EQUITY e-newsletter: April 2005
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- Making the Connections: Empowering Faith-based Asset Builders to Serve People with Disabilities
- Omar Khan, World Institute on Disability, discusses the challenges faced by faith-based organizations wanting to address poverty issues and offers suggestions on building their capacity to serve people with disabilities.
- Upcoming Training Opportunity for Rehabilitation Professionals
- "Informed Choices: Self Employment Assessment Strategies for Rehabilitation Professionals" The Abilities Fund will be conducting a full day Specialized Training Institute, May 10th in Portland, OR. Sign up now!
- Why a Faith-Based Community Development Credit Union Chose to Reach Out to the Underserved
- Robert L. Coleman, Jr., President and CEO of Northwest Baptist Federal Credit Union, demonstrates how their credit union has prioritized serving people with disabilities.
- Keeping the Faith
- The Queen of Peace Arlington Federal Credit Union personalizes their service in order to help Oliver regain his independence after a diving accident and resulting health problems.
- Islamic Financing and IDAs
- Vikki Frank offers a brief summary of Sharia'a Law and some alternatives for programs to serve Muslims that want to adhere to Islamic financial practices.
- EQUITY Responds: Answers to common questions received from either the Asset Building Community or the Disability Community
- What is a Faith-Based Credit Union?