Pledge Drive
April 4th (Monday) thru April 15th (Friday)
Pledge to change your bank! Sign up at the table located near the Ambassador’s Desk (first floor), Berkeley City College
Credit Unions & Community Banks will be in the BCC Atrium (basement level) on April 12th & April 13th from 12-1:30 to answer your specific questions about their services.
Come to the Teach-In:
How the Big Banks Stole Our Education
Tuesday, April 12th - BCC Auditorium - 12:15 pm - 1:15pm
Featuring:
Catherine Austin Fitts, Founder, Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC
Dennis Bernstein, Radio host for Flashpoints, 94.1 KPFA
Joanne Gifford, Spokesperson for US Uncut
Learn about how the education budget cuts are linked to the misdeeds of the major banks, and what we can do about it.
Move Your Money Community Day
Wednesday, April 13th - BCC Atrium - 12:15 pm - 1:15pm
Art, Music and Free Speech - by BCC students and faculty
These events are sponsored by the Civic Engagement Club.
Contact us at: bcccivicengagement@gmail.com
For more info keep your eye on our BCC Move Your Money blog.
Read this book!
Shock Doctrine: The Rise and Fall of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine
See this movie!
Inside Job by Charles Ferguson
http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob
Good website resources:
Facts about the education budget cuts and organizing tools
http://www.againstcuts.org
Video by local activist surfer Kyle Thiermann
http://claimyourchange.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/claim-your-change-movie
Letter to the editor by Joanne Gifford, Spokesperson for US Uncut
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_cf797564-5a46-11e0-9323-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story
...from corporate banks and into socially responsible credit unions and community banks.
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