BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2723460:Event:20703 DTSTAMP:20260408T002612Z SUMMARY:Teach-in: It's Time to Break Up the Banks DESCRIPTION:***A teach-in promoted by Transition Whatcom Personal Fina nce Work Group***\n\nTired of bank bailouts, banker bonuses and credit default swaps while basic human services are de-funded? You ain’t s een nothing yet, until the next financial meltdown. With 6 banks now i n control of 60% of GDP, and still gambling after all these years, we re headed for “Financial Collapse 2.0, Where Did all the Money Go? ” A teach-in for our times, how we the people can re-structure Wall Street.\n\nSpecial speakers:\n\nDr. Simon Johnson, Professor of Econom ics at Sloan School of Management, MIT, former chief economist of the IMF, discusses his new book, 13 Bankers, The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown. He has covered PBS, NPR, “Atlantic” M agazine, Colbert and Bill Maher shows about breaking up the “too big to fail” banks. While bank lobbies spend $1 million per day to defe at financial reform, he is our one-man lobby. See him live and ask que stions.\n\nKristi Laguzza-Boosman, M.A., former outreach coordinator K CTS Channel 9, author of Plan B, Recalibrating an Economy in Decline, Building an Economy in Balance- will discuss relocalizing for a post-c arbon era, and we will present the “Move Your Money” campaign, out of national monopolies, into local and nonprofit banks. (see Huffingt on Post).\n\nSponsored by Bellingham chapter “A New Way Forward”, (member of Americans for Financial Reform Coalition), and Whatcom Prog ressive Grassroots Network, Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, Connectin g the Dots, Western Associated Students, Western Dems, Community Food Co-op, Jobs with Justice.\n\nAdmission free, donations gladly accepted . Questions? 671-3590\n\nFor more information visit https://transition whatcom.ning.com/events/teachin-its-time-to-break-up DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20100511T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20100511T183000 CATEGORIES:speakers LOCATION:First Congregational Church WEBSITE:http://www.anewwayforward.org/node/323 URL:http://www.anewwayforward.org/node/323 CONTACT:671-3590 ORGANIZER:Dianne Foster ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Juliet T hompson":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JulietThompson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Stephani e Davis":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/StephanieDavis ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Keith Fo ecke":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/KeithFoecke ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dianne F oster":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DianneFoster ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Judith C ulver":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JudithCulver ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Terese VanAssche":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/TereseVanAssche ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Alys Ke nnedy":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/AlysKennedy ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Robert Plant":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/RobertGrow ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Heather K":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR