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Activest is a voice for fiscal and racial justice in municipal finance. We create financial tools to transform municipalities from inequality accelerators to equity generators. We mobilize municipal bondholders in order to demand fiscally just communities.

We believe:
 

  • Fiscal justice and racial equity are inextricably linked
     

  • Cities should be accountable and responsive to their residents
     

  • You must participate in the market in order to influence it

We pursue our work through 3 mutually-reinforcing strategies:

Organizing and activating bondholders through issue campaigns

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Creating financial tools that advance racial justice in municipalities

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Developing racial justice municipal strategies for investors

3.

  • About Activest
  • In the Press
  • Further Readings
  • Our Team

IN THE

PRESS

Below is a selection of articles that help provide context for our work.

 
 

FURTHER READINGS

[click links below to learn more]

"In Cities v. Fossil Fuels, Exxon’s Allies Want the Accusers Investigated"

by David Hasemyer

"Notes on Municipal Finance, Policing, and the Political Economy of Fees and Fines"

by Jackie Wang

"The big picture: How police brutality drives cities into debt"

by Michael Skyes

WEBINAR: Muni Bonds and Racial Justice - Transform Finance Investor Network 

Facilitated by Andrea Armeni

"What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes."

by Rebecca Goldstein,
Michael Sances, and
Hye Young You

"Police Misconduct Is Increasingly a Financial Issue"

by Liz Farmer

Read About Our Recent Campaign

In September 2019, Activest, in partnership with ACRE Campaigns, launched our first bondholder engagement campaign. The campaign urges municipal investors to pressure the City of Chicago to stop using funds from the City’s general obligation bonds to cover municipal legal settlement costs as a result of police misconduct.

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Our Letter to Investors PDF

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ACRE's Chicago Case Study PDF

OUR

TEAM

 

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