As the immigration crisis continues to build, we at Rural & Migrant Ministry remain steadfastly dedicated to shaping a more just, rural New York State through nurturing leadership, changing unjust systems and structures, and standing with the disenfranchised, especially farmworkers and rural workers. Thus, in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of New York, RMM has embarked on a pioneering initiative with the Community Good Episcopal Federal Credit Union to establish financial stability and equity among rural and farmworking families, who face undue barriers to building economic stability and opportunity.
RMM is committed to creating an alternative economic structure in rural New York by providing access to financial self-sustainability for these individuals. Through our commitment to standing with marginalized families, RMM works to develop creative solutions that model new approaches to systemically entrenched problems.
Our work in partnering to establish the Community Good Episcopal Federal Credit Union in rural New York is part of RMM’s overall commitment to financial equity and opportunity throughout the four regions of New York housing RMM’s Worker Education Centers. This commitment also includes the development of financial literacy and cooperative leadership through our Rural Academy of the People and supporting the establishment of grassroots cooperatives.
In 2023, RMM was chosen by the Clinton Foundation, founded by President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to make a Commitment to Action with the Clinton Global Initiative, specifically for our work in helping to establish a federal credit union for rural and farmworking families in New York.