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Looking for a Credit Union to Bank with? Do you know the difference between a credit union and a bank? See 3 differences below: 1. Ownership and Structure: Credit unions are owned by their members, while banks are typically owned by shareholders. This means when you join a credit union, you become a member and have a say in its operations, whereas with a bank, you're a customer. 2. Profit Distribution: Credit unions often offer better interest rates and lower fees because they aim to benefit their members. They return profits to members in the form of dividends, while banks strive to maximize profits for shareholders. 3. Membership and Community Focus: Credit unions often have specific eligibility requirements or restrictions based on factors like location or occupation, which can create a strong sense of community. Banks, on the other hand, are generally open to anyone, but they may have a more corporate focus. Kansas City Credit Union

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Today, we honour and remember the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. #NDTR #truth #reconciliation #truthandreconciliation

This is a disastrous outcome; it is incumbent upon municipalities to provide housing accordingly, because in any half decent society that is precisely what tax payer dollars should go towards (as opposed to bullshit like sticking needles in peoples arms after the fact of a crime and pretending we’re not spilling blood via execution). Time for America to wake up and be better; the stakes are too high to fuck up decency and integrity.

Final project from the UEP Solidarity Economy class completed by Michelle de Lima and Suzanna Bradley. The project focused on the financial and community wealth building value of Community Land Trusts.

Investing in justice is about more than a financial transaction. It's about fostering relationships, redistributing power, and addressing systemic inequities. In OFN’s latest post in its series on operationalizing racial equity in lending, Community Vision and California Tribal Fund examine Community Vision’s Reparative Land Fee Program and how the CDFI implemented it in partnership with Indigenous communities. The piece offers actionable steps for all CDFIs to consider on the path to economic equity and justice.    https://lnkd.in/egZZYU34

Were you aware that Massachusetts has passed a new law Chapter 40A, Section 3A involving 177 MBTA communities and a compliance deadline of the end of 2024!? I wasn't either until recently! The law requires that an MBTA community shall have at least one zoning district of reasonable size in which multi-family housing is permitted as of right, and that meets other criteria set forth in the statute. Failure to comply with the law results in a loss of eligibility for the community, for certain funding programs. It's not a building mandate but an attempt to change zoning laws to allow for the opportunity to make it easier to build multi-family housing walking distance to transit. Want to learn more as well as how to share with your friends, families and clients so they can be aware of how these changes may affect them and their communities? Comment below or message me for helpful resources and more information!

Defining housing justice: an audiovisual exchange of struggle and action Addressing the current global housing requires a justice lens. According to UN figures, 2.8 billion people experience some form of housing inadequacy, and of these over one billion live in informal settlements. In February and March 2024, IIED held a series of meetings with groups from organised communities, activists and academics, to collectively discuss the meaning of housing justice for them. These online dialogues brought together representatives from ten organisations across seven countries. The exchanges were captured in a series of videos produced by each organisation to showcase what housing justice means for their members. The lived experiences of those on the front line of housing injustice are exposed in a series of videos which collectively shows what housing justice would look like for them. Read the insight by Alexandre Apsan Frediani and Camila Cociña for the full story. --> https://lnkd.in/eWTZeGUg #housing #urban #HousingJustice #HousingCrisis #InformalSettlements

Housing justice is about people's power, it's about affordability and dignity, it's about the right to the city for all and having a voice and a seat the table, it's about the intersection of race, class, gender, age, and the historical systems of oppression around the world that created laws, housing markets, and cities that excluded sections of the population based on these manmade constructs. Housing justice is about intentionally addressing these barriers to adequate housing through disruptive systems change approaches that put people at the center and regard safe, resilient, affordable housing as a human right.

https://lnkd.in/gHrRzxkc Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. #truthandreconciliation

For today's #BlackHistoryMonth fact, we are focusing on New Britain, home to one of our newest clinics, and soon to be, home to our FIRST residential clinic! So, let's talk about, The Underground Railroad... It was developed in the early 19th century, and was a system of safe havens designed to help fugitive slaves escape to freedom. In New England, numerous towns and cities provided safe havens for those escaping slavery. One of the Underground Railroad’s most vital New England routes went through what is now the city of New Britain. In the 1840s and ’50s, New Britain was an important center of anti-slavery activity. Fugitive slaves who entered the state in Stamford, New Haven, and Old Lyme worked their way through New Britain, Farmington, and Middletown on their way to Canada. Of the 22 identified Underground Railroad agents in Hartford County at this time, nine were residents of New Britain. As the two sides of the slavery issue continued sparring, The First Church in New Britain passed anti-slavery resolutions, abolitionists and non-abolitionists clashed at local anti-slavery meetings, and non-abolitionists set fire to barns belonging to New Britain abolitionists. Despite a century and a half of work, historians still struggle to put together a concise narrative of the Underground Railroad in Connecticut. The clandestine nature of the system meant that participants left behind little evidence of Underground Railroad activities. Therefore, identifying specific homes or safe houses that contributed to the movement has been exceedingly difficult. One thing that cannot be questioned, however, is that New Britain and the surrounding area played an important part in aiding fugitive slaves in their quest for freedom. #BLM