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<td>Help us promote the NET session: A New Money, Banking
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<td>Mon, 5 Jan 2015 15:25:31 -0800</td>
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<td>Noel Ortega <a href="mailto:noel@ips-dc.org" target="_blank"><noel@ips-dc.org></a></td>
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<td>Noel Ortega <a href="mailto:noel@ips-dc.org" target="_blank"><noel@ips-dc.org></a>, Lena Silberzahn
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">(Apologies
to those who have already </span><span style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">received
a version of this note.)</span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear
Friends,<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We hope
you are off to a great start in the New Year!</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm
writing to let you know that our <i>newest</i> NET (New
Economy Transition) discussion session</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
"A New Money, Banking and Financial System for a New
Economy" </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is
out! And we need your help with promotion.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In
this online presentation, we've included some short
background readings, presentation discussion videos, audio
and additional resources.</span><a href="http://www.neweconomyworkinggroup.org/discussions/new-money-banking-and-financial-system-new-economy" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Click
here for more info. </span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This
time, </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David
Korten</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(</span><a href="http://neweconomyworkinggroup.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New
Economy Working Group</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,
Stacy Mitchell</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,(
</span><a href="http://www.ilsr.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ILSR</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">),
</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ellen
Brown</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(</span><a href="http://publicbankinginstitute.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Public
Banking Institute</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">),</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Jared Gardner</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(Move your Money Campaign)</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
and </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Â </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bill
Greider</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(The Nation) envision a banking and financial system
devoted to investing in the creation, rather than the
expropriation, of real wealth.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As
you know, this NET session is part of an ongoing </span><a href="http://www.neweconomyworkinggroup.org/discussions" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(71,135,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">series
of discussions</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
that look at key transition points that get us closer
towards a New Economy -- and that you have participated in
over the last few years. We have packaged these
discussions into an online presentation so we can
disseminate them to a larger audience. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>So
we need your help spreading the word! </b>Below you'll
find suggested </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook
posts and tweets</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
to share with your networks. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank
you for all your help and support!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All
the Best,</span></p>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Noel,
Lena </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">and
the New Economy Working Group</span>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2.
Post and tweet</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9XzpqfHmzexnmvccqKkL79DZZ6PxMRFoK2EEY7_n3UaaMWEdlElvEwrG0xgQ2yFsDRFu0fOY9xogflBVxSINwD28-pdNWvCKos8O9mioDnLp-4RHiUDOPZqbOmf74FNuYg" style="border:none" alt="image.jpeg" height="293px;" width="488px;"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
proper function of money is to fulfill the needs of
people, communities and nature. Find out how we can
create a community-based and democratically
accountable banking system: </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ESirf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ow.ly/ESirf</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/h-EhXTHQ4F54ZT7JT2isWfvQhtfRN6ddsL26uMwbIAzcgtdokxa3UfHVFPvba7V13YAz2c937G43LGQfGrvIoENEq6evsDv2z68Ncs-OuCYQy04iPsMj8xDsTO8nS-MTMw" style="border:none" height="291px;" width="484px;"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In
this NET session about our money system, </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
Nation’s Bill Greider provides recommendations for
restructuring the Federal Reserve. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Find
out how we can create a community-based and
democratically accountable banking system </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ESirf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ow.ly/ESirf</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://ow.ly/ESirf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8h81UxYgh1FCgyikfy3Sw9aE8TbGUeaAMXEOHFLTiY-JWPp4o77zBp2kBYrWtlmMfb8lUb_-Bu3OoWkmYhFm5umDqYi_WTOQt67V5nSMBfxp_gIaadwG6YNhjWcOlYyqIw" style="border:none" height="313px;" width="520px;"></span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In
this NET Discussion  about our money system, Stacy
Mitchell  (co-director </span><a href="http://www.ilsr.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ILSR</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)
explains how we can strengthen and rebuild systems of
local community banks and credit unions. Find out how
we can create a democratically accountable banking
system </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ESirf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ttp://ow.ly/ESirf</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tweet:</b></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We
need a community-based and accountable banking system
responsive to people's needs. </span><a href="http://ow.ly/ESirf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ow.ly/ESirf</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><a href="http://ow.ly/i/7Ieb0" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ow.ly/i/7Ieb0</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
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New Economy Coordinator<br>
Institute for Policy Studies<br>
1112 16th Street, NW Suite 600<br>
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tel: 1 (202) 234-9382 ext. 5257<br>
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