{"id":137381,"date":"2023-04-06T12:49:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T16:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/?p=137381"},"modified":"2023-04-10T10:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T14:43:18","slug":"roundup-highlights-from-the-2023-just-economy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/roundup-highlights-from-the-2023-just-economy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"ROUNDUP: Highlights From The 2023 Just Economy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A record 1,200 people brought ideas, energy and curiosity to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition\u2019s (NCRC) 2023 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncrc.org\/conferenc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Economy Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last week, spending two days building their networks, celebrating our movement\u2019s successes and hearing from some of the heaviest hitters in the economic justice space.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"position:absolute;right:-9196px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/niobrarahospital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/symbicort-inhaler.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchase symbicort-inhaler online<\/a> generic <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The largest Just Economy Conference in NCRC history was also one of the newsiest: As attendees arrived to the Washington Hilton, the banking industry was reeling from three regional bank failures. Some regulators who\u2019d been scheduled to speak were being called to Capitol Hill to testify before Congress, but still made time to connect with the NCRC audience either from the main stage or via video calls.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conference attendees heard a rich mixture of personal reflections and policy specifics from such prominent policymakers as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/video-michael-hsu-occ-bank-mergers-racial-justice-abraham-lincoln-ai-fintech\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA just economy means no one in this country has to sleep on the street or under a park bench,\u201d Secretary Fudge <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/video-hud-secretary-marcia-l-fudge-addresses-the-national-community-reinvestment-coalitions-2023-just-economy-conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said in a speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that spotlighted the housing needs of the formerly incarcerated and other highly vulnerable groups.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUD&#39;s Marcia Fudge just spoke about the fair housing rights of those who&#39;ve served their time and been released, at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NCRC<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JustEconomy<\/a> conference. Unclear if others in the Executive, much less judicial, branch agree&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GSG72r6FJj\">pic.twitter.com\/GSG72r6FJj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FairFinanceWatch.org (@FinanceWatchOrg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinanceWatchOrg\/status\/1641434699020091392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy Secretary Graves reflected on his own ancestry, tracing the family\u2019s history from his enslaved great-great-great-great-grandparents through their descendants who broke barriers as hotel owners and patent-holding inventors, and expressing humble gratitude for the opportunities life has afforded him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut imagine all of the millions of kids across this country who have great ideas, who can\u2019t turn those ideas into lives of dignity, because they don\u2019t have the opportunity because of the challenges that they face on a daily basis,\u201d Graves said. \u201cThat\u2019s why this conference is so critical for our country, for the people in every one of our communities across the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nod to the importance of the work NCRC\u2019s 757 member organizations do every day, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra used <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/video-rohit-chopra-keynote-address-at-2023-just-economy-conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his mainstage speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to unveil the agency\u2019s long-awaited final rule for small business lending data collection under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank reform package passed in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the crowd stood and roared in approval as Chopra first announced the final rule, the director laughed and ad-libbed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have to say what it\u2019s about first, you can\u2019t give praise that quick!\u201d Chopra chuckled over the applause, proceeding to detail the scope and impact of the new regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many other mainstage speakers, Chopra also took time to comment on the ongoing turmoil in the banking industry prompted by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate and Signature Bank.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c[Their] failures posed a risk of contagion\u201d Marty Gruenberg on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDICgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FDICgov<\/a>\u2019s response re <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SVB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SVB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SignatureBank?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SignatureBank<\/a> &#8211; comments at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JustEconomy<\/a> conference <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSziPFKdCh\">pic.twitter.com\/nSziPFKdCh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Marisa Calderon (@marisacalderon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marisacalderon\/status\/1641542027149217797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99196px;\"> buy baclofen online <a href=\"https:\/\/bullcitypsychotherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/baclofen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baclofen online<\/a> no prescription <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/video-fdic-chairman-martin-gruenberg-discusses-the-ongoing-banking-crisis-and-the-upcoming-final-rule-on-cra-reform\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman Gruenberg<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and others emphasized key differences between the government\u2019s response to this crisis and the bailouts of 2008, Chopra characterized the crisis as a chance to reflect on structural flaws in our economic systems and the fraying of traditional connections between private profit and the public interest.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I think everybody in this room knows, more and more sectors of the economy are dominated by a handful of giants, run by a small clique of people who are not always responsible or accountable,\u201d Chopra said. \u201cWhen large firms or large banks have liquidity issues, there\u2019s all sorts of government action to make sure [they survive]. But when an individual or a family has a liquidity issue, they get a mountain of fees on them, making it even harder. So I think about that a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 37px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Rohit Chopra | 2023 Just Economy Conference | 3 3 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5SRQzQZfulg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many who joined us, the highlight of the 2023 Just Economy Conference was the annual Awards Gala on Wednesday night. NCRC members took the stage to celebrate some of the major community benefits agreements inked with banks in the past year. Board Chair Katy Crosby and President and CEO Jesse Van Tol presented lifetime achievement awards to three lions of the movement \u2013 Rep. Waters (who unfortunately had to live-stream in via Zoom due to late votes in the House that evening), New Jersey Citizen Action head Phyllis Salowe-Kaye and NCRC Senior Fellow Josh Silver.