Just Finance Webinar Series – Impact First Investing
Let’s talk about democratizing finance! Join the T25 Funds for a webinar and conversation about who participates in finance and how to make it accessible to all. Chris Miller, National Coalition for Community Capital will guide a discussion with fund leaders featuring:
- Will Harris, Working Capital for Community Needs (WCCN)
- Pecolia Majigo, REAL People’s Fund
- Blake Jones, Kachuwa Impact Fund
- Luis Costa, Popular Financing for the Production of Healthy Foods (FINAPOP)
Explore the connections between their experience, their funds and their finance solutions and why the time is ripe for change. We will cover:
- Crowdfunding as a transformative strategy for finance,
- Cooperative investment structures as a pathway toward equitable finance, and
- Strategies for democratizing finance.
After the 55-minute panel, we will have a guest commentator to share their reflections on the key takeaways and how critical democratizing finance is within the current structures. We will then have an opportunity to discuss in small groups the topics of the day.
Hosted by Jen Astone, Ecosystem Director, Collective Action for Just Finance, a fiscally sponsored project of Possibility Labs.
Collective Action for Just Finance publishes The Transformative 25 – an annual list of funds, banks and initiatives that are demonstrating the power of integrated capital to reimagine the finance system to work for people and the planet. The list highlights the work of funds employing integrated capital, using creative financial tools, that focus on social, relational, and ecological returns, and that engage with ownership and governance for equity.
No-fee tickets are available for students and those with limited resources. All are welcome. Please email Caroline Sims at caroline.sims.va@gmail.com for an access code.