We’re pleased to announce that the keynote speaker of our upcoming retreat on faith-based lending will be Rachel Schneider, Senior Vice President of the Center for Financial Services Innovation, and co-author of The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty. In The Financial Diaries, Schneider connects the findings of the ground-breaking U.S. Financial Diaries research project (with detailed data about how 235 households save, spend, borrow and plan over the course of a year) with the broad trends upending the economic lives of American families. She uncovers the emergence of a hidden inequality, in addition to disparities in income and wealth – an inequality in access to steady finances – and provides a framework for financial products and policies that can help.
Religious, Civic, and Business Leaders
are Invited to Hear Ms. Schneider’s Keynote Address
Why Lending Matters: Inside the Hidden Financial Struggles of American Families
at ICNY’s Free Conference:
Faith-Based Lending and Economic Empowerment:
Helping Diverse New Yorkers Build American Dreams
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
12:00 – 5:30 pm at the Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive
6:00 – 9:00 pm at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway
Click here for detailed info and registration.
Predatory lending and crippling debt are serious problems for far too many New Yorkers. That’s why the next Rabbi Marshall Meyer Retreat 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!
Click here to download or print a flyer.
Questions? Contact Iman Boukadoum at 212-870-3515 or iman@interfaithcenter.org.
This Marshall Meyer Retreat for Social Justice is co-sponsored by:
