Financial Inclusion for Immigrant Consumers: NY Roundtable
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions invites you to attend Financial Inclusion for Immigrant Consumers in New York City, part of a national campaign to link unbanked and underbanked immigrants in the US with credit union products and services for immigration and legalization efforts.
Agenda
9:00 am: Welcoming remarks – Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
9:20 am: Keynote address – Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Berain, Consul General of Mexico in New York, introduced by John Lewis, General Counsel, United Nations FCU
9:40 am: Introductions and Roundtable Objectives – Cathie Mahon, President and CEO, and Pablo DeFilippi, VP of Membership, Federation
10:00 am: Governmental Policies and Responses to Promote Inclusion for Immigrants
Moderator: Cathie Mahon
- Shyconia Burden, US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Sonia Lin, New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
- Francisco Tovar, Consulate-General of Mexico in New York
11:00 am: Credit Union Experience from the Field
Moderator: Dey Del Rio, Co-Director, New Economy Project
- Rebecca Pear, Brooklyn Cooperative FCU
- Rob Suarez, Bethpage FCU
11:40 am: Leveraging Partnerships: How Credit Unions and Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits Can Structure Collaboration to Integrate Each Other’s Core Competencies
Moderator: Pablo DeFilippi
- Steven Choi, New York Immigration Coalition
- Sarah Ludwig, New Economy Project
- Julie Zorb and Mario Russell, Catholic Charities
12:40 pm: Wrap up – Cathie Mahon
1:30 pm: Working Lunch and Next Steps – Federation Headquarters, 39 Broadway, Suite 2140, New York, NY
Speakers and Presentations
- Shyconia Burden, US Citizenship and Immigration, New York District
- Steve Choi, New York Immigration Coalition
- Pablo DeFilippi, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
- Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Berain, Consulate-General of Mexico
- John Lewis, United Nations FCU
- Sonia Lin, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
- Sarah Ludwig, New Economy Project
- Cathie Mahon, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
- Rebecca Pear, Brooklyn Cooperative FCU
- Jane Stenson, Catholic Charities USA
- Rob Suarez, Bethpage FCU
- Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
- Francisco Tovar, Consulate-General of Mexico in New York
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