Equitable Futures Awards
Celebrate with us
Our awards honor game changers, difference-makers and community leaders who are working to create a more just and sustainable economy in California.
Our big fall event is back and better than ever! The Equitable Futures Awards brings together our members, allies and banking partners to celebrate the life-changing impact individuals and organizations have had in their local communities. Join us Thursday, Nov. 2 in Los Angeles for an evening of celebration, food and community empowerment.
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Program
Doors Open
The event kicks off at 5:30 p.m.
Award Ceremony
The keynote speech and honorees receive awards starting at 6:30 p.m.
Networking
Spend the rest of the evening meeting new friends and re-acquainting with old friends after the award ceremony ends.
About the Equitable Futures Awards
Since 2004, Rise Economy, formerly the California Reinvestment Coalition, has recognized community leaders, organizations, and elected officials with an official award. The recipients of of these awards have made positive impacts in low-income communities and communities of color, and contribute to Rise Economy’s vision of a fair and equitable economy for all California citizens.
In past years, CRC has honored Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Inner City Struggle, senators Holly J. Mitchell and María Elena Durazo, Sacramento Habitat for Humanity, United Neighbors In Defense Against Displacement (UNIDAD), US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
News
Rise Economy to host Equitable Futures Awards in Los Angeles
Grady B. Hedgespeth, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan and the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation to be recognized at annual fall event. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29, 2023 — Rise Economy, formerly the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC), will continue its annual tradition of celebrating the people and organizations that are making a positive impact in California communities on…
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Photos: 2023 Northern California Equitable Futures Awards
CRC on Thursday, April 27 hosted nearly 150 people for its Northern California Equitable Futures Awards at Oeste Bar in Oakland. The second-annual event recognizes community heroes, resiliency builders, and difference-makers who have impacted the lives of people in Northern California. This year’s honorees included CEO of Visionary Home Builders of California Carol J. Ornelas…
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CRC celebrates difference-makers, star advocates in Northern California
The California Reinvestment Coalition’s 2023 Equitable Futures Awards two-event series started off with a bang Thursday, April 27 in Oakland. Nearly 150 CRC members, allies, banking industry representatives and elected officials gathered under an eastbay sunset and string lights to celebrate two incredible advocates and one outstanding people-first organization that have set the building blocks…
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Meet The 2023 Northern California Equitable Futures Awards Honorees
CRC has recognized community leaders and organizations across California that have made a positive impact in their local communities with service awards for more than two decades. This year, we will recognize three stellar leaders—an advocate for quality affordable housing in the Central Valley, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and The People’s…
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Al-Mansour, California Public Banking Alliance, SEIU and Assemblymember Santiago honored for commitment to economic equality
CRC members, activists, bankers, organizers and supporters packed Lokels Only Cafe in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 3 for CRC’s Southern California Equitable Futures Awards celebration. After a two-year hiatus, the event returned — with a new name — to honor Chancela Al-Mansour, the California Public Banking Alliance, the SEIU California State Council, and Asm….
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Photos: 2022 Southern CaliforniaEquitable Futures Awards
Nearly 150 people attended CRC’s Southern California Equitable Futures Awards on Thursday, November 3 at Lokels Only Cafe in Los Angeles. The event was created to recognize Southern California’s community heroes, resiliency builders, and difference-makers. The California Public Banking Alliance, the SEIU California State Council, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-53), and Chancela Al-Mansour, Executive Director of the…
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CRC Celebrates California difference-makers, community leaders at inaugural NorCal Equitable Futures Awards
Oakland, Calif. — More than 100 CRC members, bankers and allies gathered Thursday, Sept. 22 to celebrate the unwavering work by Northern California communities and recognize the critical work of resiliency-builders. The Equitable Futures Awards, formerly known as the Community Heroes Awards, was the first such in-person celebration for CRC since the pandemic forced the…
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Get to know the 2022 Equitable Futures Awards Honorees
An attorney who has represented California’s low-wage and agricultural workers against powerful agri-business actors despite political consequences. A collaboration of tenants’ unions that staged a successful rent strike against one of San Francisco’s most powerful corporate landlords. A nonprofit alliance that partnered with a California legislator to establish a new retail banking option for unbanked…
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