AMIBA - American Independent Business Alliance

While we wrap up Move Your Money Month, our Community Wealth Building discussions will continue!

This week, some great networks, private and public sector colleagues came together to start work on collaboratively advancing Purchasing with Purpose for the United States. We talked openly about challenges, looked for solutions and shared our calls to action, as well as our personal commitments to working together to increase visibility and opportunities for People and Planet First businesses across the country. None of this would have been possible without the support and hard work of all of our collaborators and colleagues at SEWF - Social Enterprise World Forum C.I.C., Good Market, People and Planet First, American Sustainable Business Network, Social Enterprise Alliance, Local First Arizona, Impact Hub Houston, Green America, The Impact Collective PDX, Watson Institute, Center for Good Food Purchasing, AMIBA - American Independent Business Alliance , REDF, Urban Manufacturing Alliance, ReImagine Appalachia, National Supplier Diversity Institute, Chicago Fair Trade, Social Enterprise - Minneapolis St Paul, Business for Conservation and Climate Action, Peter Liu and Frederic Girardeau-Montaut with Deloitte, Katie Booth, Jennifer Beason and Aaron Wasserman with SAP, Grace Escudero with JP Morgan Chase Bank, Elizabeth Vazquez with WeConnect International, Daniel Nowack with the World Economic Forum Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship, Jared L., Matt Bruce with the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, Endre Stogard with Accenture, Zoe Koskinas with Compass Diversified, Nick Finia, PE, CEP, CEM, CPE, CPMM with Zurich American Insurance Company, Rona Fourté with CBRE, Gladys Dreiling with Supplier IO, and Andy R. and Kendall Foose, CPPB, NIGP-CPP with the Port of Portland.

The American Independent Business Alliance and Food Solutions New England (FSNE) invite you to a "Post Challenge" gathering for those who participated in this year's 10th Annual FSNE 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge. Each year, thousands of individuals and hundreds of officially participating organizations join in a shared journey of learning and charting a course of action to dismantle racism in our food system and our world. Karen Spiller from FSNE will facilitate this time of reflection. RSVP today: https://lnkd.in/eM6ihyUt

Thank you!!!

Our call for case studies on community ownership to keep small businesses in place is due April 18th. If you are considering applying, now is the time to start! Not sure if you should apply? Looking for other examples and a peer support network? Send us a quick email at sban@umd.edu. Many different models and phases are welcome. LEARN MORE: https://lnkd.in/eSu5WqaA ➡ SUBMIT PROPOSAL: https://lnkd.in/e3NpEjbk 📸 Photo: Still from our 2023 case study film, "We're Still Here," highlighting Ruben Pena, owner of the indigenous-based restaurant in East L.A., Malinalli Superfoods.

If We Want a Stronger Local Economy, Why Do We Invest in Wall Street?

This week, we're focusing on the role of community banks in the local community in Massachusetts. According to the FDIC, there are 117 community banks in MA as of 2023. Our strong network of community banks plays an important role in providing loans to growing small businesses - in fact, community banks are 3x likely to make smaller commercial loans compared to big banks. #communitybankingmonth #moveyourmoney #banklocally #cambridge

Next week! Join us for a free virtual event with Michael Shuman. Learn more and register today: https://conta.cc/3J6JPwS

Thanks, Partner! 💸

We are excited to partner with AMIBA - American Independent Business Alliance on their Move Your Money Month. Through this month, we are pleased to support their goal to "inspire our community to bank at community banks and credit unions — plus, let’s move more of our money from Wall Street to Main Street!"