Personal Finance Workgroup

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We agree that people and households that are financially secure are more resilient, and our community will be more resilient if its members are more financially secure.

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Initiative to start a public Washington state bank gets some press

Thought this article by Ellen Brown of Truth Out might be of interest to this group. "Bills were introduced on January 18, in both the House and Senate of the Washington State Legislature, that add Washington to the growing number of states now actively moving to create public banking…

By Rob Olason

Jan 24, 2011

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Legalize Local Investing

See my cross-post of Asher Miller's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Occupation" and see Michael Shuman's post on "…

By David MacLeod

Nov 11, 2011

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Move Your Money Campaign

I am copying Katie's comment here first so that all comments related to this discussion will be together.

By Shirley Jacobson

Oct 5, 2010

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Poverty/Unemployment and Sustainable Economics

Optimal personal finance management requires knowledge of the short and long-term economic trend. How we allocate our life energy and resources individually and collectively will affect our quality of life and survival. But we do this necessarily through an economic system – and not by choice. …

By Behrouz

Aug 27, 2011

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Whatcom Investing Network Planning

I thought I would start a new thread about our local investing project, Whatcom Investing Network, as we move into the planning phase. Tasks we need help with:legal research - any legal advice on forming this type of investing network is usefulwebsite development - reviewing and fleshing out…

By Caitlin Quigley

May 5, 2011

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Ingredients of Transition: Investing in Transition

Cross Posting from Transition Culture Ingredients of Transition: Investing in Transition by Rob Hopkins…

By David MacLeod

May 3, 2011

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Local Investing

This discussion page is for our efforts towards local investing.

By Caitlin Quigley

Oct 25, 2010

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Debt

This is a great show for folks working on debt. Airs on CNBC 7-8, and 10-11 on Saturday evenings. http://www.cnbc.com/id/33421145/

By Shirley Jacobson

Mar 21, 2011

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2/6/11 Meeting Notes

In attendance: Judith Culver, David Marshak, Laura Sellens, Dianne Foster, Shirley Jacobson, Caitlin Quigley We are moving forward in planning the Move Your Money Campaign. Our tentative event date is Saturday, April 16 from 1-4pm.The basic program will be:-speaker (30-40 min)-short movie from…

By Caitlin Quigley

Feb 7, 2011

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1/9/2011 Meeting Notes

1/9/11 Personal Finance Workgroup meeting notesIn attendance: Caitlin Quigley, David Marshak, Judith Culver, Shirley Jacobsen, Dianne Foster, Laura SellensAgenda: Go over survey results and begin planning Move your Money CampaignSurvey Results: -clear interest shown on both sides, investors and…

By Caitlin Quigley

Jan 10, 2011

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