About Us
Our Values
At Economic Action, we believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all people and prioritize the needs of marginalized communities through our focus on collaboration and coalition efforts. We value a data-driven, strategic, and innovative approach to justice that empowers people.
Who We Are
Founded in 2000, Economic Action Maryland Fund (formerly MCRC: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition) is a leading force for economic justice. We are a multi-racial, people-centered movement to expand economic rights, housing justice, and community reinvestment for working families, low-income communities, and communities of color.
Working at the local, state, and federal level, Economic Action unites individual advocates, poverty, civil rights, labor, and other public interest groups to press for policies that protect vulnerable Marylanders. We led successful statewide advocacy campaigns to pass the strongest medical debt protections in the country, first-in-the-nation legislation to regulate for-profit colleges, innovative reforms to make auto insurance more affordable, and more. Our ground-breaking research on debt settlement, debt collection policies and practices, and an analysis of for-profit colleges operating in Maryland use data and stories to drive home the need for systemic reform.
Over the last 20 years, Economic Action has assisted thousands of Marylanders through our Securing Older Adult Resources (SOAR) program, Fair Housing, and Tenant Advocacy programs. We’ve kept our clients housed by preventing tax sales, saved our clients thousands of dollars in earned benefits, and empowered homeowners and renters faced with discrimination.
Economic Action provides direct assistance today while passing legislation and regulations to create systemic change in the future.
