Banking on Financial Inclusion: HOPE Economic Mobility Forum and Career Expo 2023
This two-day event will focus on opportunities for the financial service industry to increase economic mobility by fostering greater financial inclusion, working to close the racial wealth gap, and supporting environmental sustainability, particularly in communities of color in the Deep South.
Tuesday, February 7
HOPE Economic Mobility Forum
Jackson State University
Student Center
1400 John R. Lynch Street
Jackson, MS 39217
Wednesday, February 8
Economic Mobility Career Expo
Tougaloo College
Bennie G. Thompson Research Facility
Tougaloo Boulevard
Tougaloo, MS 3917
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Event Agenda
HOPE Economic Mobility Forum – Tuesday, February 7
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Jackson State University
Student Center
1400 John R. Lynch Street
Jackson, MS 39217
8:15: Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome
- Thomas Hudson, President, Jackson State University
- Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Mayor, Jackson, Mississippi
Overview
Economic mobility in the Deep South: Setting the Stage
- William Rodgers, Institute for Economic Equity
- Corey Wiggins, Delta Regional Athority
- Patrice Alexander Ficklin, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- John Friedman, Opportunity Insights
Building Opportunity Ladders
- Tom Shapiro, Heller School for Social Policy & Management, Brandeis
- Judy Reese Morse, Urban League of Louisiana
- Ines Polonius, Communities Unlimited
- Moderator – Ed Sivak, HOPE
Financial Institutions & Economic Mobility
- Andy Anderson, Bank of Anguilla & Community Development Bankers Association
- Donna Gambrell, African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs
- Kiyadh Burt, HOPE
- Moderator: Bill Bynum, HOPE
Lunch
Michael S. Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Discussion, Q & A
Closing Remarks
Economic Mobility Career Expo – Wednesday, February 8
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Tougaloo College
Bennie G. Thompson Research Facility
Tougaloo Boulevard
Tougaloo, MS 3917
Note: Students and Faculty Only
8:15: Networking and Continental Breakfast
Welcome Remarks
Conversation with Students
- Michael S. Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President
- Bill Bynum, HOPE, CEO
- Other Financial Services Professionals
Career Fair & Lunch
- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- HOPE
- African American Association of CDFI CEOs
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