Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have a criminal record. Each year over600,000 Americans are released from state or federal prisons and re-enter society. Re-entry into society poses barriers to everyone but disproportionately affects African Americans and other minorities as African Americans and Hispanics make up 56% of the incarcerated population. This disproportionate representation within the criminal justice system impacts these communities and their ability to build generational wealth due to the barriers that exist upon re-entry.
Join us on November 10, from 12 to 1 pm ET, as we speak with advocates, a CDFI, and the CFPB about the barriers that exist for people with a criminal record to build wealth and what can be done to overcome these barriers.
Margaret Love, Executive Director, Collateral Consequences Resource Center
Lettisha Boyd, Owner and Principal Consultant, Beyond Savvy Consumers
Bonnie Crockett, Director of Small Business Lending at Baltimore Community Lending Inc.
Susan Grutza, Policy Counsel of the Office of Fair Lending & Equal Opportunity, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Submit your specific questions here for the panelists to address live.
We look forward to your participation!
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