{"id":116167,"date":"2022-06-16T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/?p=116167"},"modified":"2022-06-16T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:35:07","slug":"roundup-2022-just-economy-conference-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/roundup-2022-just-economy-conference-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"ROUNDUP: 2022 Just Economy Conference Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 1,000 attendees filled the Washington Hilton with joy, passion and ideas at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition\u2019s 2022 <\/span>Just Economy Conference<\/span><\/a> this week, amid palpable relief at the opportunity to bump elbows with peers after two years of Zoom meetings and online-only events.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone who came to the conference tested negative for COVID-19, with many expressing appreciation for the testing protocols NCRC had put in place to ensure a smooth, safe experience. Our commitment to safety got underscored, sadly, by President and CEO Jesse Van Tol\u2019s inability to attend after testing positive just days before the conference launched.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSorry I can\u2019t be there,\u201d Van Tol said in videotaped remarks at Monday evening\u2019s awards gala, \u201cbut with COVID, sharing is not caring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Van Tol was able to host a recorded <\/span>conversation<\/span><\/a> on pending updates to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations with Federal Reserve Board Vice-Chair Lael Brainard and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg keynotes at the 2022 Just Economic Conference. Photo credit: Scott Henrichsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conference attendees watched that discussion following an <\/span>opening keynote<\/span><\/a> from FDIC Acting Chair Martin Gruenberg, who emphasized the importance of expanding CRA enforcement to consumer lending and updating them to ensure bank behavior is monitored everywhere they lend and not just where they are physically located.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between keynote remarks and provocative breakout sessions, attendees mingled and networked on a conference floor that featured a #JustEconomy photo-booth, a station for working on comment letters about Community Reinvestment Act regulatory reform and multiple visual displays of NCRC\u2019s research and <\/span>data tools<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Great @NCRC<\/a> research station at the #JustEconomy<\/a> conference showing the persistent effects of #redlining<\/a> on Indiana communities, including racial segregation, economic stagnation, and damage to health & life expectancy. That\u2019s why we need to #TreasureCRA<\/a>! https:\/\/t.co\/QzvcLUhiVx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ex2UtiRdiH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew Bradley (@AndrewBradleyUS) June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n