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We invite you to join us for Aftercare Sessions in your region to follow up on your individual and organizational endeavors. We also want to ensure you receive access to the capital you deserve. Sessions are free, virtual and open to all! You do not have to be a previous summit attendee to register. Please complete the form below to register and more details will follow. EAST COAST AFTERCARE SESSIONS Event Signup REGISTER FOR EVENT

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We invite you to a one-of-a-kind experience to develop solutions to close the racial wealth gap. This 3-day summit is your opportunity to build Black & Latino intellectual bandwidth through access to capital, affordable housing training, and small business ownership. Vanessa McCleary CEO & Founder Gen-Wealth Empowerment Center After 25+ years helping to revitalize and build wealth in low-income communities working for non-profit agencies and local government, Vanessa McCleary decided to start my own company. Her experience working with non-profit agencies, local, state, federal govt and advocacy groups are no longer constrained by the internal politics that impede and slowdown transformational change. With successes every year for the past 25+ years in four different states she is ready to become the largest African American Female Affordable Housing Developer in the America. Vanessa is a disconcertingly candid, passionate, knowledgeable housing specialists who dreams of a world where everyone is securely housed. A relentless worker with strong intuitive powers, she succeeds in all her endeavors. Vanessa is a community development professional with extensive housing expertise and personnel management experience • Skilled in real estate projects including affordable housing rehab, new housing development (single family, multi-family and mixed use), historic restoration of commercial and residential properties, neighborhood revitalization, housing the homeless, disaster recovery and redevelopment• Managed the Douglas Block Revitalization project and secured financing to restore the historic African American economic hub, and marketed and secured tenants for the project, achieving 90% occupancy in less than one year • Revitalized neighborhoods through strategic investments to deconcentrate poverty, increasing the tax base and building wealth for legacy residents, • Assisted non-profit agencies in 4 different states (New York, Delaware, North Carolina, and Delaware) to secure both public and private grant funds to support housing projects. Vanessa received her B.S. in Human Services from Springfield College, MA. She is a Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc and has been active in every community that she has lived giving of her time, talent and treasure to help individuals and families in need. Currently she is pursuing a General Contractors license.

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We have a mission to Address the Racial Wealth Gap by developing solutions to build Black and Latino community development intellectual bandwidth through Affordable Housing & Small Business Ownership. Attendees can network with over 200 non-profits, faith-based organizations, small businesses, as well as top bank and corporate executives over various interactive sessions and events. SESSIONS, NETWORKING & CONNECTION Media We are happy to share the photos and video we took over our 3-day summit. Our attendees also shared pictures and videos through the official conference app — Whova, and some fun Gala Photobooth poses. Like, download & share with your network! MEDIA GALLERIES Tribute Video Summit Photos Gala Photobooth Whova Photos MEDIA GALLERIES Tribute Video Summit Photos Gala Photobooth Attendee Photos

We invite you to a one-of-a-kind experience to develop solutions to close the racial wealth gap. This 3-day summit is your opportunity to build Black & Latino intellectual bandwidth through access to capital, affordable housing training, and small business ownership. Al Piña Chair/CEO FMCRC-Assets & Hope Co-Founder, NMCRC It is with great sorrow that we share the passing of our beloved economic justice leader and a great champion of change. Even though Al's swift transition on May 17, 2022, was unexpected, he has left a blueprint for us all to follow as we continue to be about seeking economic justice for Black and Latino communities! After a battle with a major illness, Al Piña decided to use his successful Fortune 25 corporate skills, as well as his military service experience, that led to several business and military awards and medals, to give back to community and country. He began working with minority community organizations around the United States for the past 16 years to including serving in a senior executive role with the largest community development corporation in the United States. Through either his leadership, or his participation in financial institutional CRA commitments, it has resulted in over $700 billion of additional bank commitments for community re-investment into minority communities throughout the United States. Al Pina started out his community economic development career as V. P. of Development for the National Council of La Raza and a team member that launched the countries first minority focused housing and commercial real estate CDFI. Al Piña went on to serve as Vice President of Development for the country’s largest Community Development Corporation (TELACU-Los Angeles) In 2005, in partnership with the Greenlining Institute, Al Piña took his efforts to Florida and founded the Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition, which is Florida’s first state wide minority focused community economic development collaboration with over 105 participating minority community organizations. As Chairman of FMCRC, Al Piña utilized this position to advocate for increased community reinvestment for Florida minority communities. He led the negotiating team that was successful in the development of over $120 billion dollars of community reinvestment commitments to Florida’s minority and underserved communities by Regions, Wachovia/Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase and Fifth Third Bank. Seeing the importance of access to capital for minority communities towards reducing the rising racial wealth gap, Al Pina had a focus on access to capital for minority communities throughout the United States. Since 2005, Al Piña assisted in the development and launching of over 16 minority focused community development funds, with over $6 billion dollars of capital. He also was a development team member of two national Hispanic investment funds with a combined investment capital of $310 million. In addition, Al Piña launched and led the efforts for Florida’s first ever minority focused affordable housing fund through a Tampa-based CDFI. Understanding the importance of job creation in low-moderate income communities to battle poverty, Al Piña launched Florida’s first minority focused job creation event Let’s Do Business Florida. In partnership with over 150 minority organizations and major banks and corporations, Let’s Do Business Florida focuses on job creation through increased construction contracts to minority construction firms and the development of self-sufficient minority nonprofits to allow them to create incremental income streams to fund job creation programs.

