Webinar: The Impact of Municipal Fines & Fees on Low-Income Communities of Color during COVID-19 and Beyond

Please join Prosperity Now on May 12 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EST for a webinar about potential harm that municipal fines and fees can have on working families; how COVID-19 is contributing to the problem; and what we can do post-crisis to better protect these households. Municipal fines and fees are debts arising from traffic violations, or other types of court-related costs that low-income communities of color are often least able to afford.

We will explore in more detail why these fines and fees are a problem; what different communities are doing at the state and local level to address this issue; and the policies that could help alleviate the burdens caused by this type of debt in the long run.

Speakers include:

Priya Sarathy Jones, National Campaign Director at the Fines & Fees Justice Center
Ellen Schumer, Executive Director and Co-Founder at Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI), IL
Ryan Smith, Innovation Team Project Manager at the City of Durham
Anju Chopra, Senior Policy Manager at Prosperity Now

Please register today!

This webinar is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and is the second in a series that examines how low-income communities of color, particularly in the South, can reduce high levels of harmful debt and boost financial security.