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The Financial Activist Movement

The Financial Activist Movement (FAM) is the signature initiative of the Community Finance Academy and a direct response to fragmented community development efforts. It's more than a program; it's a call to action, a rallying cry for individuals and communities to become active participants in their economic liberation. 

Core Objectives:

The Financial Activist Movement aims to: 

  • Democratize Access to Capital: Empower everyday citizens to invest in local businesses and projects, bypassing traditional gatekeepers, by teaching them to leverage investment crowdfunding. 

  • Cultivate Local Ownership: Foster a powerful sense of ownership and shared prosperity when community members invest and gain a direct stake in the success of local ventures. 

  • Build Sustainable Local Economies: Create resilient local economies that are less susceptible to external shocks and more responsive to local needs by recirculating capital within the community. 

  • Empower Underserved Communities: Provide tools and training specifically tailored to historically marginalized communities, enabling them to build wealth and address systemic inequities from within. 

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Why Join:

Through the Financial Activist Movement, the Community Finance Academy provides the blueprint for communities to transform their economic landscapes. It's about building capacity, fostering collaboration, and unleashing the collective financial power of a community to drive its own development. 

How to Become a Financial Activist:

1

Educate Yourself
and Your Team:

Explore the Community Finance Academy website, attend our introductory workshops, and deep dive into Bill Huston's "CrowdFit" framework. 

2

Identify Local Opportunities: 

Work with your community to assess needs, pinpoint promising projects with financial viability and community impact, and engage local entrepreneurs seeking capital. 

3

Mobilize Your Community: 

Spread the vision of FAM, host informational sessions about local investment, and build a dedicated team passionate about local economic development. 

4

Partner with the Community Finance Academy:

Leverage our expertise for strategic guidance, utilize our cutting-edge AI tools for content creation and marketing, and benefit from ongoing support, mentorship, and access to a network of legal and financial experts - and millions of current social and economic justice activists.

5

Launch Your Own Initiative:

With our guidance, launch a local investment crowdfunding campaign to fund an impactful local project or work towards establishing a sustainable Community Investment Fund. 

The Future is Local.
The Future is Now.

The vision of the Community Finance Academy and the Financial Activist Movement is to build a new ecosystem of community finance, empowering every citizen to become a financial activist, directly investing in the places they call home - or in other disinvested communities they want to support.

By embracing local investment crowdfunding and community investment funds, we can:

Close
the Wealth Gap 

Foster
True Resilience 

Strengthen Community Bonds

Create Lasting Systemic Change

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Join the Community Finance Academy in this vital movement. Together, we can unlock the multi-billion-dollar potential of local capital and create a future where every community thrives. 

The power is in your hands.
Let's activate it. 

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