Join us for a Community Forum on Predatory Lending. We'll discuss with community leaders and those affected by predatory lending, the extent of the problem in Licking County. We will offer possible solutions. We will also discuss the proposed rules being offered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and we will ask those in the community who have been affected by all types of predatory loans (payday loans, auto title loans, etc.) to share their stories and how these loans have impacted their lives. 

Take a look at the CFPB's proposed rules today! 

Center for Responsible Lending: The Buckeye Burden: An Analysis of Payday and Car Title Lending in Ohio 

Community Forum Speakers:

Joe Gilligan, Senator Sherrod Brown's Office

Bill Faith, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Jeff Loeser, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Section

Members of the Community sharing their stories

Sarah Steich, Financial Services Specialists, Apprisen Consumer Credit Counseling Services

Jim Jackson, St. Vincent de Paul Licking County Microloan Board and Tyler Crall, TrueCore Federal Credit Union

Lesha Farias, St. Francis de Sales St. Vincent de Paul Conference and the Newark Think Tank on Poverty

Allen Schwartz, Newark Think Tank on Poverty

Parking is available in the parking lot behind St. Francis de Sales Church and the Lamy Center (located between the Church and the School). You can access parking off Pearl Street. 

**If you are interested in making a donation to the Licking County Microloan program at this event, baskets will be available or you can donate online today. Checks can be made payable to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Please put Licking County Microloan in the memo line.** 

Sponsored by: 

Newark Think Tank on Poverty

Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Licking County Microloan Committee

Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Francis de Sales Conference

Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Voice of the Poor

Vincentian Ohio Action Network

“When a family has nothing to eat, because it has to make payments to usurers, this is not Christian, it is not human. This dramatic scourge in our society harms the inviolable dignity of the human person.” -Pope Francis