In this session, leaders from West Michigan share how they’re tackling financial inequality by launching the Financial Empowerment Center in Boston Square. The goal: replace predatory lending with access, education, and trust.
You hear from Dondrea Brown of Young Money Finances, Dallas Lenear of Project Green, and Julie Leonard, CEO of LMCU. Together, they’re building a nonprofit, banklike hub that helps unbanked and underbanked families gain financial stability through credit building, budgeting, and ownership.
Their work bridges institutions and neighborhoods—showing what happens when banks, nonprofits, and residents link arms to invest in people, not profit.
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