Dear friend,

Imagine a world where families are forced to choose between basic necessities like groceries or life-saving medicine and paying off crushing debt from predatory loans.

For too many, this is not an imagined nightmare but an everyday reality. Whether it's payday loans with sky-high interest rates or abusive student loan practices, these exploitative programs disproportionately harm communities of color – trapping millions in cycles of debt and poverty.

At the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), we believe no one should pay a steep price for a financial lifeline. Our team and partners across the U.S. work tirelessly to protect people from predatory financial schemes while advancing just and fair lending practices.

For example, check out this story from CRL’s Monica Burks, and Georgia-based, eighty-year-old Leola Stewart, who shares how our affiliate Self-Help Credit Union helped her escape a web of escalating high-interest predatory loans.

But we have farther to go to achieve justice. With your support, CRL can continue our work to end predatory lending, close the racial wealth gap and promote financial fairness and economic opportunity for all. Your contribution funds the fight for an economy that is inclusive and equitable for everyone, not just some.

Support individuals like Leola today by contributing at responsiblelending.org/donate.

Together, we can fight for a future where all families can thrive, regardless of their skin color, income or ZIP code.

Sincerely,

The Team at CRL
 

The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on financial fairness and opportunity. Fighting for economic justice for low- and middle-income families, military personnel and veterans, and people of color is our mission and highest priority.

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