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Van Tol also delivered a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/watch-jesse-van-tols-moving-keynote-speech-from-the-2023-just-economy-conference-awards-gala\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">memorable and poignant speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> honoring his late mother-in-law, Bonita Williams Cooper, whose remarkable life was full of accomplishments \u2013 but cut short by an illness she and her siblings acquired after moving to a historically redlined Baltimore neighborhood where environmental racism has cut the life expectancies of local Black residents by some 16 years compared to their White neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is an America out there that is worth fighting for. For a future where Bonita lived another 20 years, a future where Tyre Nichols is still alive, the kind of future we can be proud to hand down to the next generation,\u201d Van Tol said. \u201cWe can\u2019t keep sleeping while our brothers and sisters get shot in the street. And we can\u2019t keep sleeping while the wealth divide keeps growing and we can\u2019t keep sleeping while we destroy the planet, wreaking havoc on people and communities. We can\u2019t keep sleeping while people are dying far too young.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jesse Van Tol, NCRC President and CEO. |. 2023 Just Economy Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMSVd1mkANU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Away from the mainstage, attendees packed breakout rooms for discussions on a sweeping range of subjects including the importance of Community Development Financial Institutions on tribal lands, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/cfpb-puts-lenders-fintechs-on-notice-their-models-must-search-for-less-discriminatory-alternatives-or-face-fair-lending-non-compliance-risk\/\">the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence in lending<\/a>, African American leadership on climate change and resilience, the implementation of recently-issued Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rules and a host of other topics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazing panel lined up here today to talk about CRA, Native CDFIs, and lending in Indian Country. Day 2 at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/justeconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#justeconomy<\/a> going strong! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bwbamO11kF\">pic.twitter.com\/bwbamO11kF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Partners for Rural Transformation (@PfRTorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PfRTorg\/status\/1641463099612864512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just me and a roomful of my fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AffirmativelyFurtheringFairHousing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AffirmativelyFurtheringFairHousing<\/a> boosters at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NCRC<\/a> \u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JustEconomy<\/a> conference. Thx for the leadership of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HUDgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HUDgov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecFudge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SecFudge<\/a> to help the US reach the promise of the 1968 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FairHousingAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FairHousingAct<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJZe6RF6Ji\">pic.twitter.com\/eJZe6RF6Ji<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Fair Economy Project (@TheFairEconomy1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFairEconomy1\/status\/1641465766745604101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NCRC<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Justeconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Justeconomy<\/a> conference, a great discussion of \u201cAfrican American Leadership in Addressing Climate Change and Community Development\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DDeaneEnviro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DDeaneEnviro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uXHOfitkM\">pic.twitter.com\/3uXHOfitkM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MACDC (@masscdcs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masscdcs\/status\/1641456397626867712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As crowds moved between the main ballroom and the breakout rooms, they passed through the Just Economy Pavilion, where NCRC\u2019s research staff presented interactive displays of their work. Many stopped at the pavilion\u2019s photobooth to snap some pics with old friends and new comrades:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parade of regulators and elected officials was punctuated with quite different conversations on the mainstage. Journalists Jelani Cobb and Karen Attiah <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HPolicy_Sara\/status\/1641175657408339973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held a rousing discussion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about how race and racism shape the entirety of American life. NCRC Chief of Organizing, Policy and Equity Dedrick Asante-Muhammad hosted a chat with New York Times journalist and author Emily Flitter about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/video-emily-flitter-and-dedrick-asante-muhammad-discuss-bankings-historic-role-in-reinfrorcing-inequality-and-how-to-change-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how the banking industry has historically undercut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Black families\u2019 wealth-building efforts. And a trio of leaders from major funders of economic justice work from the Gates Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/allan-golston-asahi-pompey-and-aaron-dorfman-discuss-philanthropy-and-racial-economic-justice-at-2023-just-economy-conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">walked the audience through<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what their organizations look for when sifting through grant proposals and how they see their role in making a better world.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This week, Working Solutions CEO Sara Razavi spoke at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NCRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JustEconomy<\/a> Conference alongside fellow industry leaders from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InclusivAction?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@InclusivAction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ledcmetro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ledcmetro<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccessPlusCap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AccessPlusCap<\/a> about the moral imperative of lending to start-up and early-stage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smallbiz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#smallbiz<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FirstToBelieve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FirstToBelieve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aN4JKyKl6E\">pic.twitter.com\/aN4JKyKl6E<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Working Solutions CDFI (@ws_microloans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ws_microloans\/status\/1641508699578707968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#39;s a wrap for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustEconomy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JustEconomy<\/a> Conference 2023! There&#39;s still a lot of work to be done but we leave inspired and ready to take what we learned back home and apply it to our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/creditbuilding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#creditbuilding<\/a> community. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NCRC<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VmapKROQAu\">pic.twitter.com\/VmapKROQAu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Credit Builders Alliance (CBA) (@Credit_is_Asset) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Credit_is_Asset\/status\/1641806034132975616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the final of these talks, it was time to wrap things up. Attendees moved upstairs to eat, drink and be merry at a closing reception hosted by the Rock Steady Project, a local go-go band who have also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/go-go-city-displacement-protest-in-washington-dc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helped highlight gentrification issues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Washington, DC in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speakers like Marcia Fudge, Rohit Chopra and many more addressed a wide range of topics from environmental racism to the ongoing banking 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