| You probably know that banks are contributing to the growing climate crisis.
They invest billions of dollars in companies that produce fossil fuels, and fight tooth and nail to stop any efforts to hold them accountable!
Fortunately, there’s a way we can make banks pay for causing climate chaos: Financial regulation. Want to learn more?
Join us on July 28 for the final installment of the Stop the Money Pipeline Toxic Money Webinar Series, Using Financial Regulation to Fight for Racial, Housing, and Climate Justice.
We will be hearing from:
- Monica Palmeira, Climate Finance Strategist, The Greenlining Institute
- Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, Founder and Executive Director, Black Women Rising
- Kevin Stein, Chief of Legal and Strategy, California Reinvestment Coalition
- Little Manila Rising
On the webinar, you’ll learn about the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a powerful civil rights era law that requires banks to reinvest in low-income communities.
The CRA is best known for combatting redlining — the practice of denying investments based on the racial makeup of a community.
But as low-income communities are hit hardest by the climate crisis, an updated CRA could become a powerful tool for promoting investments in climate resiliency in the communities that need it most.
The webinar will highlight how coalition and grassroots actions have leveraged the CRA to bring trillions in investments to low-income communities, and why we need future investments to prepare communities for climate change.
Attendees will be encouraged to let the financial regulators know that we want a strengthened CRA that requires banks to invest in the resilience of our communities.
Join us on July 28 at 4:00 p.m. PT/7:00 p.m. ET. Register for this webinar today to reserve your spot! Live Spanish, ASL, and CART interpretation will be provided.
In solidarity,
Deanna
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