Washington, DC – From March 25-28, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will hold its annual conference, bringing together hundreds of participants and community organizations from across the nation. This year’s conference theme is “Creating a Just Economy.”
This year, the conference will feature keynote speeches from Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator for Ohio, Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd District, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Julián Castro, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Gustavo Velasquez, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD, Thomas Curry, Comptroller of the Currency, and Rev. Dr. William Barber II, President of the North Carolina NAACP.
The conference features a wide range of workshops on community organizing and advocacy, housing, access to capital and credit, workforce and community development, fair lending, and business development. Many of the nation’s top community advocates, policymakers, government officials, academics, experts on CRA, banking, fair housing, small business, and more are participating in the conference.
Click here for the full schedule, including workshop speakers and descriptions. More information is available at www.ncrc.org/conference/.
What: The 2015 NCRC Annual Conference, “Creating a Just Economy”
When: March 25-28, 2015
Where: Capital Hilton hotel, 1001 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20036
This event is open to press. For more information, please contact Eric Hersey at ehersey@ncrc.org or 202-524-4880.
