March 3, 2020March 17, 2020 by bbpodcast

b&b 219: How the racial wealth divide affects your wallet Part 1

Music Featured in This Episode: The Buy In by Hech Rhymes Advocate by Spoken Phor overstand FT. Rswift by Overcome In part 1 of Financial Resilience and The Racial Wealth Divide Pam…
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August 1, 2019December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

b&b210: Cancelling Student Debt

1 in 6 Americans have student loan debt. Federal Student Loan Debt has risen to $1.5 trillion. The average student loan debt is close to $40,000 now. Every year, the debt creeps…
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July 1, 2019December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

b&b209: Why Philanthropy doesn’t work with Pierre Joseph of the Solidago Foundation

Philanthropy sounds good: someone giving money to improve the world out of the goodness of their heart. The problem is that then those wealthy individuals get to dictate exactly how their money…
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May 29, 2019December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

OBG: b&b127 How Entrepreneurs of Color can close the racial wealth gap

As we continue our coverage of CFED’s 2016 Assets Learning Conference, we go deep on another critical topic for People of Color and closing the racial wealth gap. Entrepreneurship is another form…
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February 10, 2019December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

OBG: b&b186 AFCPE pt. 2 Keynotes: Racial Wealth Divide

A discussion with four members of the Closing the Racial and Gender Wealth Gap Panel: Thomas Shapiro is the Director of Institute on Assets and Social Policy and the Pokross Professor of…
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February 5, 2019December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

OBG: b&b 138 Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on how to take action against the racial wealth divide

This week's Oldie-but-Goodie. Happy Black History Month! If average Black family wealth continues to grow at the same pace it has over the past three decades, it would take Black families 228…
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August 2, 2018December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

b&b201: AAFCI: highlighting and bridging racial knowledge and resource gaps

The African American Financial Capabilities Initiative is sponsored by Prosperity Now’s Racial Wealth Divide Initiative. Their website describes the motivation for and goals of the program: “The Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at Prosperity Now…
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July 19, 2018December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

b&b200: Housing, education, finances, and community: the African American Financial Capabilities Initiative

The African American Financial Capabilities Initiative is sponsored by Prosperity Now's Racial Wealth Divide Initiative. Their website describes the motivation for and goals of the program: "The Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at…
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June 26, 2018December 30, 2020 by bbpodcast

OBG b&b126 Why homeownership as a Person of Color is more than an investment, it’s how to build a legacy

This weeks' oldie but goodie: In Part 3 of our coverage at CFED’s Assets Learning Conference 2016, we explore one of the quickest ways to close the racial wealth gap – increased…
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April 20, 2018December 31, 2020 by bbpodcast

b&b195 Building wealth for African Americans in the Pacific Northwest w/ Cat Goughnour of Prosperity Now

Cat Goughnour is the Senior Program Manager at Prosperity Now. She runs the African American Financial Capability Initiative, working to build innovative pilots to increase financial stability and bridge racial wealth gaps…
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