"Every day, [Hope Credit Union] proves that banking practices can narrow the wealth gap and advance economic justice. An idea that many write off as naïve and folly, Hope makes real through passionate commitment and meticulous follow-through." Once in a while I think I’m beginning to really understand racism, the suffering it has caused and still causes and the tenacity it invokes. And then [Read More …]
Photo Album: 2024 Deep South Investors Tour
Our 2024 Deep South Investors Tour took the group through a rich experience of history, civil rights, and local efforts to address wealth inequity in the United States. In September, our group traveled from Memphis, Tenn., through parts of Alabama and Mississippi while meeting with community leaders and executives at Hope Credit Union. [Read More …]
Introducing our friends at Jubilee Economics Ministry
We recently reconnected with Lee Van Ham, the director of Jubilee Economics Ministry (JEM), and we'd like to share a few of their resources, which will appeal to members of Faith and Money Network. Here's a brief introduction from Lee Van Ham. Look for more news about our partnership in the months to come! Jubilee Economics Ministry — which also goes by OneEarth Jubilee — acts within a [Read More …]
Just another white van on the horizon?
"So what does it look like to create ongoing relationships with the Lakota people in Red Shirt? It might be looking for ways to support these communities, spreading the word, returning in future years, or even financial support for projects." In June, I had the great privilege to participate in a Faith and Money Network Trip of Perspective to Oglala Lakota land at Red Shirt Table, Pine [Read More …]
Photo Album: 2024 Red Shirt Table Trip of Perspective
In June 2024, Faith and Money Network visited the Red Shirt Table community on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. The group of 11 learned from local leaders, activists and artists, and ended the trip by attending the Red Shirt Pow Wow. The trip also took the group to sacred sites in the area, including Bear Butte, Wounded Knee, Wind Cave, and the Crazy Horse Memorial. Credit for all [Read More …]
Living among the ancestors: Learning about reverence and community from the Lakota people
I never thought I would go to South Dakota. My way of thinking was, "What reason would I go there outside of removing another state from my bucket list?" All I knew about the state is that it is located in the middle of the country, its capital is Pierre, and the location of Mount Rushmore was home to a very sacred site for Native Americans. It wasn’t until my school chaplain offered me the [Read More …]
Book Review: Learning about de jure economic racism
As a theist Unitarian Universalist, I believe in our 1st Principle: the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Because I believe that every person holds a spark of the divine, and that all people are my neighbors, I must work to learn about the experiences of the most marginalized and disadvantaged in our culture, understand how our systems affect them, and work to make things more just and [Read More …]
2024 Trip of Perspective: Deep South Investors Tour
Join Mike Little and others from the Faith and Money Network on the Deep South Investors Tour this fall (Sept 8-15), traveling through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama to build relationships and make connections between our country's legacy of racial inequity and the ways that anti-Blackness persists today in major systems from home ownership to education to banking. This Trip of Perspective [Read More …]
Sacred Spaces: Robert Two Bulls on the culture of the Oglala Lakota
Rev. Canon Robert Two Bulls is a member of the Oglala Lakota and the Missioner for The Department of Indian Work for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. A member of a family with deep roots in artistry, activism, and Episcopal ministry, Two Bulls and his colleagues will be leading participants on our first Trip of Perspective to Red Shirt Table on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota this [Read More …]
2024 Trip of Perspective: Red Shirt Table
Join Mike Little and others from the Faith and Money Network on a Trip of Perspective to Red Shirt Table this summer (June 16-23) to experience the sacred sites of the Oglala Lakota people, including the Badlands, Black Hills, Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee, and to learn from local leaders, activists and artists. We'll end the trip by spending two days at the Red Shirt Pow Wow. The deadline to apply [Read More …]
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