Join Us for a Public Banking Webinar with Rep. Rashida Tlaib and CPBA’s Trinity Tran!
CPBA Admin
June 6, 2025
Public Banking: Financial Infrastructure for Guaranteed Income and a Just Economy
Tuesday, June 17 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT | Zoom
Register Online via Zoom
As federal support for climate and infrastructure shrinks, cities are turning to bold tools to build local economic power. Public banking is one of them.
Join us for a virtual roundtable, featuring our very own Trinity Tran, on how public banks can support guaranteed income programs and help build more inclusive, community-rooted economies. The event will spotlight new research from the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School and feature leaders in public banking, economic justice, and guaranteed income.
Featuring:
- Representative Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Representative, 12th Congressional District of Michigan
- Terri Friedline, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
- Darrick Hamilton, University Professor and Founding Director, Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, The New School
- Amy Castro, Co-Founder and Faculty Director, Center for Guaranteed Income Research, and Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- Trinity Tran, Co-Founder and Lead Organizer, California Public Banking Alliance
- Graham Steele, Academic Fellow, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School/Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Fellow, Financial Regulation, Roosevelt Institute
Hosted by: The Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, The New School.
Read and download two new reports on how public banking can support economic equity and strengthen financial infrastructure for guaranteed income programs.
Public Banking A Public Option to Build an Inclusive and Sustainable Economy includes a brief overview of Public Bank LA.
How Public Banking Could Support Guaranteed Income includes a mention of the California Public Banking Alliance and CalAccount.
