Banking on Colorado: Bringing Our Money Home Conference Videos

Supported by a grant from the Denver FoundationBe the Change — USA, along with the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center and the Public Banking Institute, hosted a conference in Denver on Saturday, January 31, 2015, Banking on Colorado: Bringing Our Money HomeWe present here videos 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


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