Click to register July 12, 2016 Noon-1:30 p.m. Capitol Visitor Center, Room HVC-200 Join us for a briefing on “Overlooked But Not Forgotten: Social Security Lifts Millions More Kids Out of Poverty.” The report, to be released at the event, reveals how Social Security benefits millions more children than previously understood, especially skyrocketing numbers of […]
Webinar: How Can We Help Minority Businesses Grow and Communities Thrive?
This webinar highlighted the gains and challenges experienced by firms owned by people of color, and included an overview of men- and women-owned firms, as well as policy and practical solutions to help expand the number and success of entrepreneurs of color. Entrepreneurs of color of all backgrounds experienced significant growth in the number of […]
2016 Color of Wealth Summit: Equity-Centered Development panel
Gentrification, a form of economic development that results in high-income residents moving to low-income areas and displacing existing residents in the process, has been widespread in urban communities across the United States. Given the trend, is it possible to implement economic development strategies that benefit existing residents and allow them to remain connected to place? […]
2016 Color of Wealth Summit: Interviews with Community Activists
This year, we tried something new at the Color of Wealth Summit: bringing in the voices of activists who work to make life better for their communities. People living in public housing are not usually at the front and center of the discussion about asset building strategies, but their economic wellbeing should not be ignored. We talked […]
2016 Color of Wealth Summit: Equitable Strategies for Advancing Financial Inclusion Panel
This exciting interactive session brings together financial service innovators with a panel of business savvy professionals (“sharks”) who vetted the concepts and offer an insider’s perspective on what makes a proposal investment-worthy. The session will feature entrepreneurs with ideas that seek to bring vulnerable populations into the financial mainstream. Judges Janis Bowdler, Managing Director, Financial […]
2016 Color of Wealth Summit: Strengthening Entrepreneurship in Communities of Color Panel
Owning a business can help reduce the racial and ethnic wealth gap by allowing individuals to fulfill their potential to create wealth-generating opportunities for themselves and others. Equitable opportunities for entrepreneurship may also increase jobs and economic development in areas where people of color and those with lower incomes disproportionately reside, which in turn improves […]
Entrepreneurs Salon at the Asset Builder Champion Awards Reception
The 2016 Color of Wealth Summit focused on entrepreneurship in communities of color, so we wanted to start the Asset Builder Champion Awards Reception with a conversation with entrepreneurs, who shared what it took to find business success. Moderator: Jamal Simmons, Principal, The Raben Group Entrepreneurs: Osiris Hoil, District Taco Gabrielle Jordin, Jewels of Jordin Aaron Saunders, […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Missing Minority Businesses at 2016 Color of Wealth Summit
Senator Elizabeth Warren was the keynote speaker at our 2016 Color of Wealth Summit. Below is an excerpt about our new report, “The Color of Entrepreneurship: Why The Racial Gap Among Firms Costs the U.S. Billions.” Watch her entire keynote address.
2016 Asset Builder Champion Awards Reception
Every year, we honor people who have dedicated their careers to helping low-income communities and communities of color build wealth and attain economic self sufficiency. These are the 2016 honorees. Charles Rangel War hero, civil rights advocate, master lawmaker, Charles B. Rangel has represented the 13th Congressional District of New York, which includes his […]
