ABEP Presents:
The Financial Empowerment Center
Our Financial Empowerment Center provides tailored support to individuals at all life stages, from youth to seniors. We offer financial education programs for students, college planning and job readiness for young adults, homeownership and debt management guidance for mid-life adults, and retirement and healthcare cost planning for seniors.
aSSOCIATION FOR BLACK ECONOMIC POWER
We are a nonprofit organization created to establish a Black-led financial institution to address systemic financial challenges impacting Minneapolis residents, particularly people of color. Additionally, as a community development organization, ABEP seeks to impact the underserved communities it serves from the standpoint of affordable housing, workforce development, and small business acceleration opportunities.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce Charters Minnesota’s first Black-led Credit Union
The Minnesota Department of Commerce has officially chartered Arise Credit Union, marking a historic moment as Minnesota's first Black-led (and newest) credit union in the state in more than two (2) decades.