The California Reinvestment Coalition’s 2023 Equitable Futures Awards two-event series started off with a bang Thursday, April 27 in Oakland. Nearly 150 CRC members, allies, banking industry representatives and elected officials gathered under an eastbay sunset and string lights to celebrate two incredible advocates and one outstanding people-first organization…
Continue Reading →CRC has recognized community leaders and organizations across California that have made a positive impact in their local communities with service awards for more than two decades. This year, we will recognize three stellar leaders—an advocate for quality affordable housing in the Central Valley, the director of the Consumer…
Continue Reading →CRC on Friday convened a virtual town hall meeting to address some of the most pressing questions and discuss how the current economic landscape affects its members’ programs and advocacy projects in the wake of the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. Last weekend, federal regulators…
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This Women’s History Month, we’re reflecting on the likes of Dolores Huerta and Angela Davis whose invaluable contributions to organizing improved the lives of working-class People of Color. We’re remembering Sasheen Littlefeather, Shirley Chisholm and Marsha P. Johnson, who were unwavering in the face of discrimination and white supremacy….
Continue Reading →The California Reinvestment Coalition is pleased to announce that Chancela Al-Mansour, Executive Director of the Housing Rights Center, has been elected chair of its Board of Directors. Her three-year term began on Jan. 25. Al-Mansour has served on the board as a trustee for more than two decades. She…
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It was another busy year for CRC. In 2022, CRC and its allies negotiated more than $80 billion in Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) for California, passed AB 1837, the Homes in Community Hands Act, equipped dozens of mid- and senior-level employees with racial and economic justice advocacy skills, and…
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CRC members, activists, bankers, organizers and supporters packed Lokels Only Cafe in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 3 for CRC’s Southern California Equitable Futures Awards celebration. After a two-year hiatus, the event returned — with a new name — to honor Chancela Al-Mansour, the California Public Banking Alliance, the…
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Nearly 150 people attended CRC’s Southern California Equitable Futures Awards on Thursday, November 3 at Lokels Only Cafe in Los Angeles. The event was created to recognize Southern California’s community heroes, resiliency builders, and difference-makers. The California Public Banking Alliance, the SEIU California State Council, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-53),…
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Oakland, Calif. — More than 100 CRC members, bankers and allies gathered Thursday, Sept. 22 to celebrate the unwavering work by Northern California communities and recognize the critical work of resiliency-builders. The Equitable Futures Awards, formerly known as the Community Heroes Awards, was the first such in-person celebration for…
Continue Reading →An attorney who has represented California’s low-wage and agricultural workers against powerful agri-business actors despite political consequences. A collaboration of tenants’ unions that staged a successful rent strike against one of San Francisco’s most powerful corporate landlords. A nonprofit alliance that partnered with a California legislator to establish a…
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