Major National Event Catalyzing the Public Banking Movement

[Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute]

Event: Public Banking for Public Prosperity: A Declaration of Financial Independence and Local Sovereignty

A Major National Event! Public Banking for Public Prosperity: A Declaration of Financial Independence, Reclaiming Our Sovereignty  2026 National Public Banking Institute Conference Mark the dates! When: October 21 - 24 Where: Philadelphia, PA (Friends Center) How: (Registration Link to be Provided soon so stay tuned! Sign onto the PBI website for early notices.) The movement to create publicly-owned banks in America has acquired national momentum and a new urgency. With systemically growing economic inequities and financially-challenged government institutions, the adoption of public banks for safer, more productive management of public funds is being recognized as a proven and transformative institutional alternative. Since 2011, the Public Banking Institute (PBI) has educated and mobilized a national network of advocates in over 30 states. Now, during our Nation’s 250th birthday, it’s time to honor our historical past by empowering a new era of civic commitment to establish public financial institutions that are “of, by and for the People” This national conference takes place in Philadelphia from October 21st to the 24th and will bring together prominent voices and experts from economics, banking, public policy, academia, government, community development and public activism.  The conference, titled “Public Banking, Public Prosperity: A Declaration of Financial Independence” intends to catalyze the national public banking movement at an historical time of challenging national issues of economics and democracy. With a focus on unifying organizational collaborations to facilitate public bank adoption, a practical new strength will emerge to expand and carry the movement forward. Among planned conference topics: -      Examining the Public Money Predicament -      Creating a Revolution for Democratically-controlled Public Finance -      The Impacts of Wall Street’s Hold on Public Dollars -      The Public Bank Solution -      The Critical Partnership of Community Banks -      How Banks Create New Money and Why We Can Too -      The Bank of North Dakota’s president Don Morgan -      Reviving Local Economies and Economic Sectors -      Empowering the Public Banking Movement -      Launching the new Public Banking Community Action Network -      A Study of Local Public Banking Effort -      Creating Public Financial Catalysts Invited Speakers Include: Don Morgan, President, Bank of North Dakota Dr. Scott Ferguson – University of South Florida Chris Armitage – the Existentialist Republic Dr. Richard Werner, International Banking Expert, Economist, Professor Oscar Perry Abello, Editor Next City Dr. Chris Desan, Prof. of Finance Law, Harvard Law School Dr. Ellen H. Brown, Author & Activist “Web of Debt” and “The Public Bank Solution” Sponsored by the Public Banking Institute Coloradans! A movement is building that will transform our cities and counties, and the state ... a Public Banking Community Action Network for Colorado and its cities, whose purpose will be to help people organize for the establishment public banks, that will empower your city, county, or state government to achieve its many infrastructure needs: schools, roads, transportation, broadband, housing, and more; and to provide abundant capital for SMEs -- local businesses that are the backbone of the job market and economic innovation -- Small and Medium sized Enterprises, mom & pop shops that provide community services. Join this transformative movement and Declare our Financial Independence from Wall Street, and Reclaim our Sovereign right to establish our own Public Institutions, to enact into state law and local ordinances our own Banks that are Of, By, and For the People! SIGN UP FOR FREE and get connected to your community of public bank supporters. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/signup-and-get-connected-to-your-public-banking-local-action-network?source=direct_link&   We have a Local Public Banking Draft Bill for Colorado! After more than 600 hours of research, analysis, discussion, debate, drafting, and editing, the Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute and the Colorado Public Banking Coalition Steering Committee have completed two bills. The first is a State of Colorado Bill to Authorize Local Public Banks.   In addition, the General Assembly’s Legislative Legal Services has issued an opinion that a local home rule city or county could establish its own public bank without state legislation if it confines its operations to its own community. Only Pitkin and Weld countries are home rule at this time, but our state bill to authorize ES banks would enable all other counties. We also drafted a bill to create a state public bank. (Bill for a Colorado State Public Bankl)  Our board of directors plans to engage in a Strategic Planning session to plan the establishment of a city, county, or state public bank, and how to go about it to best achieve our goals. Please send us your thoughts on the matter. Thank you team! Two candidates for the 2026 State Treasurer election are strong supporters of a State of Colorado Public Bank! Check out all State Treasurer campaign sites to find out.   Now we need your help to get public banks established in every city, county, and the state of Colorado.   The first step is to please sign the CPBC Letter in Support of Public Banking -- thank you!   Visit our NEW Website Please donate what you can $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 or more. Every penny will be used to get a foothold for public banks in Colorado. All the efforts of the Board & our volunteers are all unpaid. In fact, our 12 member board donate monthly to this effort. So we appreciate all the help we can get. Volunteering helps enormously. Click the START HERE button below to offer your skills for this crucial public banking effort in Colorado. V Donate to Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute   "With your support and effort we will turn the tide." START HERE (35 secs)

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