Over the past few weeks, Woodstock Institute and our advocacy partners hosted events informing Illinois lawmakers from both parties about our 2023-24 policy agenda for protecting consumers and small businesses. Advocacy groups joining Woodstock included Citizen Action/Illinois, Legal Action...
Throughout 2022, Woodstock Institute worked to advance economic justice and racial equity. We advocated for stronger consumer protections, produced research that sheds light on financial disparities, and brought together stakeholders to collaborate on addressing financial sector discrimination. Woodstock Institute...
Amber S. Hendley, Woodstock Institute’s Director of Research, writes about how her family’s experience with owning a home across several generations reflects the systemic factors underlying the Black-White racial wealth gap. A shortened version of this article appears in...
Our 50th Anniversary Celebration brought together a diverse crowd united around a common goal of building an equitable financial system. Woodstock Institute’s 50th Anniversary Celebration was a success! We’re thrilled to have brought together a diverse crowd of professionals...
Pawn Shop charged more than 240% APR on pawn loan to active-duty servicemember For Immediate Release: June 8, 2023 Contact: Brent Adams | badams@woodstockinst.org | (773) 844-5544 *Interviews available upon request* SPRINGFIELD – The State’s chief regulatory agency, the...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently the target of litigation that threatens to unravel the entire agency. Woodstock Institute is joining 90 other state and local nonprofits in signing onto an amicus brief defending the CFPB from this...
In honor of our 50th anniversary, we invited longtime community reinvestment leader Ted Wysocki to share some thoughts on the theme of looking back to think about the future. As Ted notes, his career in the community reinvestment field dates back to working with Gale Cincotta...
Woodstock Institute and other consumer advocates are opposed to HB 1519, a bill backed by the Income Share Agreement (ISA) industry that would codify some of the industry’s worst practices — practices that saddle graduates with a mountain of...
Brent Adams testified on March 28 at the Subject Matter Hearing: HB 3064 (Huynh) - Small Business TILA Illinois House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Institutions & Licensing.
Our March 28 webinar presented findings, plans for the next generation of the Community Lending Fact Book & Data Portal, and highlights from article 1 of our new series on reframing the racial wealth gap, a look at...