Oscar Abello

3 weeks ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Oscar Abello |Aine Creedon

In his latest book, journalist Oscar Perry Abello argues that community banking has a crucial role in addressing urgent social challenges—from developing a racially just economy to preparing for climate change. In this section, Abello addresses the fact that big banks now dominate finance when that wasn’t always to case and how restoring community banking could remedy this issue. This excerpt is from The Banks We Deserve by Oscar Perry Abello. Copyright © 2025 Oscar Perry Abello.

Aug 7, 2024 | bookshop.org | Oscar Abello

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Jun 11, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Oscar Abello

Above photo: Graphic by Alexander Mils / Unsplash+. Here’s How To Find Out. At more than $4 trillion, local and state governments’ investments eclipse those of college endowments – but they often fly under the radar. So how do you find out where your state or local tax dollars invested? Next City explains.

Jun 9, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Oscar Abello

Above photo: Above the Genesee River Gorge High Falls in Rochester, New York. J. Stephen Conn / DEED. Local lenders envision a Bank of Rochester that would work through them to meet residents’ and small business owners’ needs. Melissa Marquez inherited her mother’s deep desire to make the banking system work for those whom it has long excluded. At 14, she saw her mother break down in tears again and again after coming home from work as a loan officer at a bank.

May 25, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Oscar Abello

Above photo: Josefa Marin, board president of the Alliance of Independent Recyclers, and her partner Pedro Galicia. Here’s how. New York’s canners and lateros have acquired property, created a redemption facility and community hub – and begun to organize. Josefa Marin and her partner Pedro Galicia arrive at 6:30 a.m. most mornings outside the Sure We Can Redemption Center in Brooklyn’s trendy Bushwick neighborhood.