economic justice
Honoring Marceline White, a True Consumer Champion!
Last night the Consumer Federation of America presented our Executive Director, Marceline White, with their Consumer Champion Award. This award honors advocates who “passionately work to empower consumers, promote transparency, and enhance the overall quality of life for consumers within their communities.” Marceline has led Economic Action Maryland Fund (formerly Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition) for 15 years. Thanks to her work and vision, Maryland has been a leader in ending modern day debtors prisons, passing some of the strongest protections for patients with medical debt in the country and protecting students enrolling in predatory for-profit colleges. Delegate Vaughn Stewart, a ...
Join Us in October! Uplifting Progress and Renewing the Fight for Economic Justice!
Economic Action Maryland Fund turns 25 this year. And our work - directly supporting economic justice for older adults and renters, while advancing systemic policy reform - is needed now more than ever. Join us for our 25th Anniversary Gala and Annual Awards Celebration to celebrate 25 years of progress - and renew our commitment to the fight ahead. We will honor our economic champions, enjoy good food and drinks, and come together in solidarity to build a more economically just Maryland. When? Thursday, October 15, 2026 5:45 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT Where? The Baltimore Museum of Industry ...
2026 Economic Justice Priorities
Right now, our economy is designed to extract wealth from families and communities and concentrate it in corporate hands. We believe the economy should be shaped by the people, not by a handful of elites. Our 2026 legislative agenda is centered around economic justice, and confronts some of the most detrimental ways corporations, financial actors, and utilities profit by destabilizing Maryland families—and rewrites the rules across debt, housing, energy, and credit in the public interest. Together, let’s build an economy that works for Maryland families, not against them. End Unfair Debt Practices Protect victims of ...
Please Attend! Economic Justice in Action: Power and Policy in the Age of Deregulation
The fight for economic justice has never been more critical. Congress is ramming through the federal budget bill, which threatens to reshape our economy in drastic ways. The bill would further enrich billionaires by cutting services and assistance for the families that need them most, from Medicaid to SNAP to student loan relief. It also makes policy changes that erode consumer protections, guts efforts to expand small business-lending, and funds anti-immigration practices and programs. In Maryland, we’re working to understand how this assault on working people will impact our families and communities, particularly Black and Brown neighborhoods still living with ...