Nonprofit Quarterly, April 30, 2025, Advocates Respond to Civil Rights Rollback at National Conference
This year’s Just Economy Conference of 1,300 community development advocates, held by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) was unlike any other. Having taken place at the nation’s capital at the end of March, for many, the event marked the first national meeting they had attended since the national elections of November 2024.
Advocates who came discussed many local initiatives—ranging from community land trusts to public banking campaigns to housing affordability and inclusive finance. There were some wins worth celebrating. For example, Tiffany Crutcher, a board member of Justice for Greenwood in Tulsa, OK, shared with conference-goers how Mayor Monroe Nichols, who was elected Tulsa’s first Black mayor last November, has promised to develop a “road to repair” plan for the descendants and two remaining survivors of the 1921 massacre.
