In Episode 9 of the Western Friend podcast, the hosts speak with Theresa Deibele, treasurer of Multnomah Monthly Meeting (Porland, OR). The meeting spent a year searching for a bank that has values aligned with Quaker values, and Theresa talks about what the meeting learned during their journey toward an honorable bank. Click here to read Theresa Deibele's article in Western Friend about this topic.
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The “chapters” in this podcast are:
00:00 Introduction to this podcast
02:14 Capital, a tool for good and evil
05:46 Investing in community projects
10:07 Multnomah Monthly Meeting's decision to change banks
14:54 About credit unions
18:16 Diversity, equity, and inclusion
21:39 Trust-based philanthropy
23:59 Friends' responsibility to undo racism
26:14 Faith and vocation
31:10 Budgets and values
32:03 Jon and colin remix - First, capital and anti-capitalism
39:29 A multi-racial lens on fairness
41:55 Examining our biases during decisions
43:26 Benefits and harms created by banks
45:49 Benefits and harms created by capitalism
47:11 Mitigating systemic harm
48:09 Gut reactions thinking of money
50:01 The individualistic mindset
52:58 Outro