RACE · WEALTH · COMMUNITY
ADVANCING INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
NCRC’s Race, Wealth & Community division seeks to grow and transform wealth building opportunities to end historical economic inequality.
We’re aiming for a society where wealth and its growth advance the nation as a whole, including historically disenfranchised racial and ethnic groups.
We investigate fair housing and fair lending practices, provide education, training, counseling and coaching to entrepreneurs, legal and community advocacy and direct services to promote economic security and a more holistic understanding of wealth creation focused on the public good.
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Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
Chief of Race, Wealth and Community
202.464.2729
dasantemuhammad@ncrc.org
Heidi Sheppard
Project Director, DC Women’s Business Center
202.524.4874
hsheppard@dcwbc.org
Ibijoke Akinbowale
Director, Housing Counseling Network
202.383.7702
iakinbowale@ncrc.org
Jamie Buell
Racial Economic Equality Coordinator
202.792.1281
jbuell@ncrc.org
Jasmine Brewer
Program Manager, Financial Equality Center and Housing Counseling Network
202.383.7714
jbrewer@ncrc.org
Joshua Devine
Director of Racial Economic Equity
202.792.1284
jdevine@ncrc.org
Luis Ortiz
Regional Coordinator, Housing Counseling Network
202.524.4882
lortiz@ncrc.org
Monica Grover
Special Assistant to the Chief of Race, Wealth and Community
202.464.2711
mgrover@ncrc.org
Monti Taylor
Resource Coordinator, DCWBC
202.464.2304
mtaylor@dcwbc.org
Nsonye Anarado
Training Manager, National Training Academy
202.524.4833
nanarado@ncrc.org
Sade McKoy
Communication Specialist, Women’s Business Center
202.393.8307
smckoy@dcwbc.org
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Small business lending and the racial wealth divide
There is growing recognition that wealth is a central indicator of the economic well-being and stability of households and that such low levels of wealth among blacks and Hispanics are a significant indicator of continuing deep racial economic inequality.
NBC: As McConnell’s family shows, the legacy of slavery persists in most American lives
NBC, July 9, 2019: As McConnell’s family shows, the legacy of slavery persists in most American lives When Mitch McConnell confirmed Tuesday that his ancestors had owned slaves, he didn’t say whether he was surprised to learn about it from an NBC News report the day before. But historians, economists and other scholars say that few Americans should
Nonprofit Quarterly: A plan to reverse “economic apartheid” in the US
The racial wealth divide that exists in the U.S. isn’t accidental.
Nonprofit Quarterly: What might reparations look like? Nonprofit activists outline one path
As NPQ’s Cyndi Suarez wrote last month, reparations is now on the agenda of the Democratic Party presidential primary. Writing in Truthout, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins offer their strategy. Asante-Muhammad is Chief of Equity and Inclusion at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC).
Unfair housing under the Trump administration
On April 11, 1968, following Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act (FHA) which was designed to secure the right to housing no matter their race, color, national origin, disability, familial status, sex or religion. The FHA protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a
A foul smell in Eight Mile, Alabama: How fair housing laws can advance environmental justice and racial equity
Fair housing testing and analysis can be used to address issues of environmental and racial justice as well as enforce fair housing laws and industrial safety rules.
USA Today: How to shrink the wealth gap for minorities and everyone else while we study reparations
Economic inequality is perhaps the most significant issue animating the upcoming presidential race. After four decades of economic polarization, there’s growing debate about how to put ordinary Americans back on a secure footing.
New report details policy proposals to bridge the racial wealth divide
The racial wealth divide is greater today than it was nearly four decades ago and trends point to its continued widening. A new report, “Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide,” released by the Institute for Policy Studies and Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, takes stock of the problem and offers ten bold solutions.
