{"id":5334,"date":"2024-09-17T09:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=5334"},"modified":"2024-09-17T09:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:02:05","slug":"league-system-aacul-and-americas-credit-unions-encourage-credit-unions-to-celebrate-international-credit-union-day-on-october-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/?p=5334","title":{"rendered":"League System, AACUL and America\u2019s Credit Unions encourage credit unions to celebrate International Credit Union Day on October 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Washington DC (September 4, 2024)<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In the spirit of unity, the Credit Union <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5336  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ICU_Day_2024_Logo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"146\" \/>League System, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL) and America\u2019s Credit Unions encourage credit unions nationwide to join our colleagues at the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woccu.org\/member_services\/engagement\/icuday\">educate, celebrate, and participate<\/a>\u201d in International Credit Union (ICU) Day on Thursday, October 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational Credit Union (ICU) Day\u00ae celebrates the spirit of the global credit union movement. The day is recognized to reflect upon the credit union movement&#8217;s history, promote its achievements, recognize hard work and share member experiences\u201d, explains WFCU President Mike Reuter. \u201cUltimately, ICU Day is about unity and bringing our global credit union movement together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 82,000 credit unions and other cooperative financial institutions bring financial inclusion and a promising future to more than 403 million members worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to urge credit unions to join the League System in growing WOCCU and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions\u2019 mission of advancing financial inclusion worldwide by educating, celebrating and participating in ICU Day on October 17,\u201d shares AACUL President Brad Miller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s theme <strong>One World Through Cooperative Finance<\/strong> is timely and encouraging,\u201d offers AACUL Chair and CrossState Credit Union Association President\/CEO Patrick Conway. \u201cWe are excited to align with our colleagues and showcase how our movement brings people closer together through democratic, member-owned financial institutions. I believe the theme is especially pertinent at this time in history when we seem increasingly divided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about International Credit Union Day and to access promotional materials, visit the World Council of Credit Union\u2019s site at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/woccu.org\/icuday\">woccu.org\/icuday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p><em>The <strong>American Association of Credit Union Leagues<\/strong> (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacul.com\"><em>AACUL<\/em><\/a><em>) is the national association for the state and regional credit union leagues\/associations throughout the United States. AACUL\u2019s mission is to leverage the collective power of Leagues to create advocacy wins for credit unions and build a strong network of credit union associations. We do this by providing advocacy support to yield impact, fostering collaboration and professional development for league staff, and representing the League System to the national association and other industry partners in order to protect and advance a vibrant credit union system.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;] Washington DC (September 4, 2024) \u2013 In the spirit of unity, the Credit Union League System, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL) and America\u2019s Credit Unions encourage credit unions nationwide to join our colleagues at the World Council of Credit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncultheaffiliate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}