To mark the tenth anniversary of President Obama signing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law, Americans for Financial Reform hosted a series of virtual events asking what we have learned, and what changes we think are needed now to protect consumers, uproot systemic racism, and transform finance so that it contributes to a resilient, equitable and sustainable economy.
On Friday, July 18, Senator Elizabeth Warren and former CFPB Director Richard Cordray discussed the future of consumer protection in a conversation moderated by Lisa Donner, AFR Executive Director.
A full video of the event is here.
A highlight thread is here. The webinar also included:
A panel discussion moderated by Linda Jun, AFR Senior Policy Counsel, featuring:
Lisa Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Fair Housing Alliance
Kat Welbeck, Civil Rights Counsel, Student Borrower Protection Center
Veri di Suvero, Executive Director, Alaska PIRG
Carla Sanchez-Adams, Managing Attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid.
A concluding conversation moderated by Ed Mierzwinski, Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program, U.S. PIRG, featuring:
Morgan Harper, former CFPB attorney
Diane Thompson, Open Society Foundations Leadership in Government Fellow
On Monday, July 20, Senator Sherrod Brown and Kirwan Institute Director Darrick Hamilton discussed financial inclusion and racial equity in a conversation moderated by Lisa Donner, AFR Executive Director.
The full video of the event is here.
A highlight thread is here. The webinar also included:
A panel discussion moderated by Marcus Stanley, AFR policy director, featuring:
Elizabeth Parisian, Assistant Director, AFT Research and Strategic Initiatives
Maurice BP-Weeks, Co-Executive Director, ACRE
Mehrsa Baradaran, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine
Pat McCoy, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Ann Marie Reinhart Smith, United for Respect.
A panel discussion moderated by Heather Slavkin Corzo, Head of US Policy, UN Principles for Responsible Investment, featuring:
Saule Omarova, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
David Woods, Director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI) at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.
On Tuesday, August 4, HFSC Chairwoman Maxine Waters delivered a keynote address commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act.
The full video is here.
A highlight thread is here. The event also included:
An introduction by Hilary O. Shelton, Director to the NAACP’s Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy.
A conversation between FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra and AFR Executive Director Lisa Donner.
And a panel discussion moderated by AFR Advocacy and Legislative Director Rion Dennis, featuring:
Art Wilmarth, Professor Emeritus at George Washington University Law School; Christina Livingston, Executive Director of the ACCE Institute and ACCE Action; Greg Jefferson, Legislative Representative for the AFL-CIO; Rich Dubois, Executive Director of the National Consumer Law Center.
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