WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Experian and the Nationwide City League be a part of forces with multi-platinum hip-hop artist, activist, and influencer Lecrae for a high-energy monetary training discussion board, “Defend The Bag Reside – The Keys to Constructing Black Wealth.” A part of the Nationwide City League’s upcoming 2022 Convention, the stay, in-person occasion is about for Friday, July 22, from 11:15 am to 12:30 pm, on the Washington Conference Heart, Rm 147A.
Within the parlance of hip-hop, “defend the bag” means safeguarding these hard-earned {dollars} and rising your “bag” by means of disciplined spending and sensible investing. It’s the title and inspiration for Lecrae’s six-part YouTube sequence on monetary well being, produced in partnership with Experian. For this unique stay occasion, Lecrae and an esteemed group of finance specialists and enterprise leaders share insights on wealth constructing and monetary empowerment no matter revenue.
“The Nationwide City League is proud to proceed our rewarding partnership with Experian with the ‘Defend the Bag Reside’ occasion that includes Lecrae, one of the vital inspirational and related figures in up to date Black tradition,” mentioned Nationwide City League President and CEO Marc H. Morial. “Monetary literacy, fairness, and inclusion are paramount considerations for African People and important to closing the wealth hole that threatens to roll again a lot hard-earned progress. Lecrae is an genuine voice and a messenger of aspiration and potentialities. The Nationwide City League appears ahead to the artist sharing his ideas on financial empowerment with our convention viewers.”
The “Defend the Bag Reside” occasion is a part of an ongoing partnership between the influential civil rights group and the nation’s main credit score and monetary providers agency. The joint effort launched in 2021 and focuses on inclusive credit score scoring, training, and different monetary instruments to create a extra equitable panorama for Black entrepreneurs, potential householders, and households.
Experian works with Nationwide City League associates and the communities they serve across the nation to enhance entry to monetary and credit score instruments and sources and unlock alternatives for financial development.
“Honest and equitable entry to monetary instruments and sources is vital to Experian’s mission. Working with Lecrae and the Nationwide City League, we’re empowering African American shoppers with much more management of their monetary future. We’re honored to companion with Marc Morial and the Nationwide City League to drive constructive change, thus serving to our group obtain their private monetary targets and finally construct generational wealth,” mentioned Wil Lewis, Experian’s International Chief Variety, Fairness and Inclusion Officer.
Investing in communities is an important pillar of Experian’s Company Social Accountability program. The partnerships with Lecrae and the Nationwide City League are a part of Experian’s United for Monetary Well being initiative, which goals to empower and defend shoppers to enhance their monetary well being by means of training and motion.
The Nationwide City League Convention is the nation’s largest and most influential civil rights and concrete advocacy occasion of the yr, bringing collectively enterprise, authorities, and social advocacy leaders to discover the problems that profoundly affect Black People. After two years as an completely digital occasion, the 2022 convention is a hybrid affair that includes a full slate of in-person programming performed onsite in Washington, D.C., from July 20-23, together with a strong on-line part.
About Nationwide City League
The Nationwide City League is a historic civil rights group devoted to financial empowerment as a way to elevate the usual of dwelling in traditionally underserved city communities. The Nationwide City League spearheads the efforts of its 92 native associates by means of the event of applications, public coverage analysis and advocacy, offering direct providers that affect and enhance the lives of greater than 2 million individuals yearly nationwide. Go to www.nul.org and observe us on Twitter and Instagram: @NatUrbanLeague.
About Experian
Experian is the world’s main world info providers firm. Throughout life’s large moments – from shopping for a house or a automotive, to sending a toddler to varsity, to rising a enterprise by connecting with new prospects – we empower shoppers and our purchasers to handle their knowledge with confidence. We assist people to take monetary management and entry monetary providers, companies to make smarter choices and thrive, lenders to lend extra responsibly, and organizations to stop id fraud and crime.
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About Lecrae
A Multi Grammy Award-winning platinum promoting artist, Lecrae has developed right into a New York Occasions best-selling writer, entrepreneur, speaker, thought chief, and philanthropist. He’s the co-owner/co-founder/president of Atlanta primarily based report label, Attain Information. He made historical past as the primary artist to have a #1 Album on each the Billboard Prime 200 and Gospel Charts concurrently! His first guide, Unashamed is a New York Occasions best-seller! In 2021, he launched his second guide, I Am Restored: How I Misplaced My Faith however Discovered My Religion, a brand new album Restoration, and The Highway To Restoration, a 3-part video narrative and a prelude to his forthcoming documentary. Restoration is greater than an album, a guide, or documentary, he’s concerned and partnered in a number of group initiatives which might be rebuilding the west-side of Metro Atlanta. Be taught extra at www.lecrae.com or observe him on social media @Lecrae.
