WHAT: National Day of Action to Address Predatory High-Interest Loans on Working Families WHEN: Thursday February 14, 2013 (11:30-1:00PM) WHO: The People WHERE: YWCA Gymnasium, 309 23rd Street North, Birmingham, Alabama
On October 1, 2012, BFIA leaders will target 5,000 voters via phone banking and canvassing in an effort to resurge voting participation in Birmingham and restore voting power for the Birmingham community.
On May 8, 2012, hundreds of members from Faith in Action congregations across the city came together to lift an organized faith voice in response to use of mace on children in the public schools, and the cycle of debt caused by payday lenders.
In a continue effort to seek statewide and local regulations on the predatory loan industry, BFIA clergy held a press conference on Green Springs Highway, one of the most saturated payday loan areas in Alabama.
October 1, 2012
September 22, 2012
#NuffSaid is an organized voice of today's youth generation
August 19, 2012
Birmingham Faith in Action and Rev. Deforest Soaries rallies the people
BFIA calls for strong payday regulations
June 23, 2012
BFIA Presbyterian Clergy lauded for their leadership
May 3, 2012
May 8, 2012
May 6, 2012
Story written by Joey Kennedy, a Pulitzer Prize winner
Members of the Birmingham Faith in Action group spoke out against macing students in schools and predatory payday lenders at a Tuesday night rally
May 1, 2012
Birmingham residents share stories on the impact of payday loans on their lives.
January 10, 2012
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