<h3>Who We Are</h3>
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<p>The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina's mission is to promote and protect community wealth. We advocate for change in the lending practices of financial institutions to promote wealth building of underserved communities and to end predatory lending practices that strip wealth. Committed to creative advocacy, CRA-NC uses research, education, mobilization, media, litigation, regulatory changes, legislative advocacy and stockholder actions to initiate change.</p>
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<div style="width:278px;border: 1px gray solid;padding:2px;"><p style="font-size:.7em;"><strong>A CRA-NC action:</strong> Street Theater protest, in the narrative format of the Perils of Pauline (Dudley Do-Right, or in this case "Delaware Do-Right"), to speak out against payday lending in Delaware.</p></div></div>
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<h3>A Creative Approach to Advocacy</h3>
CRA-NC has a long-standing tradition of advocacy for social justice. We are well known for our creative theatrical approach to community mobilization and protesting in the usually hum-drum financial world. We have waged several memorable campaigns over the years which have each produced positive impact both in North Carolina and across the United States.</p>