News articles:

• FMCRC Chair Battles Banks: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC Request CRA Audit of SunTrust by Federal Reserve Board: click here
  
  
• FMCRC Chair Receives National Press- Florida Minority Community ReinvestmentCoalition Protests Bank of America's Lending Practices: click here to view article
  
  
• Hunger strike against Bank of America starts June 15, says Al Pina of Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition: click here for story
  
  
• Community Comments on BofA Boycott: click here
  
  
• Al Pina gives his all to better minorities' economic standing: click here
  
  
• Bank of America Boycott Press Conference Radio Link provide by WMNF Radio: click here for story/radio link
  
  
• For WMNF Bank of America Boycott Press Conference Radio Link: click here
  
  
• St. Petersburg Times Award Winning Columnist Highlights FMCRC Al Pina and Bank of America Boycott. “Al Pina gives his all to better minorities economic standing”: click here for story
  
  
• Florida activist Al Piña starts hunger strike against Bank of America: click here
  
  
• 2008 FMCRC Summit Highlight (Photos): click here
  
  
• Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis-economic segregation: click here
  
  
• Chronicles of Philanthropy Highlights FMCRC Chair Al Pina: click here
  
  
• Access Jacksonville addresses racial and economic disparaties: click here
  
  
• Lakeland newspaper defends Publix Foundation: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC Chair Rebuffs Wall Street Journal Editor: click here
  
  
• FMCRC Gives Thumbs Up For New Florida Wells Fargo President: click here
  
  
• Florida Foundations Fall Short: click here
  
  
• Wall Street Journal Attacks FMCRC Chair Al Pina: click here
  
  
• Florida Foundations Fall Short- Report demonstrates economic racial divide: click here
  
  
• FMCRC Chair Al Pina Guest on Florida Matters- Subprime Crisis: click here
  
  
• FMCRC Chair Picked as Top Ten Business Leaders to Watch in Tampa:
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• Florida Minority Reinvestment Coalition Protest Wells Fargo, Wachovia Deal-
  Business Week: click here to view article
  
  
• Wachovia/Namad/FMCRC $1 Billion Auto Initiative: click here learn more
  
  
• FLAVOUR Outlines Summit: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC-Wachovia Develop Automotive Finance Program: click here to view article
  
  
• For Profit Model: click here to view article
  
  
• Attack on Spanish Speaking Challenge to Mr. Buchanan: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC Automotive Initiative: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC/Revitalization of Florida Communities: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC/Wachovia/NAMAD Strike Deal: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC -AmSouth/Regions Agree on Florida CRA Investment: click here to view article
  
  
• FMCRC promotes Automotive Access and Opportunities: click here to view article
  
  
• Wachovia $20.2 Billion Florida Commitment: click here to view article
  
  
• Banks pledge $15 billion to undeserved communities: click here to view article
  
  
• AmSouth, Regions pledge billions for Florida communities: click here to view article
  
  
• Bank mergers railroading minorities: click here to view article
  
  
• Groups seek Fed hearing on Wachovia/SouthTrust - 2004-07-12 ...The FMCRC will ask Charlotte-based Wachovia to make a commitment for loans and investments - probably $450 billion over 10 years, says chairman Al Pina...
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• A push for BofA to help Florida
  ... Al Pina, a representative of a Latino development company expanding into Florida, helped bring the activist groups together as the newly formed Florida ...
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• Minority group asks Fed for hearing on bank merger - 2004-07-12 ... for loans and investments in Florida - probably $125 billion over 10 years - as part of a $450 billion national commitment, said Al Pina, chairman of the ...
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• Brown (FL03) - Press Releases - Congresswoman Corrine Brown Holds ...for minorities in Florida to voice their concerns and issues for their communities? said Al Pina, Acting Chairman of the Florida Minority Community ...
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• Business: Three questions. Al Pina: Board chairman, Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition. By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer Published January 12, 2004. ... click here to view article
  
  
• Business: Activists want inquiry into lending
  ... The Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition, formed in Tampa last year as ... What we have here is basically an oligopoly," said Al Pina, acting chairman ... click here to view article
  
  
• ... Author: AL PINA; Al Pina of Indian Rocks Beach chairs the Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition and the Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ... click here to view article
  
  
• Wachovia sweetens its pledge to Florida
  By JEFF HARRINGTON
  Published August 6, 2004
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• D.C. Speaks: Greenlining, Southern Style - Activist Has Big Plans for Fla. American Banker Friday, December 19, 2003: click here to view article
  
  
• A Push for BofA to help Florida: click here to view article
  
  
• BofA grants fall short in Florida: click here to view article
  
  
• Wachovia and FMCRC work together: click here to view article
  
  
• Wachovia commits $22 billion to Florida communities: click here to view article
  
  
• The Florida Banking Challenge. FMCRC seeks assistance USHCC support to battle economic racism in Florida: click here to view article
  
  
• $1 billion Wachovia/NAMAD/FMCRC Auto Initiative: click here to view article

Pictures:
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SBA signs Historic agreement with FMCRC leaders



FMCRC Chair Al Pina meets with Alan Greenspan to discuss lack of minority community reinvestment in Florida.



FMCRC Chair Al Pina and Executive Director of Greenlining meet with SEC Chairman William Donaldson to discuss corporate governance of financial institutions as it relates to undeserved and minority communities.