Building diverse coalitions

The Faith for Just Lending coalition grew from common meals to common ground. Gathering over the course of several years as a learning roundtable, leaders from diverse faith traditions shared their moral beliefs about lending while examining the contemporary problem of high interest payday loans. We developed a roadmap from relationship to public action, helping diverse partners - Southern Baptists and Catholics, liberals and conservatives - distill shared principles and choose strategic action to press for regulatory limits on predatory loans.

Select media

• “Full Faith and Credit: Christian Groups Unite Against Predatory Lending,” New York Times, 2016.

• “Ministers Call for Action to Curb Predatory Lending,” Al.com, 2015