Panel on Predatory Lending and CDFIs

Posted by on December 5, 2003

[posted to Community Development Banking listserv]

Predatory lending has captured headlines across the country in recent years. This issue particularly concerns CDFIs, who work to build wealth and assets in the same markets targeted by abusive lenders. Log on to this special VLC Panel to learn about how CDFIs are responding to this challenge. Leading organizations will share their experiences with financial, educational, and political solutions and ways that CDFIs can lead efforts to promote responsible subprime lending.

The three panelists will talk about industry leading work being done by their organizations: Ronda Porras of Alternatives Federal Credit Union http://www.alternatives.org/, Catherine Gill of SEEDCO http://www.seedco.org/, and Dave Beck of Self-Help http://www.self-help.org/

You will learn approaches and program models that can be replicated across regions and discuss this challenging economic issue with your peers as well as the panelists. The program will be held December 16 from 1:00 to 3:00 EST over the Internet and phone conference. The cost for enrollment in this program, which is supported by the Ford Foundation is $25. Enroll at http://www.communitycapital.org by clicking on the Virtual Learning Center.

Cheryl Neas, Manager, Policy
National Community Capital Association
Public Ledger Building, Suite 572
620 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215.320.4344, fax 215.923.4755
cheryln@communitycapital.org
http://www.communitycapital.org