Occupy

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  Big Ideas from the CU Water Cooler Symposium: An Audio-Visual Roundup

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  October 16, 2012

  Here's an audio-visual roundup of some of the best speakers and ideas shared at the CU Water Cooler Symposium held Oct. 4-5 in Nashville, Tenn.

• 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.

• Occupy Activists See Progress in Vermont Federal Talks

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 5, 2012

  Credit union finding common ground with activists.

• 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 Activist: First Vermont Federal Board Meeting ‘Went Well’

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 22, 2012

  Eric Davis, the Occupy activist who was elected to the board of the $346 million Vermont Federal Credit Union board, has attended his first meeting.

• 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.

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  BTD Founder Christian Thanks Industry, Rebuffs Vermont Occupy Jab

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  June 14, 2012

  Bank Transfer Day founder Kristen Christian says she's grateful to the credit union industry while a Vermont Occupy activist says the credit is misplaced.

• 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.