The next session of the 2021 Rural Policy Summit will be held on November 10. This session will be a roundtable discussion on creative approaches to municipal services, including shared services and collaboration with nonprofits and other organizations.
Narrowing the Racial Homeownership Gap Part Two: Practices, Policies and Partnerships to Increase Black Homeownership will discuss how narrowing the racial homeownership gap will require a multifaceted approach including, but not limited to, new types of mortgage products, equitable and intentional policymaking, and effective housing industry partnerships at the local and national and level.
Small businesses all over New Jersey felt the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially true for small businesses owned by people of color. Business leaders, government stakeholders, and community organizations are invited to join the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for this virtual event focused on ensuring an equitable small business recovery in the Garden State.
This is the 10th installment in our virtual event series, which examines the impact of structural racism on our economy and advances ideas to improve economic outcomes for all Americans. This session will examine structural racism in our financial services system and its impact on the economy. During this event, we will survey historical and present-day barriers to traditional financial services […]
This Connecting Communities webinar celebrates the unique assets in rural communities, while making the case for continued investment—specifically in low-income or otherwise under-resourced rural communities.
Aligning interests and resources that focus on equity, infrastructure development, housing production and preservation, and underwriting and lending, could lead to increasing the Black homeownership rate. This is what compelled all the organizations involved in this initiative to build an impact network, develop a draft 7-point plan, and now engage CRA officers to help refine and implement the plan. Join us on November 17th for a conversation about how your institution can support this work.
The United States has always had vulnerabilities in the rental housing market that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and revealed. Join us on November 17, 2021, for a research seminar that will examine what we’ve learned from the administration of emergency rental relief and evaluate universal vouchers as a long-term solution for increasing housing security among renters.
The event will feature presentations by researchers at Federal Reserve Banks on disparities across income and ethnicity in home ownership, as well as the latest research on mortgage forbearance, refinancing, and mortgage prepayment.
Access to child care and other forms of care is critical to people’s ability to participate in the workforce, but too often, it is not available or affordable to match the need. Join the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on November 18 for a Fed Listens event focused on the role of care in supporting labor force participation and the economic recovery from COVID-19.
This event hosted by the New York Fed will feature leaders, from all sectors of the food system, who are investing in and deploying market-based solutions and interventions to help ensure that everyone has access to healthy and affordable food, one of the most critical determinants of health.
Join us on December 2 for a Connecting Communities® webinar discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities and the entities serving them in 2021.
The next session of the 2021 Rural Policy Summit will be held on December 8. This session will be a roundtable discussion on how nonprofit organizations and foundations have supported rural regions in adapting to and engaging in economic transitions.
As part of its mission to support tribal economic prosperity, Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis conducts and supports policy-relevant research on key questions that matter for Indian Country. We invite you to join us on December 9–10 for an open discussion of these questions at CICD’s first annual research summit.
The financial health of many local communities is often directly tied to the success of so-called eds and meds in the region. Join the Philadelphia Fed for a virtual event exploring the impacts of higher education and healthcare on local and regional economies.
Join this Connecting Communities® webinar for a discussion on Enterprise Capital and the ways it can increase the effectiveness of philanthropic and nonprofit efforts to advance racial and economic equity.
The sixth and final session of the 2021 Rural Policy Summit will be held on January 14, 2022. This session will be a roundtable discussion on Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry and policies that can help support our farmers and agricultural producers and processors in the coming years.
Please join the Minneapolis Fed for the launch of the Regional Housing Affordability Dashboard, developed in partnership with the Itasca Project.
Conversations on Equity is a speaker series featuring national thought leaders working to build awareness of obstacles to economic equity. On Feb. 2, join Bill Rodgers, director of the St. Louis Fed’s Institute for Economic Equity, for a conversation with Liz Shuler, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
This free virtual event will provide you with information and resources about changes in the workplace and the implications for students as they prepare for the labor force. A related resource guide and certificate of participation will be provided to attendees following the event.
Decisions about education and training are complicated, especially given the uncertainty in the labor market. On February 8, join the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond to explore how the future of work is changing human capital decisions and what skills will be needed in the economy of tomorrow.
Investing in entrepreneurs represents the best chance for rural economies to thrive in the future. Join the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for this conversation about the challenges and opportunities facing rural entrepreneurs and the organizations that assist them.
