From May 16-17, 82 OFN Members and Allies from 59 CDFIs across the country came to D.C. to participate in OFN’s 2017 Advocacy Day. This year was our largest Advocacy Day yet, and we could not have done it without the enthusiasm and dedication from our Advocacy Day participants.
We're exhausted but also feeling great and heartened by our experiences at yesterday's OFN Advocacy Day in DC!
We kicked-off OFN’s 2017 Advocacy Day with a lovely reception to honor four CDFI Congressional Champions—Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Tha
Washington, D.C. (May 16, 2017)—Today, OFN will honor Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) with the CDFI Congressional Champion Award.
Earlier this year, OFN kicked off a yearlong #CDFIsInvest campaign to educate members of the new 115th Congress about CDFIs and urge them to fund the CDFI Fund at $250MM in FY18.