Economic Equity works to overcome the lingering effects of redlining, help communities of color build wealth, and ensure that our financial system works for all.

Greenlining Institute Supports Small Business Data Collection

September 18, 2017

Greenlining Institute Supports Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, Consumer Protection Act Contact: Leonna Spilman, Greenlining Institute Communications Coordinator, 442-999-1505 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – On September 14th, The Greenlining Institute submitted a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along…
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Greenlining Supports Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act

September 18, 2017

On September 14th, The Greenlining Institute submitted a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along with 33 nonprofits, Chambers of Commerce, and business associations, strongly urging the CFPB to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.…
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2016 Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion Issue Brief

September 15, 2017

Greenlining analyzed the inclusion of people of color in the eight agencies’ workforces and supply chains from 2014-2016. Communities of color currently face an increasingly adversarial federal policy agenda that threatens to roll back critical consumer protections and diversity efforts created since the…
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Greenlining Says New VW Diesel Plan a Step Forward for Disadvantaged Communities

August 8, 2017

Oakland Post The Greenlining Institute is supporting the California Air Resources Board’s approval of a clean vehicle investment plan stemming from a settlement to address the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. Greenlining has been critical of the plan, as it falls…
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Republican Attack on Data Transparency is an Attack on Communities of Color

July 24, 2017

Data illuminate discrimination and inequity. As Justice Louis B. Brandeis famously wrote about another issue involving public disclosure of data, “Sunlight is… the best of disinfectants.” Right now, Republicans are on a mission to slash financial regulation, and financial data collection…
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Greenlining Institute Opposes Joseph Otting for Comptroller of the Currency

June 8, 2017

“We Have Grave Reservations and Strongly Urge the Senate to Reject Mr. Otting’s Nomination” Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute today announced its strong opposition to the nomination of former…
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Bill Would Gut Consumer Protections

May 19, 2017

The Progressive By Orson Aguilar Do you have a bank account? A credit card? Any dealings with banks or other financial institutions? If so, Congress wants to empower Wall Street to rip you off. The 2008 crash and Great Recession…
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San Francisco Fed Forms Twelfth District Community Advisory Council

May 5, 2017

Morningstar The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has launched the Twelfth District Community Advisory Council, a group composed of leaders of nonprofit and community organizations from throughout the Bank’s district. The Council will provide the San Francisco Fed a…
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Why Most Black Sacramentans Still Can’t Buy a Home Eight Years After Great Recession

May 3, 2017

Sacramento Bee By Phillip Reese When Time magazine named Sacramento the most diverse city in America in 2002, African American families living here still participated broadly in the American dream of owning a home and building wealth. It was a…
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Trump’s (Partly) Right: Buy American, Hire American

April 21, 2017

Eighty-nine days into the job, it looks like “the Donald” finally got something right. This Tuesday the president announced an executive order calling for studies to examine and eventually overhaul H-1B visas and federal procurement practices under the catchy name…
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