Stay Informed… check out these websites       (Adobe)

 http://www.faithfulpledge.org/

• Sponsored by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
• Theological Foundation for fighting Payday Loans
• Videos of Payday Loan victims
• Sign the Pledge to cap borrowing at 36%

 http://www.virginiafairloans.org/

·        Current list of localities opposing Payday Loans

·        Latest Headlines

 http://www.faithfulpledge.org/ThirdPresSession.doc

• Third Presbyterian Church, Richmond – commitment to oppose usury – a model for other congregations

 http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/usury.pdf

·        Link to PC(USA) Statement on Usury in the 21^st Century

 http://www.stoppaydayloans.org

• Payday Loan stories
• Financial alternatives
• Video of Former Employees
• Contact your legislators

 http://www.responsiblelending.org/issues/payday/

• Video: Inside the Payday Loan Industry
• Everything you ever wanted to know about Payday Lending
• Measures short of an interest rate cap fail to fix payday lending problem…http://www.responsiblelending.org/issues/payday/reports/springing-the-debt-trap.html
• Statement of Del. Harvey B. Morgan (R., Gloucester )… News Conference: Center for Responsible Lending (December 13, 2007)…http://www.responsiblelending.org/pdfs/final-del-morgan-statement.pdfhttp://www.responsiblelending.org/pdfs/final-del-morgan-statement.pdf
• Predatory payday lending practices cost American families $4.2 billion annually… http://www.responsiblelending.org/issues/payday/

 http://legis.state.va.us/

• All about the Virginia General Assembly
• How to reach your elected officials
• Tracking bills / Meetings scheduled

 http://www.ncuf.coop/?sectionpath=1/105/106&pageid=552

• Credit Unions and alternatives to Payday Lending

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