Upcoming segment will examine how access to capital and financial education supports Native businesses, housing and community development.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2026 / — “All Access with Andy Garcia” is scheduled to film with Oweesta Corporation on November 10, 2026, for an upcoming educational segment exploring how Native-led capital advances economic opportunity across Native communities. The segment will highlight how impact investing can transform communities, focusing on Oweesta’s work to bring capital, financial resources, and economic opportunity to Native communities across the United States.
Through interviews and an inside look at Oweesta’s work, the production will explore how investments in Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs) help finance small businesses, affordable housing, homeownership, healthcare facilities, clean energy, and community infrastructure.
The segment will also examine how Native-led financial institutions are creating opportunities in communities that have historically faced significant barriers to accessing conventional financing.
As the longest-standing Native CDFI intermediary, Oweesta has spent decades connecting investors and philanthropic partners with Native financial institutions and communities. Through its lending programs, impact investments, training, technical assistance, research, and policy advocacy, Oweesta helps strengthen Native CDFIs and expand their ability to provide financing that responds to the economic priorities of the communities they serve.
A central focus of the segment will be the connection between impact investment and community-level economic development. Oweesta works with a broad network of institutional investors, foundations, banks, and other capital partners that recognize the financial and social value of investing in Native communities. By bringing these resources into Native-led financial institutions, Oweesta helps make capital available for projects and opportunities that might otherwise go unfunded.
The production will also explore an important part of Oweesta’s approach: financial education as a foundation for long-term economic opportunity. Through its nationally recognized Building Native Communities financial education curriculum, Oweesta trains Native CDFIs, Tribal programs, and community organizations to deliver culturally relevant financial education.
Financial education and access to capital are closely connected. When individuals understand how to manage credit, establish savings, and prepare for borrowing, they are better positioned to become informed consumers, successful borrowers, homeowners, and business owners. For Native CDFIs, this creates a stronger foundation for responsible lending and helps ensure that investment capital translates into lasting economic opportunities.
“Impact investing is much more than providing capital — it’s what that capital makes possible,” said Chrystel Cornelius, President and CEO of Oweesta Corporation. “For decades, Native CDFIs have demonstrated that when Native people have access to financial resources and the ability to make decisions for their own communities, remarkable things happen.”
About All Access
Hosted by acclaimed actor Andy Garcia, “All Access with Andy Garcia” brings stories of discovery, progress and human resilience to Public Television audiences nationwide. Through short educational documentaries, the series examines developments in business, medicine, technology and culture, helping viewers understand the ideas and people shaping their world. Learn more at www.allaccessptv.com.
About Oweesta Corporation
Oweesta Corporation is a nonprofit Native CDFI intermediary based in Longmont, Colorado. For more than 26 years, it has provided capital, training and development services to Native CDFIs and Native communities. Its work supports financial education, small business development, homeownership and other opportunities to build assets and strengthen Native economies. Learn more at www.oweesta.org.
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