So you’ve decided you want to make community investment happen at your school? Here is a brief, step-by-step guide that can help you outline your campaign.
Step 1: Read Up On Community Investment
Congratulations – you’re already doing that! This website will give you some good background information. If you don’t know anything about finance, that’s OK! The FAQ section will give you a crash course, and we’re here to help and share resources like success stories from other schools.
Step 2: Get Equipped With Our Community Investment Toolkit
Our community investment toolkit [PDF] is a simple, step-by-step guide to implementing a community investment initiative at your school. It includes sample proposals, op-eds, and other publicity materials, an FAQ, a primer on how to find out more about community banking in your area, and everything else you need to know. Read and share!
Step 3: Let Us Help You
REC is here to support students – it’s built right into our mission! Connect with us and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible, or drop us a line at organize@endowmentethics.org. We can answer your questions, provide resources, connect you with other students who have been successful in the past, and much more.
