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Don’t Fixate On The Racial Wealth Gap: Focus on Undoing Its Root Causes
In "Don’t Fixate on the Racial Wealth Gap," Anne Price, in partnership with the Roosevelt
Institute, examines how focusing on the root of racial wealth inequality can help us build a path
toward a more sustainable economic and political system. Download the publication here>

Financial Empowerment Network Course Catalog
The Financial Empowerment Network (FEN) convened in 2018 a regional Trainers Task Force
to vet existing curricula, develop criteria for trainers, review and recommend workshop pricing
strategies, and to provide advice for continuing financial education for nonprofit professionals
in Washington state.

This catalog is a compilation of workshops offered over the six years and new courses
introduced by the Task Force members to address the growing need to assist organizations in
integrating financial empowerment into their service delivery. View the catalog here>

Money Mindset Cards
Money Mindset Cards are a set of 30 dialogue-based activity cards that help people develop
their own path to financial well-being. Purchase the cards here>

Pre-Existing Conditions: Assessing the Financial Services Response to Racism,
Inequality, and COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to ravage the health and economic security of millions of Americans, it
is critically important to evaluate the relief efforts offered by financial institutions. And at this
time, when our nation is confronted with the reality of its historic and systemic racism, it is
crucial that we evaluate such relief efforts with a racial equity lens. Download the publication
here>

Washington State Foreclosure Prevention Guide
The Washington Foreclosure Prevention Resource Guide: A Tool to Educate Homeowners
about the Foreclosure Process is a resource for homeowners at risk of foreclosure, including a
Mediation Toolkit. (This guide provides general information concerning your rights and
responsibilities. It is not intended as a substitute for specific legal advice. Make sure you reach
out for help about your specific circumstances.) View a copy here>

In the News

Who Gets Hurt When the World Stops Using Cash, by Ann Carrns, The New York Times,
September 11, 2020

Podcast: Improving the digital customer experience – account opening, American Banker,
Open Span, January 31, 2020

Podcast: Can small-dollar loans be both profitable and fair?, by Brendan Pedersen,
American Banker, July 29, 2020