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The run up to Thanksgiving each year always seems to strike a wistful note. Something about seeking gratitude for what we have today has us looking back on what we have lost and what we have endured. It can also focus our eyes ahead on what we want but cannot have. Gratitude is a serious thing. 

Even though Peter Allen wasn’t the first to express the sentiment, he did sing “Everything Old is New Again.” The elections of 1860 and 1968 and 2020 bear some important resemblances in that each election occurred during times of social and racial unrest in which Americans turned away from one another in the name of preserving their particular vision for America. 

Congratulations to Members Credit Union and Kathy Chartier for receiving a $125,000 grant from the Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Deep within 2020’s frenzied chaos lies something precious: the Grand American Experiment. The origin of the phrase is dubious, but the common meaning and usage refers us to the birth of a modern form of democracy and the inherent, enduring hope for its ideals. America is beautifully imperfect by design. America unceasingly strives to perfect itself despite those beautiful flaws. America has ...

Collaboration is a big buzz word in our industry. We hear it at conferences, we use it in internal meetings and everything in between. It seems I can’t go more than a day or so without encountering someone (sometimes me) using the word. I wonder, however, if we all have a common understanding of what it means to collaborate. Because it must mean more than simply “working together,” right?

“Credit unions were built for this.” We hear that phrase time and time again during times of crisis. Not only is it is a true statement, but during these dark times, the credit union system shines its brightest. Through courage, compassion, and community we are stronger together.

“Inspiring hope for a global community” is the theme of this year's International Credit Union Day. The stated purpose of the theme is “to reflect how credit unions contribute to a brighter future by providing financial empowerment to people all over the world through financial services, education and support.”

Just before we were to begin, the teacher had us put away our objects and use only our words. My heart sank. “Show & Tell” had just become “...Tell.” And because my last name is Adams, I had to go first. I had brought in one of my grandfather’s old pipes that day (it was the Seventies after all) to help me talk about why I loved him so much. The smell of his pipe brought back summer afternoons on ...

“I made a pact to myself when I joined the police force to protect the community and to serve it,” says Officer Jim Barrett of the Hartford Police Department. And he does just that.

Negotiations. We may not like them, or we might not even realize when we’re in them, but the reality is each day is full of negotiations.