Recent News:
FMCRC Chair Al Pina Pushes Back On U.S. Senator Toomey On Federal Reserve Use of Racial Data Research-American Banker Editorial: Click Here for Article
FMCRC Chair/NMCRC Co-Founder Al Pina Joins Blacks & Latinos Pushing For "outsider" as Comptroller of Currency. Al Pina Pledges Hunger Strike Against Nominee Michael Barr. New York Times & Mother Jones Interview Al Pina.
Click Here For New York Times Article
Click Here For Mother Jones Article
Join FMCRC at virtual National Black & Latino Economic Summit Dec 9-10, 2020. www.blackandlatino.org (Over $600 Billion of Economic Access For Blacks & Latinos)
FMCRC Assets & Hope Launch Operation Black & Latino I.Q. New affordable housing program places Section 8 families into new/rebuilt like new homes in upper income neighborhoods and will use behavioral modification program to teach families how to better compete and thrive in U.S. economy.
Click Here For Operation Black & Latino I.Q. Program Details
FMCRC donates rebuilt Tampa home and furniture to low income former homeless
Latina single mother. FMCRC donates St. Pete home to former homeless low income family and donate a Tampa home to low income African American Family.
FMCRC will select a low income single mother or father in 2019 and donate a rebuilt home and furniture to that family.
How U.S. Senator John McCain assisted FMCRC Chair Al Pina To Bring Racial Integration To Phoenix With Cesar Chavez Memorial Plaza in Downtown Phoenix
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FMCRC Chair Al Pina Receives Change Agent Award At Associated Black Charities of Maryland Annual Gala
June 10, 2017 FMCRC Chair Al Pina recognized by Maryland and Baltimore African American leaders for his national economic civil rate advocacy that has resulted in over $500 billion of community reinvestment into minority communities across the U.S.
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FMCRC Assets & Hope Helps Launch National Minority Builders Coalition:
First National Minority Home Builders Summit:
Date:
October 12-13
Location:
Clearwater Beach Florida
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Click Here for Agenda
FMCRC Press Release: Tampa Targets Low Income Home Owners For Racial Gentrification in areas near downtown Tampa. FMCRC seeks Legal and political remedy to protect these targeted minority families
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FMCRC Assets & Hope Host Baltimore Summit on Addressing Baltimore African American housing blight and rising racial wealth gap in Baltimore. Federal banking and housing regulators, faith based and nonprofit leaders and African American community activists pack the Baltimore African American Museum to have their voices heard
Click here for a recap and photos
FMCRC Assets & Hope Chair Al Pina work with Baltimore African American leaders to address rising racial wealth gap in Baltimore due to lack of African American home ownership & home equity. They announce the “Baltimore African American Home Ownership & Home Equity Symposium” on February 10th in Baltimore. (Click Here For Event Flyer)
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn Targets Black Neighborhoods (near downtown) For Racial Gentrification. All White Tampa
Historic Board Create Historic Overlay Districts With Costly Housing Rehab Expense That Force Sales By Minorities
Click Here For FMCRC Letter To Mayor Buckhorn
2015 Federal Home Lending Data By Florida Banks Released. Top Banks fuel widening Racial wealth gap. Bank of American Discriminates Against African American home buyers
Click here for copy of breakdown of 2015 Racial Home Lending Report
FMCRC Chair Al Pina Meets With Baltimore African American Leaders To Discuss And Strategize on Increasing African American Home Ownership To Address Massive Racial Wealth Gap in Baltimore. FMCRC Chair Will Work With Key African American Non Profits In Baltimore To Develop Affordable Housing
Click Here For Photos of June 30, 2016 meeting
Washington DC Housing officials (FHFA, FannieMae, FreddieMac & NCST) Tour FMCRCTampa Housing Projects that Focuses on Raising Home Values in Minority Communities To Address The Rising Wealth Gap. To Date, FMCRC Has Been Successful in Raising Minority Home Values By Over $220 million dollars.
(click on this for attachment with photos and tour highlights)
Federal Reserve Board (Washington DC) Meets with FMCRC & Florida Minority Leaders in Miami to Discuss Rising Racial Wealth Gap and Racial Economic Exclusion By Banks. Meeting was result of FMCRC letter sent to Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen
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FMCRC Chair Al Pina Demands National Minority CRA Summit in DC; Official Letter to Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen (Proposed Hunger Strike) Click Here For Copy of Letter
FMCRC Goes After Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan for Racial Economic Racism Bank of America Small Business and Home Loans to Minorities under 6% of all major U.S. Cities:
Click Here For BofA 2014 Home Lending To Minorities: Economic Racism
Click Here For FMCRC Cartoon of Moynihan Economic Racism
2014-2015 FMCRC-SDMCRC Annual Report: Click Here For Copy of Report
FMCRC Creates and Leads Launch of Florida First Race Based Race Focused Community Development Fund to Fight Poverty With New Market DrivWells Fargo honored by East Tampa neighborhood association for FMCRC housing partnership that results in increasing of home values by over 30% Click Here For Photos and Announcement
FMCRC targets new and rebuilt homes for LGBT community in Florida. Click Here For Photos and Announcement
FMCRC Housing For Veterans. FMCRC gives priority for new and rebuilt homes to Veterans. Veterans thank Wells Fargo. Click Here For Photos and Announcementen
Non Profits. FMCRC Calls on Wells Fargo and Bank of America to Conduct National Racial Audit of Community Funds they Invest into Click Here For Copy of Press Release
FMCRC promotes LGBT home ownership via ground up construction. For photos of Tampa home built for same sex partners in February 2015: click here
Study finds Racial Wealth Gap Growing - Florida still has major income inequality. Click here for news report
Wells Fargo awards FMCRC $100,000 to expand affordable housing construction program to address fast rising racial wealth gap in Florida. Click here for copy of FMCRC & Wells Fargo press release
FMCRC launches "Beds For Tots" program that will provide new bedroom furniture for low income minority children. Click here to see photos
FMCRC donates over 400 toys to Tampa area hospitals to bring joy to hospitalized children. Click here to see photos
FMCRC works with San Diego minority leaders to launch economic civil rights organization to battle rising poverty and racial wealth gap in San Diego minority communities. Click here for flyer
Federal study shows racial wealth gap grows under minority President. Click here for recap of report
FMCRC-Assets & Hope Rebuilds 1923 Historic Home in low Income Census Tract (Tampa Heights) and Increases Home Values in Neighborhood by over 25%. Click here for photos of rebuilding of historic home
Wells Fargo & FMCRC develop major affordable housing program to address declining home values in FL minority communities. Click here for press release
FMCRC Florida delegation goes to Washington D.C. to address Racial Wealth Gap with federal regulators. Click here for photos
FMCRC comes to agreement with Bank of America & Wells Fargo. Call off fast for Florida. FMCRC CRA Committee to hold annual Minority Community Reinvestment meetings with all key banks in Florida. Click here for details
Rise in Florida Minority Poverty-Racial Wealth Gap: FMCRC study-data report demonstrates the major rise in minority poverty in
Florida, lack of Florida minority children to rise out of poverty, major racial wealth gam in Florida & US and major components to wealth gap and lack of home lending to minorities by top four banks in Florida.
Click here for copy of Rise in Florida Minority Poverty-Florida Racial Wealth Gap Report
FMCRC To Launch San Diego Assets & Hope. Targets low-income communities of Barrio Logan-Logan Heights for Job Creation
(click here for San Diego Job Creation Presentation)
FMCRC Launches REO (foreclosed homes) program to create jobs, provide homes to low income families, and develop income via For Profit CEDC model. (click here for photos)
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