We invite you to a one-of-a-kind experience to develop solutions to close the racial wealth gap. This 3-day summit is your opportunity to build Black & Latino intellectual bandwidth through access to capital, affordable housing training, and small business ownership. Marcos Morales Manager Hogar Hispano, Inc. Marcos Morales manages Hogar Hispano Inc. (HHI) a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 2004. HHI was formed with a goal to flexibly manage different types of real estate assets in partnership with other community-based organizations to support homeownership preservation creating affordable housing, neighborhood stabilization, and wealth creation for both Latino and low-income families. Mr. Morales is dedicated to helping families and individuals to achieve the American dream of homeownership and to build personal wealth. He does so through partnership which have led to the creation of 2,000 new housing opportunities for income qualified families and preserving homeownership for 1,300 additional families nationwide. Mr. Morales believes the work is just getting started. Access to capital is paramount to the success of HHI and other community development corporation across the country.

We have a mission to Address the Racial Wealth Gap by developing solutions to build Black and Latino community development intellectual bandwidth through Affordable Housing & Small Business Ownership. Attendees can network with over 200 non-profits, faith-based organizations, small businesses, as well as top bank and corporate executives over various interactive sessions and events. 2022 Speakers

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ALBERT ROBERT PIÑA III BLACK & LATINO ECONOMIC$ Endowment Fund ALBERT ROBERT PIÑA III BLACK & LATINO ECONOMIC$ Endowment Fund The National Minority Community Reinvestment Co-Operative (NMCRC) is a non-profit coalition of minority-led and focused organizations committed to leveling the playing field for Blacks and Latinos by addressing the socio-economic needs of all people of color. NMCRC advocates for fair policies in the banking and financial community; holds lenders and financial institutions accountable for providing racially relevant resources; hosts educational trainings and gatherings; and facilitates access to capital for minority developers, businesses and organizations. The cooperative believes that systemic disinvestment in communities of color must be addressed through sustainable economic development that provides access to capital for majority low to moderate income families. In 2022, under the leadership of Jules Dunham Howie, Dina Harris, and Marcos Morales, the NMCRC launched the Albert Robert Piña III Black and Latino Economic$ Endowment Fund. The Endowment will support the annual National Black and Latino Economic$ Summit, provide regional gatherings, trainings, and networking opportunities for Black and Latino communities to gain access to capital. OUR GOAL Our goal is to seed the endowment with $5 million dollars from banks, corporate partners, and the philanthropic community. We are asking each bank partner to make a minimum initial gift of $250,000 or a commitment of $100,000 a year for the next 3 years. We currently have a total commitment of $850,000 toward Endowment Fund. $5M Once the portfolio is fully endowed, the capital will be used to undergird the work of the National Minority Community Reinvestment Co-operative and the Annual National Black and Latino Economic$ Summit, ensuring over 200 Black and Latino nonprofits and small business owners can gather with the banking community to gain access to capital. Albert Piña Bio It is with great sorrow that we share the passing of our beloved economic justice leader and a great champion of change. Even though Al's swift transition on May 17, 2022, was unexpected, he has left a blueprint for us all to follow as we continue to be about seeking economic justice for Black and Latino communities! After a battle with a major illness, Al Piña decided to use his successful Fortune 25 corporate skills, as well as his military service experience, that led to several business and military awards and medals, to give back to community and country. He began working with minority community organizations around the United States for the past 16 years to including serving in a senior executive role with the largest community development corporation in the United States. Through either his leadership, or his participation in financial institutional CRA commitments, it has resulted in over $700 billion of additional bank commitments for community re-investment into minority communities throughout the United States. Al Pina started out his community economic development career as V. P. of Development for the National Council of La Raza and a team member that launched the countries first minority focused housing and commercial real estate CDFI. Al Piña went on to serve as Vice President of Development for the country’s largest Community Development Corporation (TELACU-Los Angeles) In 2005, in partnership with the Greenlining Institute, Al Piña took his efforts to Florida and founded the Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition, which is Florida’s first state wide minority focused community economic development collaboration with over 105 participating minority community organizations. As Chairman of FMCRC, Al Piña utilized this position to advocate for increased community reinvestment for Florida minority communities. He led the negotiating team that was successful in the development of over $120 billion dollars of community reinvestment commitments to Florida’s minority and underserved communities by Regions, Wachovia/Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase and Fifth Third Bank. Read More