Which Way, L.A.?
Minorities and Money-Lending
Mainstream, and community banks are vowing to invest in low-income neighborhoods. Does this really mean a change from red-lining to green-lining? Or are these empty promises from image-conscious financial institutions?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readBob Gnaizda: Policy Director, Greenlining Institute Father O'Connell: Pastor, St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church, Imperial and Normandie (South Central) Mark Whitlock: Executive Director, FAME Renaissance, a division of the First African-American Methodist Episcopal church. Brenda Ross-Dulan : Community Development Officer, LA area, Wells Fargo Carey Walker: Vice President, Corporate Communications, Bank of America Frank Moran: President of the Latin Business Association, President and CEO of Team One Staffing ServicesAlex Counts: Executive Director, Grameen Foundation USA and author of "Give us Credit: How Muhammad Yunus' Microlending is Empowering Women from Bangladesh to Chicago"Gina Neff: Professor at Queens College; writer on economic issues; authored "Micro-credit, Micro Results" for Left Business Observer Mike Feinstein: Councilmember, City of Santa Monica Danny Schechter: Author, "The More You Watch, The Less You Know"
topic: MIRAMAR SHERATON UNION
