As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact every aspect of our lives, the number of people experiencing hunger is staggering. Some of them are immigrants and low-income families, many of which do not even have access to COVID-19 testing and treatment, and are unemployed. The Advocacy Action Team has been urging Congress to protect immigrants … Continue reading
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Predatory Lending Reform Action Alert
U.S. House Financial Service Committee to Vote on Reform Bill On this GIVING TUESDAY…Give your member of Congress a call! Contact Committee Members TODAY! As CBF Advocacy continues our work for reform of payday and auto title lending practices we are encouraged by positive steps in Congress. On November 12, a bipartisan bill was introduced … Continue reading
CBF Advocacy celebrates survival of payday lending rule
CONTACT Aaron Weaver, aweaver@cbf.net DECATUR, Ga. — Stephen K. Reeves, associate coordinator of partnerships and advocacy for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, released the following statement following news that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule providing protections to millions of American consumers from the predatory practices of payday lenders has survived an attempted repeal in Congress. Today … Continue reading
Who am I that I should go?
The following post is from Lesley-Ann Hix, a student at McAfee School of Theology and participant at CBF’s most recent event, Advocacy in Action. This blog is a part of a series of experience blogs from the event. There are beloved people in my life who live in the pains of marginalization every day, and … Continue reading