By Jasmine Zapata, MD June 19, 2015 A few days ago, while driving my 6-year-old son home from school, he informed me that in addition to being a real estate investor and a policeman, he was going to be an inventor. He went on to describe how he was going to […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Single and In Debt: The Struggle Is Real
By Matiya Hill June 12, 2015 Matiya Hill That headline sounds scary — and it is, especially if you have a huge pile of debt that you’re trying to tackle alone. Don’t worry, I’m here to help! Let’s be honest, the road to debt freedom can be long and […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Kesha’s Story: A Sound Financial Future
By Angela Fitzgerald June 5, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald As a follow-up to last week’s article about the debt snowball method, I found it very coincidental that I ended up in a conversation with another brown girl about the very same topic during a Memorial Day barbeque. Not one to believe […]
Brown Girl Green Money: FINISH HIM: Getting Rid of Debt – Once and for All
By Angela Fitzgerald May 29, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald Growing up, I can remember playing the video game Mortal Kombat, where at the end of a round a booming voice would announce to “FINISH HIM!” At this point, the victor had a few short seconds to execute a series of commands […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Question Corner
By Jasmine Zapata and Angela Fitzgerald May 22, 2015 Jasmine Zapata and Angela Fitzgerald Earlier this month, a reader from our Facebook page submitted this question. We thought we’d share our ideas and then open it up to the BGGM community for additional thoughts on the topic. Here it is: […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Spring, Summer and Saving
By Matiya Hill May 15, 2015 Matiya Hill Spring is officially here and I’m sure I’m not the only one looking forward to the warm weather — not to mention the colorful maxi dresses, cute wedges and fashionable sunglasses! A girl has to stay cute, right? In the past I’ve […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Race & Money… Let’s talk about it!
By Angela Fitzgerald May 8, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald Whether you’re comfortable with the topic or not, race and racial injustice has become the elephant in the room (with his fist in the air no less) that we’re no longer able to avoid. The recent uprising in Baltimore, as well as […]
Brown Girl Green Money: An Interview with Entrepreneur Crystal Adell
By Jasmine Zapata, M.D. May 1, 2015 Jasmine Zapata, M.D. This week, I had the awesome privilege of interviewing an amazing African American female entrepreneur who owns a national workout company and brand: Ms. Crystal Adell, owner of Black Women DO Workout, LLC. She recently moved to Madison and […]
Welcome to Brown Girl, Green Money: Part 4: Interview with Ashley Robertson
By Angela Fitzgerald April 24, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald Also see: Welcome to Brown Girl, Green Money: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. For our last installment of introductions, I had the pleasure of interviewing the newest member of the BGGM crew! Ladies and gentlemen, meet Ashley Robertson. Ashley Robertson […]
Brown Girl, Green Money: Millennials & Money
By Connie Samuels April 17, 2015 Connie Samuels You may have heard the phrase “Too many people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t like.” It rings true especially when considering the ‘keeping up with the Jones’ mentality so many of us have […]
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