Dear NCRC members and allies,
It’s week two of the Just Economy Conference! Join over 2,000 advocates gathering online as we work to build a just economy that not only promises but delivers to all Americans opportunities to build wealth and live well.
Register now to join for today’s and all remaining sessions live. Registration also provides access through May 30 to recordings for most sessions from the entire conference.
Here’s what’s happening today:
11:30 am ET
- Beyond Failure: Organizing Grass Root Job Training Programs that Work for Black and Latinx Communities
- The Future of Fair Housing: Goals and Strategies for a New Era
1:00 pm ET
- Connecting Environmental Justice and Housing Justice
- Examining the Intersection of Criminal Justice and Financial Services
2:30 pm ET
- Schools, Segregation, COVID
- Equivico by NCRC Presents a Fireside Chat: Small Business Access to Capital and Best Practices for Success
4:00 pm ET
- What did GameStop Teach us About Fintech Investing Apps?
- A Reckoning in Boston
- Using the Experiences from the First Rounds of PPP to Create a More Equitable Lending Landscape for Underserved Entrepreneurs Moving Forward
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Highlights from Day 6
“If we can understand that women have been disproportionately impacted by job and income losses, we should understand that’s where we should focus recovery at the local and federal levels.”
-C. Nicole Mason, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
"Without a community, a community can't solve its own problems."
-Steven Waldman, Mid-Ohio Foodbank
“Right now many of our financial investments and policies are creating unintentional barriers.” -Martine Sadarangani Gordon, Washington Area Women’s Foundation
“It's so important in this country that we are able to provide people a living wage to live a modest, stable, lifestyle.” Valerie Nicholson-Watson, Harvesters-The Community Food Network
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Hope to “see” you there!
Team NCRC
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