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The African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) unites the credit union movement to ensure Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and advocates for the 8th Cooperative Principle focused on DEI. We promote financial inclusion and professional development through our support for all credit unions and create bridges between community-based organizations and consumer-focused initiatives to increase opportunity to close the racial gap.
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AACUC Unveils Maurice R. Smith DEI Leadership Award
The African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) announced it has renamed its Trailblazer Award to the Maurice R. Smith DEI Leadership Award in honor of retired CEO of both Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) and Civic Federal Credit Union Maurice R. Smith.
Smith – attributed with penning the credit union 8th Cooperative Principle Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – has a decorated credit union career. His recognitions include 2021 DEI Trailblazer Award, 2019 Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award and 2017 African American Credit Union Hall of Fame from the AACUC as well as 2023 Greg Inman Servant Leadership Award from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), 2022 Advancing Equity Award from the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation and 2020 Herb Wegner Memorial Award from the National Credit Union Foundation, among others. His thought leadership and commitment to the movement include serving as current Board Chair of the AACUC, Past Board Chair of CUNA, Steering Committee Member for the Callahan CU Services Limited Partnership, Administrative Board Member for Filene Research Institute, Executive Committee Member of CUNA CEO Council, Board Member for the NCLM Local Leadership Foundation and Vice Chairman of the National Board Institute of Emerging Issues.