The local action taking off from the latest @city_bureau/ @WBEZ investigation on racial disparities in bank lending is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💯" title="Hundert Punkte Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Hundert Punkte Symbol">. @JaymalGreen is mobilizing. Politicians/civic leaders *sound serious*. @lindalutton is everywhere — threading for folks who want to get involvedhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏾" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">

Here’s the original investigation/series ICYMI https://interactive.wbez.org/2020/banking/disparity/?_ga=2.216390673.683495327.1592491647-174789700.1588361849">https://interactive.wbez.org/2020/bank...

I had a few wtf moments with this one—lots of gems here https://www.wbez.org/stories/several-chase-bank-branches-close-amid-protests-over-unequal-lending/49d68fe3-814b-4652-83ec-20b46cba347c">https://www.wbez.org/stories/s...

. @helenegayle: “We need to examine and shine a light on how our society’s institutional practices and public policies have kept a “knee on the neck” of Black Americans for generations” https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/shine-light-on-societys-inequitable-institutional-practices-public-policies/">https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/npt_artic...

“Green is calling for Chase to give Chicago’s black neighborhoods $1 billion in grants and $10 billion in loans. He wants grants to go to home buyer assistance, small business start-ups and the creation of an African-American-owned bank” https://twitter.com/wbez/status/1272683038917513218?s=21">https://twitter.com/wbez/stat... https://twitter.com/wbez/status/1272683038917513218">https://twitter.com/wbez/stat...

. @ccoramoore and @marisa_novara: ““Bottom line: What we know about structural racism is that simply letting things unfold is not neutral.” https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-equity-chief-says-racial-disparity-in-lending-is-a-call-to-action/ca151402-fb18-4c10-baf3-bedffdc08fb7">https://www.wbez.org/stories/c...

. @senatorjacqui said injustice in the housing, banking and real estate industries — and the disinvestment that results — is part of what’s fueling ongoing protests across the U.S. “That’s what the protests are in the streets about today” https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-state-sen-jacqueline-collins-wants-legislation-to-address-unequal-lending/a02f7841-d193-41e2-850d-f09accb88fb0">https://www.wbez.org/stories/i...

Go for the @nbcchicago video, stay for @allenambition, a journalist born and raised here: “I always wondered why Chicago’s mostly white neighborhoods looked so
different than the city& #39;s black neighborhoods. Then I studied 168,859 home loans” https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inequality-in-america-modern-day-redlining-in-chicago-creates-home-loan-inequality-85110853978">https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-n...

This is ongoing y’all. Local journalists will keep asking the hard questions but it’s the organizers, activists and mobilizers who keep the pressure on, put everything on the line for change and show us what’s possible. Support your local movement builders.