By Matiya Hill July 31, 2015 Meryl Pritchard Matiya Hill As always, welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money! During the Fourth of July holiday I traveled to the city that never sleeps – yes, the beautiful New York City! I was there to tour the city and more importantly visit one of my best […]
Youth Power Finance Academy Celebrates Summer Graduates
By Claire Miller July 31, 2015 2015 summer program graduates of the Youth Power Academy of Finance. Photo by Claire Miller. This past Friday, community members gathered at the Warner Park Community Center to celebrate the brilliance of Asset Builders of America Inc’s Youth Power Academy of Finance and its recent program […]
Series: Black Women Entrepreneurs
By Brianna Rae July 31, 2015 Always powerful leaders and providers for their communities and beyond, Black women are continuing this legacy and seriously shining in the sphere of business and economic development. The 2015 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report shows that the number of Black women-owned firms has risen by an […]
Brown Girl Green Money: In Consideration of My Future Spouse
By Angela Fitzgerald July 24, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald I’ve been super health conscious as of late and the motivation to get it right and tight is driven by a friend’s upcoming nuptials in beautiful Jamaica – which I plan to attend. And while I don’t anticipate getting my groove back, as […]
Closing Education Gap Would Boost U.S. Economy
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent July 24, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Men of color would earn $170 billion more a year, if they reached the same education level as White men, according to a new White House report. The report examined “opportunity gaps facing youth of color” and […]
Brown Girl, Green Money: College Scholarship Success
By Jasmine Zapata July 17, 2015 Jasmine Zapata Last week, I had the great honor of talking to a group of minority middle and high school students about preparing for college. It was awesome to see the excitement and passion in their eyes when talking about their future career goals and […]
Black Families Must Focus on Asset Building
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist July 17, 2015 Charlene Crowell, NNPA Columnist “To achieve true security for vulnerable families, asset building must be part of the strategy.” As the wealthy few continue to prosper, the rest of the nation is caught in a financial tug-of-war between stagnant wages and a […]
Blackonomics: Blacks are Today’s Putty People
By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist July 17, 2015 James Clingman, NNPA Columnist Incidents over just the past two months have taken Black folks on the psychological ride of our lives. The White woman in Spokane, Wash., who passed as Black caught and held our attention; then there was the McKinney, Texas pool […]
Black Women See Job Prospects Improve
By Freddie Allen, Senior Washington Correspondent July 10, 2015 WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Job prospects for Black women improved in June, as they recorded better employment numbers than the other major adult groups, the latest jobs report by the Labor Department shows. The jobless rate for Black women over 20 years old […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Navigating the Naysayers!
By Matiya Hill July 10, 2015 Matiya Hill Hi and welcome back to our blog! *insert big cyber hug* I’ll keep this post short and sweet. As some of you may know, I am tackling my student loan debt one day at a time, sweet Jesus. Lately I’ve noticed that I […]
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