Plus, get those FEF applications and 2025 Just Economy Conference proposals submitted by September 13!
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Announcements
Field Empowerment Fund Application Due In One Week
The FEF empowers NCRC members to level up established service lines through a catalytic injection of grant funding. Grantees may receive up to $200,000 in grant funding to implement their FEF project over a 18-month performance period. Applications are due next Friday, September 13! [Apply Now ([link removed] ) ]
2025 Just Economy Conference Session Proposals Due In One Week
By NCRC
Your 2025 Just Economy Conference session ideas are due by next Friday, September 13. What do you want to talk about? What's a pressing issue in your community? We want to know! [Submit Now ([link removed] ) ]
HUD-Certified Housing Counselors Scholarship Application To Attend NCRC’s Just Economy: Detroit Due In One Week
By NCRC
HUD-certified housing counselors are eligible for scholarships to attend the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Just Economy: Detroit ([link removed] ) summit on September 24. Applications are due by next Friday, September 13. [Apply Now ([link removed] ) ]
News
NCRC Launches Health Equity Investments Office Hours
By NCRC
Once a month, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will hold Health Equity Investments Office Hours, a new series of live open discussions hosted by NCRC Director of Health Equity and Impact Devin Thompson ([link removed] ) . [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
NCRC’s Van Tol On Section 1071 Ruling: Common Sense Prevails Over Frivolous Greed
By NCRC
It’s always a good day when common sense and clear law prevail over the frivolity, greed and cynicism of corporate lobbyists. Next up: The bank lobby’s equally absurd and dishonest attempt to trick courts into derailing the Community Reinvestment Act. That selfish and dishonest attempt to sabotage economic growth in marginalized communities should meet the same fate as this failed attack on basic fairness in small business lending. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Videos
Winning Strategies for CDFIs in Special Purpose Credit Programs
By NCRC
Join NCRC for Just Economy Conversations, a series of online discussions addressing America’s racial and socio-economic divides. Experts from NCRC and our network will share ideas and strategies to make a Just Economy a national priority and a local reality. The first in the series, “Winning Strategies for CDFIs in Special Purpose Credit Programs,” explored how SPCPs effectively address lending disparities. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Your Membership, Your Benefits: A Closer Look at NCRC Membership, August 2024
By NCRC
Join us to learn what resources, services, content and networking opportunities your membership includes and how being a NCRC member can help you in your fight for a #JustEconomy. NCRC staff share tips for making the most of your membership and walk through NCRC’s newest member features. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Events
Bridging The Gap: Affordable Homeownership And Anti-Displacement Strategies
September 12, 4 - 7 pm ET
As leaders gather for the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference, join NCRC and experts from community development, real estate and financial services on the evening of September 12 for a reception and panel discussion, “Bridging the Gap: Affordable Homeownership and Anti-Displacement Strategies.” [Register here ([link removed] ) ]
NCRC CDF Series II: Session 4: Investing For Growth: Smart Financial Decisions
September 12, 10 - 11 am ET
Join NCRC’s Community Development Fund as we guide you through making informed financial decisions to drive sustained business growth. Explore investment opportunities, risk assessment, and how to align financial decisions with your long-term goals. Register for this insightful webinar to position your business for continuous success post-funding. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Investing For Growth: Smart Financial Decisions
September 12, 10 - 11 am ET
This session will guide you through making informed financial decisions to drive sustained business growth. Explore investment opportunities, risk assessment, and how to align financial decisions with your long-term goals. Register for this insightful webinar to position your business for continuous success post-funding.
[Register here ([link removed] ) ]
In The News
25 Most Gentrified Cities In The US
By Minal Zaheer, Yahoo Finance
According to a report ([link removed] .) by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a large number of Blacks and Hispanics were displaced following gentrification. Gentrification has led to the displacement of 20,000 Black residents in Washington, DC. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
The Paradox Of Progress For Black Americans
By Algernon Austin and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, OtherWords
As the Institute for Policy Studies and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found in their 2023 “Still A Dream ([link removed] ) ” report, the nation is still moving at a glacial pace when it comes to bridging Black/White economic inequality. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
On Our Radar
‘Ground-Breaking’ Settlement Reached In Detroit Environmental Justice Case
By Mary Hammon, Planetizen
Civil rights activists celebrate a legal settlement that will require the state of Michigan to prevent hazardous waste and other industrial facilities from disproportionately polluting lower income and predominantly Black and Brown communities. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
The Push For Public Banking In New York
By Yunior Rivas Garcia, The American Prospect
Rochester wants to establish the first public bank in the United States in over a century. [Read More ([link removed] ) ]
Resources
Work And Meet At The Just Economy Club
It's a DC hub for nonprofits and the social sector, around the corner from the White House. Move your team into a private office or host your meetings and events or hang out in the lounge. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Learning & Training Hub
Register for NCRC's catalog of professional development courses for community development leaders. [Learn ([link removed] ) more ([link removed] ) ]
Research And Reports
We have an extensive library of research and reports that dates back many years! [View all ([link removed] ) ]
Racial Wealth Snapshots
Browse our catalog of socioeconomic briefs. [View all ([link removed] ) ]
Sign And Share The Just Economy Pledge
America should not only promise but deliver to all Americans opportunities to build wealth and live well. Sign and share the pledge to help us expand the movement for a Just Economy. [Sign and Share ([link removed] ) ]
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Fair Lending Tool
Use our interactive tool to produce a report on mortgages, small business lending and bank branch networks for any city, county or metro area in the nation. [Access the tool here ([link removed] ) ]
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