperous Future
VIDEO: Growing a Prosperous Future
Watch our new video about one incredible farm cooperative in Central New Mexico, which provides food, trains farmers, and incubates businesses, talk to us about the financing challenges faced by farmers and small businesses. A Public Bank in New Mexico could be a vital resource to invest in local food production, job creation, and a stronger local economy. Oct 6, 2022
AFLEP Presents to NM Legislative Interim Committee
AFLEP Presents to NM Legislative Interim Committee
On Monday, August 8, 2022 in Gallup NM, AFLEP presented to the Economic Development & Policy Committee (EDPC), an Interim Committee of the New Mexico State Legislature. The EDPC is made up of both Senators and Representatives. AFLEP was represented by Harold Dixon, former President and CEO of State Employees Credit Union, Sarah Manning, AFLEP Outreach Coordinator and Angela Merkert, Executive Director.
Albuquerque local business consultant on how a State Public Bank can benefit our economy
Albuquerque local business consultant on how a State Public Bank can benefit our economy
AFLEP Leadership Team Member and Albuquerque”buy local” business advocate, Clifton Chadwick shares key economic reasons why he supports the creation of a State-Owned Public Bank. March 10, 2022
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Bob Mang on how business guilds can regenerate communities
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Bob Mang on how business guilds can regenerate communities
Bob Mang, Re-Genesis Inc, Co-Founder (Retired) and AFLEP Board member, talks about rural economic development and how business guilds can regenerate communities.Jan 14, 2022
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Angela Merkert on the role of Public Banks in a sustainable economy
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Angela Merkert on the role of Public Banks in a sustainable economy
Angela Merkert, AFLEP Executive Director, speaks about the role of public banks in a robust and sustainable New Mexico economy.
Goals for 2022 NM Legislative Session
Goals for 2022 NM Legislative Session
New Mexico Public Bank FAQs – The Goal for the 2022 Legislative Session: Establish a Public Bank in New Mexico. September 2021
Why is a Public Bank needed in New Mexico?
Why is a Public Bank needed in New Mexico?
New Mexico Public Bank FAQs – Bob Mang, AFLEP Board Treasurer, discusses why a public bank is needed in New Mexico. He explains how a public bank could help with some of the types of loans banks are reluctant to make. September 2021
What is proposed for a Public Bank in New Mexico?
What is proposed for a Public Bank in New Mexico?
New Mexico Public Bank FAQs – Bob Mang, AFLEP Board Treasurer, compares what is proposed for a Public Bank in New Mexico with the 100 year plus, public Bank of North Dakota. September 2021
Challenging Misinformation About a NM State Public Bank
Challenging Misinformation About a NM State Public Bank
By Retake Our Democracy | February 11, 2021
Angela Merkert, Executive Director of Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity spoke on Saturday with Paul Gibson on Retake Our Democracy on KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio about what a State Public Bank is, and what it isn’t.
National Public Banking
Opening Public Banks in California – National Town Hall
Opening Public Banks in California – National Town Hall
Part victory lap and part planning session for the work ahead of them, the California Public Banking Alliance’s March 30th Town Hall, The Nuts & Bolts of Opening Public Banks in California, offered valuable insights into how to win legislative approval for a Public Bank – and how to articulate the economic development benefits.
Keynote: Eric Hardmeyer, retired CEO of Bank of North Dakota
Keynote: Eric Hardmeyer, retired CEO of Bank of North Dakota
CA Public Banking Alliance’s March 30th Town Hall – Opening Public Banks in California
Eric Hardmeyer, CEO for 21 years, detailed the aspects of the Bank of North Dakota he considers responsible for its endurance and its success. To emphasize its role as a banker’s bank, he cited one of its original commitments: “To assist in the development of financial institutions and public corporations within the state.” As a result, BND has been a force to stabilize regional and community banking, saying that in the Crash of 2008, “we had no bank defaults in North Dakota. Zero!”
Know the Difference: Public banking or private banking
Know the Difference: Public banking or private banking
Watch all five of the short video introductions to public banking in the Public Banking Institute’s 2020 video series.
Public banking sweeps across the country
Public banking sweeps across the country
In the years since the financial crisis, vibrant campaigns for public banks have emerged all across the country. The time for public banks in the U.S. has come.
Revolution at the Federal Reserve: Nomi Prins and Thomas Hanna
Revolution at the Federal Reserve: Nomi Prins and Thomas Hanna
The Laura Flanders Show
January 22, 2019
As Jim Yong Kim resigns from the World Bank, we talk about the way central banks steer world development and for whom. Former Goldman Sachs managing director Nomi Prins, author of “Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World,” and public ownership researcher Thomas Hanna believe that banking, and development, could be very different.
A Public Bank for Public Good – The Laura Flanders Show
A Public Bank for Public Good – The Laura Flanders Show
June 12, 2018
Public Bank NYC — Is a public bank in the financial capital of the world possible? How would that public bank help worker co-ops, students, entrepreneurs, and more? Guests from New York’s New Economy Project, Lower Eastside Peoples Federal Credit Union and Enlace discuss banking for profit to banking for people.
How Central Bankers Rigged the World with Nomi Prins – The Laura Flanders Show
How Central Bankers Rigged the World with Nomi Prins – The Laura Flanders Show
The Laura Flanders Show
June 12, 2018
The Bank of North Dakota — Its History and Operation
The Bank of North Dakota — Its History and Operation
North Dakota has a public bank – a bank that has been owned and operated by the people of North Dakota since 1919. Because of the Bank of North Dakota, the state weathered the crisis of 2008 far better than most. North Dakota has not had a single local bank failure in more than 20 years. This documentary, produced by Prairie Public Broadcasting, presents the bank’s history, its current operation, and how it benefits the state.
San Francisco Public Bank PSA
On Contact: The History of Debt Forgiveness
Access to Capital in New Mexico is Tightening
by Angela Merkert, Executive Director, AFLEP — With the challenges in the financial system—banks closing, fintech gaining market space, interest rates rising—lending for small businesses is decreasing. One recent business article reported that the U.S. loan approval...
The Movement To Stop Dollar Stores From Suffocating Black Communities
By AALLYAH WRIGHT for Capital B News | MAY 17, 2023 — Some say the stores—disproportionately found in low-income, rural, and Black areas—stifle economic growth and job creation and exacerbate food insecurity. For years, the Rev. Donald Perryman wondered why the...
Retake Our Democracy Zoominar Panel on Public Bank Legislation
Retake Our Democracy Zoominar Panel on Public Bank Legislation
We had a great discussion panel with Retake our Democracy ahead of the 2023 Legislative session. October 26, 2022
Albuquerque local business consultant on how a State Public Bank can benefit our economy
Albuquerque local business consultant on how a State Public Bank can benefit our economy
AFLEP Leadership Team Member and Albuquerque”buy local” business advocate, Clifton Chadwick shares key economic reasons why he supports the creation of a State-Owned Public Bank. March 10, 2022
Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
“I had the good fortune to work on this initiative before Bernie kidnapped all my time. This is one of those no-brainer initiatives that only the 1% could oppose. It has the potential to save the state millions of dollars by vastly reducing the cost of its bonds to improve infrastructure funding. in a public bank, our state funds can be used to build our local economy and our local infrastructure.”
– Paul Gibson
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