SPLC and Global Black Economic Forum Unite to Defend Knoxville Nonprofit Against Federal Challenge Attacking Anti-Poverty Microloan Program
SPLC and GBEF stand ready to oppose ideological “lawfare” against local nonprofit
MONTGOMERY, Alabama —Today, theSouthern Poverty Law Center(SPLC) and theGlobal Black Economic Forum(GBEF) will appear in federal court on behalf of The Women Foundation and The Women LLC in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER).
The Women Foundation was created to empower and support economically disadvantaged businesses in Knoxville, Tennessee, by providing access to capital. Through the foundation’s community fund, small businesses are invited once a year in the fall to apply for zero-interest microloans. The lawsuit brought by the AAER perversely alleges this interest-free loan program is discriminatory against white people in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
