Financing Education, Now and Into the Future

State and local governments play a critical role in funding and delivering K-12 education in the United States, but funding can vary from district to district, creating disparities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.  Hear from economists, policy experts, and practitioners about how education finance has been impacted by the pandemic, the different types of […]

A Year of Crisis, and Now What? Where Our Main Streets Go from Here

Minority small-business owners and community lenders share their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will discuss where they are now, what small businesses need going forward, and what’s at stake when small businesses in underserved areas—and the community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions that support them—struggle.