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Self-Help’s latest annual report is now available! The online report covers all facets of our work in 2018, including our credit unions, business and nonprofit lending, real estate development and advocacy. The report includes stories of faith and persistence, and also a lot of celebration. 

Saturday, March 30 was a beautiful day for a grand opening in Durham, NC. Hundreds of people gathered in East Durham, North Carolina to enjoy community festivities and a ribbon-cutting that marked the opening of the Angier Business & Children’s Center.

Our latest e-news is now available, including information on Self-Help scholarships, our new branch opening in Charlotte, and helping children get better nutrition where they learn. Read all about it now and be sure to subscribe to this blog and future e-letters, which are delivered straight to your inbox every other month. Click the subscribe button on this page. 

Today the Real Estate team in Durham, NC hosted an extended lunchtime viewing of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament--an event that sometimes elicits passionate comments and plain old trash talk.

The brand new Apopka branch is wonderful, but for staff and members it's more than a new building or its amenities. It’s a visible investment in the future of the community.

One of the best parts of working at Self-Help is getting to celebrate the successes of our borrowers, members and tenants. We Self-Helpers got a treat earlier this month when one of our tenants, Russell's Pharmacy and Shoppe, celebrated its grand opening in East Durham, NC.

Meet Dr. Darius Russell and Terencia Russell (shown above), the husband-and-wife team who are the proprietors of Russell's, in these short videos.

In this season of hearts and flowers, we’re sending lots of love to our members at Self-Help Credit Union and Self-Help Federal Credit Union. Together, we’re nearly 150,000 strong in seven states around the nation. Here are love notes to just a tiny sample of the members who inspire us and help make our mission possible through the work they do every day.

Black History Spotlight: The plight of nine young black boys who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys, illustrates how elusive justice can be as well as a difficult journey that can take multiple decades. One of the accused nine Black youths spent 19 years in Alabama prisons for crimes he and the other eight defendants never committed. Ultimately, this great injustice changed justice in America for the better.

We had lots of news this week – here’s a quick rundown of top items:

New CRL Research on For-Profit Colleges

New research from our affiliate, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), shows how for-profit colleges have a disproportionate impact on low-income students, African Americans and women. CRL’s new report includes an interactive map ...

Because of the current U.S. government shutdown, many federal government employees and their families are hurting. In response, Self-Help Credit Union is offering a hardship loan at reduced interest rates of 0% to 3.5% APR (annual percentage rate) for furloughed federal workers.