Motley Speaker Series: Structural Racism and Financial Services-EMS210318
Cost -
Member - FREE
Non-Member - FREE
Student - FREE
Original Recording Date - March 18, 2021
Product ID - EMS210318
CLE Credit
CT: 1.5 CLE Credits (Ethics)
This panel will feature legal scholars and experts who study historical and ongoing inequities in our banking system and financial services more broadly, and /or who are actively engaged in working to address those inequities through policy activism and innovation within the industry.
Credit
Ethics and Professionalism:1.5
Description
The Constance Baker Motley Speaker Series on Racial Inequality is presented by the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) and its Diversity and Inclusion Committee, in collaboration and co-sponsorship with the Connecticut Bar Foundation (CBF) and James W. Cooper Fellows
You Will Learn
- About the history of how financial services, particularly debt, shaped by broader racist social and economic policies, has contributed to and perpetuated the racial wealth gap over generations
- About specific aspects of finance that continue to disproportionately poorly serve people of color, including bank overdraft practices, predatory lending, and the student loan industry
Who Should Purchase
Anyone who would like to learn more about the role that financial services, particularly the debt industry, have played in creating and perpetuating racial wealth inequities, and the necessary reforms to undo the damage done and create a fair, equitable financial services system.
Speakers
Abbye Atkinson Rebecca Borné
UC Berkeley School of Law, Center for Responsible Lending,
Berkeley, CA New Haven
Ashley Harrington
Center for Responsible Lending,
Washington, DC
Moderator
Annie Harper
Yale School of Medicine,
New Haven
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