Like many consumers, Kerie Campbell an Oakland resident, mother and Bank Transfer Day participant operated under the belief that larger banks were safer and the better overall best place for her money. But as a strong believer and participant in the Occupy movement, she has had a change of heart.

“Let’s take back our economy.  Let’s decentralize and democratize it,” Heather Young said, kicking off the panel called “Building the Alternative” at the Festival of Grassroots Economics, held September 26 at the Humanist Hall in Oakland.