Join a national team with on-the-ground experience in developing and implementing a broad array of Community Investment Funds designed to meet the needs of BIPOC, women and rural small business owners. Learning from examples in Florida, Massachusetts and Washington State in a dynamic case study format, attendees will explore the challenges and opportunities present in inclusive economic development and financial inclusion with session advisors from government, finance, philanthropy, academics, community organizations and entrepreneurs to how to:
- Pursue and preserve authentic community engagement
- Ensure ongoing and productive cross sector dialogue
- Deploy linguistically and culturally relevant business and financial services
- Develop financial products that bypass and dismantle discriminatory criteria for credit worthiness
- Leverage private, philanthropic and public capital
- Develop tools, processes and metrics that hold capital and government accountable to community
