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for July 7, 2023

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Announcements

NCRC To Host Regional Summit For Mountain West Community Development Leaders

By NCRC

NCRC will host a regional summit in Denver September 26 – 27, 2023. The summit will bring together housing and community development leaders; faith-based organizations and fair lending advocates; financial institutions and environmental justice groups; as well as small business entrepreneurs, tribal leaders, public officials and academics to discuss and discover ways to reinvest in communities across The Mountain West Region. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Views

From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality

By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, NCRC

While our federal government backtracks, state and local lawmakers are increasingly taking action to repair racial divides through policies designed to address racial inequality. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Tenant Screening Systems Are Unfair To Black And Brown People. Here’s What Our Government Should Do About It.

By Nichole Nelson, NCRC

Landlords’ preconceived notions about the personal character of anyone with a past criminal conviction has devastating consequences for Black and Latino prospective renters. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Field Notes

DCWBC Women Entrepreneur Profile: GoPursue

By NCRC

This is part of a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of NCRC’s DC Women’s Business Center. GoPursue is a women-owned business started by Kathryn Breisch that helps students discover careers. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Give A Warm Welcome To NCRC’s Newest Members

By NCRC

Let’s give NCRC's newest members a warm welcome: Friends of the Rail Park, Mobilizing & Organizing Virginians for Engagement (MOVE Chamber), Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and Communities Unlimited, Inc. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

News

NCRC Laments Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling That Condemns Black America To Further Neglect

By NCRC

Given the enormity of the pain, neglect and targeted hardship that the US government and private businesses have inflicted on Black Americans for hundreds of years, the handful of formal efforts our country makes to even the odds for people of color have always been paltry. Now we are losing one of the few examples of tangible and effective anti-racism policy that American institutions ever came up with. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Events

Gaining Ground: How The CFPB Helps Consumers And Small Businesses

July 17 , 12 pm – 2 pm ET

Join NCRC Senior Policy Advisor Kevin Hill, who will be speaking on “Panel two: Increasing Transparency in Small Business Lending,” discussing how advocates can continue to fight for transparency within the small business lending industry. [Register here ([link removed] ) ]

Safety First: Counseling Through Difficult Situations

July 18 , 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET

Join NCRC’s National Training Academy (NTA) for this webinar that will discuss strategies counselors can use before and during a counseling session to help ensure physical safety and emotional well-being. [Register here ([link removed] ) ]

In the News

Jesse Van Tol In BankThink: No Deposit Insurance Hikes Without More Social Accountability For Banks

By Jesse Van Tol, American Banker

If the government is going to back deposits at a higher level, banks need to earn that extra subsidy by getting serious about underwriting the public good. Any deposit insurance hike should be conditioned upon the banking trades ending their assault on the CFPB, as well as a strengthening of CRA oversight. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

These Banks Have Closed The Most Central Florida Branches So Far This Year

By Ryan Lynch, Orlando Business Journal

NCRC tracked over 9,882 bank branches that have closed nationwide over the past five years, including 2,457 bank branches during 2021-22. Why this matters: Banks have changed how they approach branches as more customers bank online. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

On Our Radar

Mental Health Disparities In Older LGBTQ+ Populations: A Research Roundup

By Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist's Resource

Older LGBTQ+ adults have higher rates of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, loneliness and suicidal thoughts, compared with their heterosexual counterparts, studies show. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Florida Law Limiting Foreign Real Estate Investors ‘Borders On Redlining’

By Gabriella Cruz-Martinez, Yahoo! Finance

The law threatens to violate the Constitution and the Fair Housing Act, civil liberty and real estate experts said, the latter of which protects homebuyers from being discriminated against based on race or national origin. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Resources

Work And Meet At The Just Economy Club

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Research And Reports

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Racial Wealth Snapshots

Browse our catalog of socioeconomic briefs. [View all ([link removed] ) ]

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Keep up and catch up on plans to strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

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