Pictured, above, left to right:
Sarah Ludwig, Mohammad Razvi, Rev. Jennifer Reddall, Rabbi David Rosenn
We hope you can join us on December 6th for a panel discussion with faith-based and secular advocates for financial justice. The conversation will highlight concrete steps your community can take towards economic empowerment for all New Yorkers — by starting a loan fund, opening a credit union, or advocating for a more just banking system.
Sarah Ludwig is the Founder and Co-Director of the New Economy Project. She has worked with hundreds of grassroots groups to organize and advocate for neighborhood equity and financial justice, and has spoken frequently at community forums and public hearings on a wide range of economic justice matters. She also founded New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, a statewide coalition that has won major state-level policy changes and now includes more than 160 organizational members.
Mohammed Razvi is the Executive Director of the Council of Peoples Organization, an advocacy team whose influence reaches beyond its Brooklyn base to the wider South Asian and Arab Muslim community, serving over 10,000 New Yorkers annually. COPO works to improve relationships between the U.S. government and Muslim-Americans, assist low income immigrant families, empower marginalized communities, and advocate for their rights. COPO started the first Halal Muslim Senior Center, Halal Meals on Wheels, and Halal Food Pantry in Brooklyn, and is also now working to provide Halal loan services.
Rev. Jennifer Reddall is the Rector of the Church of the Epiphany, where she has served since 2003, and a leading member of the Task Force for the Episcopal Credit Union of New York, which is currently pursuing a federal charter to serve all New Yorkers participating in the ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Jennifer was ordained as a deacon in 2002, and as a priest in 2003. She first served at the curate at the Church of the Epiphany in Agoura Hills, California, before moving to Epiphany, Manhattan in 2003. She was the Associate Rector from 2003-2011 and Priest-in-Charge from 2011-2014.
Rabbi David Rosenn is the Executive Director of the Hebrew Free Loan Society, and has spent his career building organizations that translate the Jewish communal values into action. For thirteen years, he served as the founder and Executive Director of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, a year-long service program that engages recent college graduates in anti-poverty work and community building. Immediately before joining HFLS, David was Executive VP of The New Israel Fund. Rabbi Rosenn graduated from Harvard University, and was ordained at Jewish Theological Seminary in 1997.
Religious, Civic, and Business Leaders are invited to
join the conversation on December 6 at ICNY’s Free Conference
Faith-Based Lending and Economic Empowerment:
Helping Diverse New Yorkers Build American Dreams
6:00 – 9:00 pm at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway
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Predatory lending and crippling debt are serious problems for far too many New Yorkers. That’s why the next Rabbi Marshall Meyer Retreat for Social Justice will explore the important roles of alternative lenders in diverse NYC communities, as well as theological perspectives on wealth and social responsibility, and concrete steps that your community can take to create faith-based lending institutions and advocate for financial justice.
The conversation will then continue at the Jewish Theological Seminary, with dinner for participants and a panel discussion entitled Breaking the Bank: The High Cost of Low-Income Living. Both the afternoon and evening programs are free and open to religious and civic leaders of all backgrounds. We hope you can join us on Wednesday, December 6th!
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Questions? Contact Iman Boukadoum at 212-870-3515 or iman@interfaithcenter.org.
This Marshall Meyer Retreat for Social Justice is co-sponsored by:
