Copeland will talk about her career in financial empowerment and how it’s culminated in working with minority credit unions, particularly Black credit unions, around the country to ramp up their ability to lend. As Next City has reported, Black credit unions are more numerous than other minority credit unions, but have had more difficulty making loans to their members than other minority credit unions do, or credit unions in general do. If Black credit unions loaned out at volumes equivalent to their peer institutions, they'd have more than a billion dollars more in loans on their books. Credit unions can’t solve everything when it comes to racial equity in banking and access to credit. But what can they solve? And why are they still worth the support that Copeland and her programs are providing to them? Next City’s series “The Bottom Line” explores scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. The series is made possible with support from Citi. Host [[person_1]] Guests [[person_2]] This webinar is to pay what you wish to register. Pay any amount that you would like or nothing at all. Those who become sustaining members of at least $5 a month, or who make a one-time donation of at least $20, may receive “20 Best Solutions of 2021" — Next City’s solutions of the year magazine. Your contribution toward this seminar will be used to find even more amazing guests, cover hosting fees and organize seminars such as this one more frequently. A video of the webinar will be made available to those who register. This event is presented in partnership with Citi. [[logo_1]]