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Equity Design is committed to your financial health and long-term economic fullness through mortgage planning, individual financial coaching and group seminars. We strive to examine what holistic wealth means and how to realize more of it through dialogue and action. We believe economic justice is at the heart of community health and we hope you will join us on this journey!

Veteran’s Day Salute - Col. Ken Reusser
On this Veteran’s day, it gives us great honor to tell you a bit of the story of our friend, Col. Kenneth Reusser. Col. Reusser and his wonderful wife Trudy are among our most beloved and respected clients.
Matisyahu Covers Marley’s Redemption Song
As part of the Call+Response film that we have helped promote, Matisyahu covers Bob Marley’s Redemption song. It is worth watching, if not for its economic justice use, then for it’s sheer beauty.
spending plans
Our Mortgage Trust colleague and friend Evan Swanson recently wrote on the subject of budgeting. We agree when he says, “At the root of success or failure regarding a household’s finances is how well they control their spending”. Read on for some good articles and tools to help you out…

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Strategies for Strengthening Local Economies
An evening with author and economic activist Stacy Mitchell! She will discuss the growing movement around the country to rebuild and strengthen local economies, placing what’s happening in Portland into this larger, encouraging context as well as examining why local economies are so critical to meeting the challenge of global warming to ensure our economic and community well-being in the near future. She will also be offering key policies and strategies to help realize this vision. Be sure to come early at 6pm for a celebration of our local economy with information, refreshments and representatives from various local community businesses and organizations.
100 Mile Thanksgiving
Join us Monday the 17th for our November Community Commons as we partner with the Real Wealth of Portland and explore local food through an economic justice lens.
First Thursday Realtor Workshop - November
November’s workshop should be a fun one! We will be exploring business growth from a different angle - how to align who you are with what you do. In this difficult economic environment, what would it look like to (re?)connect to the passions and values that drive you and bring more of that energy into your business. Check out the flier here. We hope you will join us!