Occupy

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  Occupy Founders Aim for 2013 Opening for People’s Reserve Credit Union

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  October 14, 2012

  Occupy movement activists in San Francisco first announced plans for People’s Reserve Credit Union, an in-the-works cooperative designed to serve local communities and take a stand against the city’s for-profit banks, in November 2011. The project is now well under way, with board and advisory committee meetings taking place and...

• Occupy-Inspired Credit Union Another Step Near Launch, Organizers Say

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  September 28, 2012

  Raising capital, board and committee activity fuels development of People’s Reserve CU as state regulators give nod.

• Vermont Occupiers Spin New National Idea

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  August 2, 2012

  Group considers taking 'Members for Credit Union Democracy' idea nationwide.

• Transfer Day Founder Thanks Industry, Scorns Vermont Attack

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 25, 2012

  Eight months after Bank Transfer Day, Kristen Christian, its California founder, reiterated her gratitude to both industry leaders as well as frontline staffers for providing her a life-changing appreciation of credit unions, something that she said has made her a better American.

• Occupy Member Elected to Vermont Credit Union

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 18, 2012

  Vermont’s fourth largest credit union, the $346 million Vermont Federal Credit Union, may be charting new ground in dealing with the Occupy movement. It now has a Burlington activist on its board.

• Occupy Activist Elected to Vermont Federal Board

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 13, 2012

  University of Vermont research assistant wins spot on credit union board after contested, publicized campaign.

• BTD Redux: Wesleyan Students Invite Credit Unions to Campus for ‘Bank Transfer Week’

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 2, 2012

  A Connecticut college campus became the setting for a spring version of last fall’s Bank Transfer Day in the past several days.

• San Francisco Occupy Activist Says CU Plans Moving Ahead

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 29, 2012

  Nine-member board for proposed People's Reserve Credit Union said to be nearly in place.

• With CU Spin, Occupy Slates Los Angeles Rally Saturday

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 24, 2012

  Session in Irvine city hall aimed at promoting new federation of credit unions.

• Massachusetts CU Manager Condemns Occupy Movement

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 28, 2011

  Tina Mooney, CEO/manager at RAH Federal Credit Union, did not hold back on her long list of criticisms of the Occupy movement.