Martin Daniel Eakes
Martin Daniel Eakes is an American economic development strategist, and credit union CEO.
Eakes grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Davidson College, where he majored in physics and philosophy, and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an M.P.P. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
In 1980, he co-founded the Center for Community Self- Help in Durham.
Self- Help provides consumer financial services technical support and advocacy for those left out of the economic mainstream.
The nonprofit is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and has offices in South Carolina, Florida, Washington, D.C., California, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Through Self- Help's Center for Responsible Lending, Eakes has advocated for fair lending practices and sound economic policies.
In 1998, he helped form the Center for Responsible Lending.
Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending( CRL) is a nonprofit organization research and policy group based in Durham, North Carolina.
Its stated purpose is to educate the public about financial products and to push for policies that curb predatory lending.
On its website and elsewhere, CRL describes its mission as that of “ protecting homeownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices. ”
CRL is affiliated with the Center for Community Self- Help.
List of self-help organizations
This is a list of self- help organizations.
Self-help group
Self- help group may refer to:
Self-help (disambiguation)
Self- help may refer to:
Center for Community Self-Help
Self- Help is a leading national community development financial institution headquartered in Durham, NC.
From 1980- 2017, Self- Help provided over$ 7 billion in financing to 146,000 families, individuals and businesses.
It helps drive economic development and strengthen communities by providing responsible financial services; lending to individuals, small businesses and nonprofits; developing real estate; and promoting fair financial practices across the nation.
Through its credit union network, Self- Help serves 150,000 members in North Carolina, California, Illinois, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Florida.
The nonprofit Center for Community Self- Help is the umbrella organization for the Self- Help family of nonprofit organizations:
- Self- Help Credit Union- Self- Help Federal Credit Union- Self- Help Ventures Fund- Center for Responsible Lending Self
Help's mission is to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all.
Self- Help does this by providing responsible financial services, lending to small businesses and nonprofits, developing real estate and promoting fair financial practices.
While Self- Help's work benefits communities of all kinds, the focus is on those who may be underserved by conventional lenders, including people of color, women, rural residents and low- wealth families and communities.
In recent years Self- Help's credit union network has expanded as summarized here: North Carolina.
In recent years Self- Help Credit Union has merged with more than 10 community- focused credit unions.
These locally rooted institutions were seeking to stabilize their operations and increase their products and services.
For example, a 2014 merger with Generations Community Credit Union helped to preserve and expand services for predominantly African- American communities in eastern and central NC.
More recently, Self- Help has had mergers with community credit unions in Florida and South Carolina.
California.
In 2008, Self- Help started serving in California as Self- Help Federal Credit Union( SHFCU).
SHFCU has grown through a number of mergers with community- focused credit unions throughout the state and also in the Chicago area and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In Los Angeles, Self- Help acquired five stores from a conventional check casher and converted them into a hybrid check casher/ credit union model that serves unbanked and underbanked consumers.
Altogether, Self- Help Credit Union and Self- Help Federal Credit Union have merged with more than 20 credit unions and two banks to create a network of over 50 branches serving approximately 145,000 people in six states.
Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending( CRL) is a nonprofit organization research and policy group based in Durham, North Carolina.
Its stated purpose is to educate the public about financial products and to push for policies that curb predatory lending.
On its website and elsewhere, CRL describes its mission as that of “ protecting homeownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices. ”
CRL is affiliated with the Center for Community Self- Help.
Kelly Services
Kelly Services, Inc.( formerly Russell Kelly Office Service and Kelly Girl Service, Inc.) is an American office staffing company that operates globally.
The company places employees at all levels in various sectors including financial services, information technology, and law.
Also, its professional services include human resource and management consulting, outsourcing, recruitment, career transition, and vendor management.
Kelly Services was founded by William Russell Kelly in 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.
Harambee (disambiguation)
Harambee is an East African tradition of community self- help events, and is also the official motto of Kenya.
Harambee may also refer to:
Association of Muslim Professionals
The Association of Muslim Professionals( Abbreviation: AMP) is a community self- help group in Singapore that was established on October 10, 1991.
The organisation was built so as to improve the socio- economic performance of the Malay- Muslim community.

Question: Are both Center For Community Self-Help and Kelly Services located in the same country?
Answer: yes