Arise Community Credit Union embraces cooperative institutional principles and further outlines a set of founding principles that reflect the needs and aspirations of underserved African-American communities. Arise will assume responsibility for being a culturally responsive financial leader by:

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• Encouraging membership, regardless of economic or social circumstance, for all within the field of membership who can reasonably use services and can accept the responsibilities of membership.

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• Being conscious of and accountable to members in all decisions and actions with appropriate organizational mechanisms to insure member engagement and control.

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• Insuring the stability of the credit union and the security of its capital and assets and member benefits.

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• Offering pathways to individual financial independence and family wealth.

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• Maintaining outreach to immediate, extended, and intersecting communities about the value of a credit union financial institution.

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• Supporting the development of a cooperative economic ecosystem to bolster the local economy and deal more effectively with social and community needs.

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• Contributing directly through surpluses, investments, products, and services to local community development in order to enhance and sustain its economic integrity.