March 10, 2022 | by Shawn Donnan, Ann Choi, Hannah Levitt and Christopher Cannon
When Mauise Ricard III paid a $560.43 application fee to Wells Fargo & Co. on Valentine’s Day in 2020 to refinance his mortgage on a four-bedroom brick colonial in a leafy suburb of Atlanta, he had every reason to expect an easy ride. The Microsoft Corp. engineer is married to a doctor and has a credit score north of 800, putting him in America’s credit elite. The loan officer at the bank even told him he was probably eligible for a fast-track appraisal.
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07feb5:30 pm7:30 pmSOIL STORIES: Follow the Drinking Gourd
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SOIL STORIES: Follow the Drinking Gourd Online Movie Screening & Panel Tuesday February 7, 2023 5:30 – 7:30pm MT Offered by Slow Food Santa Fe and NM Healthy Soil in honor of Black
Event Details
SOIL STORIES: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Online Movie Screening & Panel
Tuesday February 7, 2023 5:30 – 7:30pm MT
Offered by Slow Food Santa Fe and NM Healthy Soil in honor of Black History Month: Family-friendly, funny and moving, the documentary Follow the Drinking Gourd (2019) about the Black food justice movement connects the legacy of slavery, land loss and climate change to our fight for food security.
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(Tuesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm MT
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SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Bob Mang on how business guilds can regenerate communities
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Bob Mang on how business guilds can regenerate communities
Bob Mang, Re-Genesis Inc, Co-Founder (Retired) and AFLEP Board member, talks about rural economic development and how business guilds can regenerate communities.
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