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SDC Hosts a Public Hearing on Payday Lending

On Tuesday March 9, 2010 SDC will be hosting an open, nonpartisan public hearing on the issue of payday lending. All members of the public are invited to attend and share their experiences, thoughts and ideas on payday lending in Milwaukee. This hearing will be held at Washington Park Senior Center, which is located at 4420 W. Vliet St, Milwaukee; doors will open at 4:30PM. Attached are flyers available in both English and Spanish will more details on this hearing please feel free to circulate this information throughout the community.

The payday lending hearing is part of an ongoing series of public hearings SDC is hosting on issues impacting the Milwaukee community. On June 18, 2009 SDC held the first hearing in this series on the issue of black male joblessness, which was attended by 200 community members and documented testimony from 45 individuals. The issue of payday lending was selected by our agency for a public hearing in December 2009, with March 2010 as a targeted time for the hearing. In the coming months, SDC will be hosting other public hearings on various issues that are relevant to our community.

When: March 9, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Where: 4420 W. Vliet St, Milwaukee

To view the Flyer, click here.

SDC’s mission is to empower low-income residents with the resources to move beyond poverty. These resources come in many forms and are not limited to SDC’s programmatic responses to poverty. SDC also works to create platforms for traditionally marginalized groups to voice their experiences, thoughts, and ideas for how to improve our community. These platforms come in the form of door-to-door surveys, public symposiums, roundtable discussions, consumer interviews, public hearings and low-income representation on decision making bodies. By listening to the voices of everyone in the community, the public dialogue is enhanced and a better democratic process is produced—these principles are the backbone of SDC.

For more information on the March 9th public hearing or future public hearings planned by SDC, please contact Dave Celata at (414) 906–2718 or email at dcelata@cr-sdc.org.

If you are interested in flyers for distribution in the community, please also contact Dave Celata to make arrangements.