Victory Alert - Bruce Rauner Commits Over A Million Dollars For Black Micro-Business Loans

[Mark S. Allen]

VICTORY ALERT!

 

         REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BRUCE RAUNER

                      AGREES TO CRA COALITION REQUEST

                         TO INVEST OVER ONE MILLION  IN

          SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

 

On Tuesday, July 29th, during a convening of the

 National Black Wall Street

-Chicago "Black Economic Agenda" forum,

 Republican candidate for

governor, Bruce Rauner, responded to a request by

 the P.A.C.T. Project

(Partnership Assisting Community Transformation),

 of the Monroe Foundation,

to put over one million dollars in the community-owned

 South Side Community  bank to support

its micro-lending program for Black business development.

 

His response, " I will put more than a million dollars

in the credit union within the next 30 days" which received
a standing ovation by a group of almost 100 which
included a number of small business owners seeking
access to capital

The commitment is being negotiated

by the Monroe Foundation

and the National Black Wall Street Chicago as part The National Black Wall Street Chicago's "30 Day Campaign Fund Commitment Pledge" presented to both major candidates for Governor

 

The P.A.C.T Project has been funded by a grant

from the Field Foundation of Illinois

 

Updates to follow.

 

Otis Monroe

The Monroe Foundation(773) 315-9720

www.themonroefoundation.org

[e-mail]
Chairman & COO National Black Wall Street Chicago
(Rev. Willie T. Barrow Consumer Education and Consumer Action Project)
Founder/Lead Organizer, Illinois Voter Restoration Civic Education Project
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Chairman, Community Reinvestment Organizing Project
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Chicago, Illinois 60653
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