Please join Be The Change and Joe Salazar on April 27 to hear about his campaign for Attorney General and support his campaign.

We are supporting Joe Salazar because he shares our values when it comes to the economy, health and safety of the residents of Colorado and the protection of the environment of our beautiful state.

Help us get him elected as the next Attorney General of Colorado!

When: Friday, April 27, 5:30-7:30 PM

Where:  Home of Phil Doe – 7140 S Depew, in Littleton.

Suggested donation:

Host:            $100
Cohost:        $50
Supporter:  $25 (or whatever you can afford)

See you Friday, April 27!

If you can’t make it, you can still donate:   https://secure.actblue.com/donate/changeforjoe

On January 31, Be The Change USA hosts an outstanding conference on Public Banking:  Banking on Colorado – Prosperity For All.

The conference features three nationally renown experts on Public Banking – Ellen Brown, Mike Krauss, and Gwen Hallsmith, plus Nomi Prins, a  former Director at Goldman Sachs.

The conference aims to educate public officials and citizens of Colorado about the role a public bank could play in creating a more sustainable, democratic economy, and motivate them to act.

When: Saturday, January 31st, 1PM – 8:30PM
Where: The First Universalist Church of Denver, 4101 E Hampden Ave in Denver

Click the links below for:

• The complete conference program
• Conference registration

This conference aims to educate public officials and citizens of Colorado about the role a public bank could play in creating a more sustainable, democratic economy, and motivate them to act.

When:   January 31st, 1PM – 8:30PM
Where: The First Universalist Church of Denver, 4101 E Hampden Ave in Denver

Registration Fee: 

• $25, or $10 for students with a valid student ID
• $15 extra for dinner (optional)

National Speakers:

Nomi Prins

Senior Fellow at Demos, former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs; former Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns
Author, All the Presidents’ Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power and It Takes A Pillage: Epic Tale of Power, Deceit & Untold Trillions

Ellen Hodgson Brown

Founder, President Emerita, and Senior Advisor, Public Banking Institute
Author, Web of Debt and The Public Bank Solution

Gwendolyn Hallsmith

Executive Director, Public Banking Institute
Author, Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies and The Key to Sustainable Cities

Mike Krauss

Chairman, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Public Bank Project
Founding Board Member, Public Banking Institute

ATTEND A BOOK SIGNING AND FREE COMMUNITY FORUM

WITH DAVID COBB (NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR MOVE TO AMEND)

AND JEFFREY CLEMENTS (AUTHOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE)

When: Monday, October 27, 2014, 7:00—8:30 p.m.
Where: The Mercury Cafe (Upstairs)
2199 California Street,
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 294-9258

Join these two leaders of the American “Pro-Democracy Movement” as they discuss the devastating impact that “Corporate personhood” has on our small “d”/ small “r” democratic republic, and what WE THE PEOPLE can do to take back the political power that has been stolen from us by Global Corporations and the moneyed elites.

Clements’ book “Corporations are NOT People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations” will be available for purchase and signing.

Admission is free.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Light food and beverage service will be available.

Brought to you by the Colorado BDS Campaign, a coalition of groups working in unity to end the Israeli occupation through boycott, divestment and sanctions.

When: Saturday, April 13th, 1-5 PM

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Join ArgusFest along with local and national media reform activists, authors, and journalists at the Denver Welcome party for the National Conference for Media Reform. Thursday, April 4, Argusfest will host the U.S. Premiere of  the documentary Shadows of Liberty, which looks at how the corporate media misleads the American people. The film will be followed by a discussion with Amy Goodman and Jean-Philippe Tremblay. Then at 9 PM we will have live music featuring Jonny 5 (from the Flobots), Laura Goldhamer, DJ RIPM, and DJ Cavem. National anti-poverty organizer and the 2012 Green Party Vice-Presidential nominee Cheri Honkala will also be joining us to say a few words about the state of our media. It’s going to be a great night with a lot of great people.

 When: Thursday, April 4    7:00 PM – FILM       9:00PM – MUSIC

Where: Mercury Cafe,  2199 California St., Denver

$10-$20 suggested donation

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