Project Highlights
June 2010: Univision interviews NEDAP in segments about credit cards and debt settlement scams.
June 2010: NEDAP trains credit unions from throughout the U.S. on Patriot Act rules and how to equitably serve immigrant members, at the Latino Credit Union Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
June 2010: NEDAP trains Colombian immigrants in Queens on their banking and credit rights, in partnership with the Colombian Consulate.
Spring 2010: NEDAP conducts immigrants' banking rights workshops, for CIANA, Domestic Workers United, New Immigrant Community Empowerment, NYS Youth Leadership Council, YMCA New Americans Welcome Center and Project Enterprise.
February 2010: NEDAP issues report on predatory lending and foreclosures in immigrant communities, prepared for the Kirwan Institute's Future of Fair Housing and Fair Credit initiative.
February 2010: NEDAP speaks about redlining and barriers that immigrants face in the banking system, at Center for NYC Affairs panel, "Banking Under the Mattress: Financial Literacy and Unbanked New Yorkers."
December 2009: NEDAP moderates symposium on worker-owner cooperatives in NYC, organized by Center for Family Life.
December 2009: Immigrant Financial Justice Network members co-sponsor forum on remittances in Jackson Heights, Queens, on International Migrants Day.
November 2009: NEDAP co-facilitates immigrant working group meeting at Insight Center's Closing the Racial Wealth Gap convening.
November 2009: Immigrant Financial Justice Network launches grassroots money transfer testing initiative. Stay tuned for report!
September 2009: NEDAP produces half-hour video segment on worker cooperatives in NYC, featuring Sí Se Puede cleaning cooperative in Sunset Park and Colors restaurant.
September 2009: NEDAP trains AmeriCorps*VISTA members at NYCfNAC on immigrant financial justice issues.
Summer 2009: NEDAP leads multi-lingual sessions on immigrants' banking rights for CAMBA, Lin Sing Association and Center for Family Life.
August 2009: NEDAP discusses immigrants' banking rights and options on Diálogo de Costa a Costa, airing nationwide on HITN-TV.
July 2009: NEDAP presents to NYC nonprofits on how to tailor financial education programs to address immigrant concerns, at forum organized by NYC Office of Financial Empowerment.
July 2009: NEDAP trains credit union officials at National Association of Federal Credit Unions conference on Regulatory Framework: Myths and Truths about Serving Immigrant Members.
Spring 2009: NEDAP leads immigrants' banking rights workshops for Cypress Hills LDC, Queens Community House, Asociación Tepeyac, YMCA New Americans Welcome Center and Children's Aid Society.
April 2009: NEDAP and National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions host webinar for credit unions on serving immigrant communities.
March 2009: NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network hosts roundtable meeting on tax issues affecting immigrant workers, with IRS, NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance and Social Security Administration.
February 2009: NEDAP releases report, Ensuring Access to Fair and Affordable Financial Services: A Survey Report on Barriers Faced by Low Income Immigrants in NYC.
Jan/Feb 2009: NEDAP conducts financial education and justice workshops for immigrant workers in Riverhead, LI, in partnership with North Fork Spanish Apostolate.
December 2008: NEDAP presents on how to integrate financial literacy and justice topics into ESL curricula, at CUNY Language Immersion Program conference.
November 2008: NEDAP trains NY/NJ credit unions on Tools to Serve the Immigrant Market at workshop organized by National Federation of CDCUs and WesCorp.
Fall 2008: NEDAP leads immigrant banking rights workshops for Center for Integration and Advancement of New Americans, New Immigrant Community Empowerment, New Americans Program at Queens Public Library, and West Side Campaign Against Hunger.
October 2008: NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network hosts a meeting on organizing immigrant-owned cooperative businesses, led by the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park and Urban Justice Center Community Development Project.
June 2008: NEDAP facilitates sessions on immigrants' banking rights and related public policy issues at the 5th Latino Credit Union Conference in Dallas, TX.
May 2008: NEDAP participates in the Transnational Assembly of Remitters and their Families, in Mexico City, organized by TIGRA.
April 2008: NEDAP and the NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network present the second conference on Promoting Financial Justice for Immigrant New Yorkers.
March 2008: NEDAP trains advocates on financial abuse and resources for immigrant survivers of domestic violence, at 12th annual Domestic Violence Conference at Fordham Law School.
Feb. 2008: NEDAP and Asociacion Tepeyac de Nueva York conduct workshop, in Spanish, for immigrant homeowners on subprime lending and foreclosure prevention.
Jan. 2008: Members of the NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network -- including LESPFCU, Chhaya CDC, and NICE -- announce free tax preparation and ITIN assistance in multiple languages.
Oct. 2007: NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network organizes protest and drafts sign-on letter to the Social Security Administration, calling for an end to "no-match" letters to employers, in partnership with the NY Immigration Coalition and local groups.
Oct. 2007: NEDAP presents on panel about serving immigrant communities, at U.S. Treasury Dept's Eastern Regional Conference on Reaching Unbanked People.
May 2007: NEDAP presents Immigrant Financial Justice Organizing workshop for NYC community groups.
April 2007: NEDAP cited in USAID/DFID Migrant Remittances newsletter, in article "Getting a Fair Deal? Consumer Issues with Remittances Services." (See p. 5-8)
Dec. 2007: NEDAP and TIGRA present Sending Money Home: Transnational Organizing on Remittances, a workshop for NY area groups.
Aug. 2006 - Jan. 2007: More than 30 NYC groups complete 600 Immigrant Banking Surveys! Surveys examined immigrant New Yorkers' financial services experiences and needs, and exposed pervasive barriers faced by low income and undocumented immigrants in the banking system. See report.
Nov. 2006: NEDAP-led project on remittances and community development receives first place seed grant from KACF Inter-Community Development Fund.
Fall 2006: NEDAP presents on immigrant banking issues at forums organized by Federal Trade Commission, Children's Defense Fund, NFCDCU, and FDIC New Alliance Task Force.
Aug. 2006: NEDAP joins groups from the U.S. and global South at TIGRA gathering to develop organizing strategies on remittances.
June 2006: NEDAP presents at seminar on remittances and financial intermediation in Mexico City, sponsored by Federal Reserve, Banco de Mexico & Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior.
Feb. 2006: More than 100 attend NYC forum: Promoting Financial Justice for Immigrant New Yorkers. Download report.