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The COVID-19 pandemic took over 2020 and accelerated longstanding racial and economic-based inequalities. Health and financial landscapes diverged along economic and racial fault lines. Add in nationwide agitation and calls for racial justice, and we can see how DEI erupted front and center for our nation, for credit unions and for many of us as individuals. A year after credit unions took a stand for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), what progress has been made? The short answer is that while the ground beneath us has shifted, DEI has emerged as an established feature of the credit union ecosystem.

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