Lend for Philly Info Session

Posted by on March 17, 2014

Lend for Philly Info Session

Come meet Vanessa Carter, Director of Lend for America, to learn more about how your campus and your students can get involved in supporting small business development and micro-finance in the Philadelphia region.

Monday, March 31st
10 AM at PHENND
3624 Market Street, Suite 5W
Coffee and bagels will be available

We are close to 30th Street Station, the El, and the green line trolleys.  There is also metered street parking and a pay garage across the street from our office.

Please RSVP to [email protected] and feel free to invite colleagues or pass along this information.

About Lend for Philly/Lend for America:

Lend for America empowers student leaders to build their communities through the creation of campus microfinance institutions (Campus MFIs). Our national platform supports students practicing microfinance in the U.S. by providing training, networking, funding, and research.

Our Story
Lend for America (LFA) was founded in 2009 in response to a national movement — college students across the country starting microfinance institutions to spur economic development in their campus communities.

After an initial report by Aspen Institute’s FIELD assessed the state of the movement, existing campus MFIs gathered for the first time at a conference at Rutgers University. At that meeting, Lend for America was born, with a mission to raise awareness, provide technical assistance, and create networking opportunities for student-powered microfinance organizations.

The strength of the alliance is its members, which serve as laboratories for innovation in domestic microfinance and training ground for a new generation of social change leaders. Now, LFA hosts an annual conference, offers capacity building site visits, and provides on-site and online technical assistance to its members.