On Monday, February 22, 2016, MAAPL Coordinator Grace Ross and Bring Our Wealth Home Co-Organizer Zakiya Alake are presenting a program on Black Brown Wealth Matters: The Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis on Communities of Color. This program is presented by the Mystic Valley Branch of the NAACP and is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome!
Time: Monday, 2/22/2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: West Medford Community Center, 111 Arlington Street, Medford, MA
Communities of color have been targeted by banks using predatory lending. Come and learn more about the foreclosure crisis, its disparate impact on communities of color, and what we can do about it.
Download the flyer for this event ( PDF )
We hope to see you there!
About MAAPL
The Mass. Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) is a coalition of over 60 housing counseling agencies, legal services groups, social service agencies, and community-based social action groups that have joined together to address the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts.
MAAPL collects and distributes timely information on the foreclosure crisis and its effects to the public and to its member groups, drafts and supports legislation that provides important protections to homeowners and tenants facing foreclosure and eviction, documents the impact of the foreclosure crisis on local communities, networks with related organizations throughout the Commonwealth, and provides tools and information to help people navigate the legal system and advocate on their own behalf more effectively when challenging a foreclosure or eviction in court
