
COMMUNITIES


Restoring Finance to the Communities

Local Powered Communities vs Corporate Control

Choose Local: February: Black History Month
“What Can I do? I’m just one person!” (Said Eight Billion People) Choose Black-Owned Campaign Planning Resources – 2025 Some quick details: Choose Black-Owned Month is February Ideas for: Independent business alliances, chambers, and other […]

Choose Local: March: Choose Indie Sustainable
Resources – 2025 Some quick details: Choose Indie Sustainable Month is March. Find a downloadable logo here. View and download our press release template. View social media examples. Add these hashtags to your posts: […]

Choose Local: April: Move Your Money
Move Your Money: 2025 Campaign Planning Resources Move Your Money partners. About the Move Your Money Campaign From April 1 to April 30, our Move Your Money campaign works to increase investment in locally […]

Choose Local: May: Bicycling Means Business Month
Making Ripples From May 1 to May 31, our Bicycling Means Business Month campaign promotes the connections between bicycling and healthy local economies. Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the […]

Choose Local: June: Indie Pride Month
From June 1 to June 30, our Choose Indie Pride Month campaign celebrates LGBTQ+-owned businesses, diversity, and equity. Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, […]

Choose Local: July: Independents Month
Some quick details: Independents Month is July. Find downloadable logos and images here. Use Canva? Check out our Proud Indie Local template, Indie Challenge template, and Independents Month Quote template. View and download our press […]

Choose Local: October: Eat Local
Making Ripples From August 1 to August 31, our Eat Indie Local campaign works to inspire all of us to eat more locally grown, raised, and made foods, meet the farmers, growers, and chefs behind […]

Local: November: Choose Indie Art Month
From October 1 to October 31, our Choose Indie Art Month campaign celebrates artists, artisans, musicians, and creativity. Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, […]











Supreme Court: Can sleeping be a crime?
Strange days….

Honoring the passing of a Hero: Activist Jane McAlevey
Jane McAlevey’s whole-worker organizing model views workers and the community they live in as a whole: workers are part of the community, and community members engage in work. She explained, “What almost no union does is […]
