***This event is sold out but welcome folks without tickets to come out and we will accommodate as many people as we can. We will also be streaming the discussion live on Facebook here***

Join us for a panel discussion and community conversation about the lifecycle of redlining, disinvestment, predatory lending, and gentrification and displacement — a damaging cycle that runs on racial prejudice and the unregulated flow of extractive capital out of and into communities — and the set of critical interventions from government, communities and businesses that are necessary at each stage of this destructive cycle. This event will lift up the need for community-owned, deeply rooted financial institutions, businesses and housing; for government protections and incentives to make sure that productive, non-extractive services, goods and housing are available to low and moderate income residents during times of disinvestment, and protections for those residents so they are able to remain, thrive and reap the benefits of the influx of capital; and the need for community based advocacy and organizing to hold businesses and investors accountable to make investments that benefit the existing community, rather than profiting from their anticipated and engineered displacement.

Speakers include:
- Dr. Brittany Lewis, Research Associate, University of Minnesota Center for Urban & Regional Affairs - CURA
- David Snyder, Organizing Director, Jewish Community Action
- Shiranthi Goonathilaka, Director of Engagement & Experience, Village Financial Cooperative
- Jeff Washburne, Executive Director, City of Lakes Community Land Trust
- Gary Cunningham, Executive Director, Metropolitan Economic Development Association

Part of the "Racism, Rent and Real Estate: Fair Housing Reframed" series