Green Finances Banking and Credit Cards: Aligning Your Money with Your Values
Looking to align your money with your values? Cool Davis is hosting two online “Green Your Finances” forums this winter, the first focusing on banking and credit cards, Wednesday, November 15 at 6pm PST online, as part of the Yolo Earth Day Pledge Challenge. Cathy Becker, Responsible Finance Campaign Director at Green America, a non-profit that has been at the forefront of socially responsible investing for over 40 years, will present on “Aligning Your Money with Your Values,” highlighting the problem, solutions, better banks and credit cards, and future directions. The presentation will be followed by a discussion between Cathy and our moderator, Cool Davis Board member, Rekha Vaitla, Investment Officer for Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies at CalSTRS. Participants will have a chance to ask questions of both Cathy and Rekha and will receive a link to the video afterwards. Everyone is welcome!
Date: Wednesday, November 15
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm PST
Location: Online Zoom
This is a FREE event open to all Yolo County residents!
If you cannot make this date, sign up to receive a link to the video of the forum.
Second event in the works
Cool Davis will be hosting the second of two online “Green Your Finances” events with panelist statements and question responses, a panelist discussion, and final question and answer session focused on investments. We’ll be busting the performance myth, explaining the difference between divestment and engagement, and clarifying terms such as Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings. We’ll also introduce individual financial advisors located in Yolo County, California, as well as other expert advisors. Our planning team includes moderator and Cool Davis Board member Rekha Vaitla, Investment Officer for Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies at CalSTRS.
These events were organized in support of the Yolo Earth Day pledge. Find out more at www.cooldavis.org/pledge.
More about Green America
Green America is a nonprofit organization that has been at the forefront of socially responsible investing for almost 40 years. Green America harnesses economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. They offer information, campaigns, and an extensive PDF guide to socially responsible investing (SRI) with a few pages covering banking and credit cards as well.
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DATE: Thursday December 7th
TIME: 7:00 pm
LOCATION: Davis Community Church, 412 C St. Davis CA
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