Supported by a grant from the Denver Foundation, Be the Change — USA, along with the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center and the Public Banking Institute, hosted a conference in Denver in 2015, Banking on Colorado: Bringing Our Money Home. Videos here are from the entire event.
Introductory Address – Nomi Prins: Wall Street and the Concentration of Wealth in the Big Six Banks
Panel 1: Digging Deeper into Public Banking
Moderator: Michael O’Neill, Chief Compliance Officer, Colorado National Bank
Ellen Brown, Founder of Public Banking Institute, and Author
Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute, and Author
Mike Krauss, Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Bank Project
Panel 2: The Challenge: The Need for Local Funding
Moderator: Dennis Gallagher, Auditor for the City of Denver
Student Loans: Roshan Bliss, Student and Youth Organizer
Renewable Energy: Amanda Bybee, Director, Strategic Planning & Initiatives, Namaste Solar
Family Farms: August Miller, Owner, Foodshed Products
Community Banking: Michael O’Neill, Chief Compliance Officer, Colorado National Bank
Panel 3: The Response: Public Banking
Moderator: Dennis Gallagher, Auditor for the City of Denver
Karl Beitel, Director of the Public Banking Project, San Francisco, and Author
Ellen Brown, Founder of Public Banking Institute, and Author
Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute
Mike Krauss, Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Bank Project
Earl Staelin, Board Member, Be the Change
Keynote Address – Nomi Prins: Financial Autonomy: From Greece to North Dakota to Colorado
Call to Action Keynote Address – Ellen Brown: Banking on Colorado: Why the State Needs Its Own Bank
Call to Action – Mike Krauss
Thanks go to Jason Bosch, ArgusFest, for producing these videos, aided by Dave Gardner on the second camera. Jason’s videos can be seen on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/argusfest/playlists
