By Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service Kune Gueye came from Senegal to Nashville for a better life, but she had to overcome yards of red tape to earn her American dream. To make a living, she turned to a skill she had honed over years of practice in her homeland – braiding hair. With a […]
Consumer Rights: Debt Collection
By Bibek Das The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) contains several provisions that regulate how debt collectors collect debts from consumers. Under one provision, the FDCPA sets forth the steps a debt collector must take when making initial contact with a consumer (also known as a debtor). The debt collector must give the […]
Local Doctor & Entrepreneur Published in New Book, Multiple Streams of Income
By Brianna Rae Dr. Jasmine Zapata is not just a doctor. She is an active change-maker in her community with a seemingly endless supply of passion and energy, as well as a strong focus on promoting financial literacy, freedom, and economic empowerment for herself and others. This April, Dr. Zapata was featured in a new […]
Who is Brown Girl Green Money – One Year In
Brown Girl, Green Money is a social network of women of color, working to reach our financial goals and support each other along the way. The Brown Girl, Green Money crew includes Angela Fitzgerald, Jasmine Zapata, Matiya Hill, Keena Atkinson and Britney Sinclair, a group of 20 and 30 something year-olds that want to figure […]
Consumer Rights: Debt Collection
The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) offers consumers protection against overly aggressive debt collection actions by debt collectors and debt collection agencies. One manner a consumer may have the right to sue a debt collector under the FDCPA, is when a debt collector, in the course of collecting a debt, makes an illegal […]
Companies Pay Out Millions in Settlements as Discrimination Lingers
by Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist As a country, America has historically short-changed its people of color in virtually every dimension of life: education, employment, housing, public accommodations and voting to name a few. To remedy discriminatory practices and policies, a series of federal and state laws were enacted over several decades to guarantee […]
Consumer Rights
by Bibek Das, Esq. Owing debt has become synonymous with being an American consumer. Individuals owe debts for many reasons, including unexpected hardships and misinformation. That being said, what individuals may not know is that they have rights that protect them from abusive debt collection practices. Individuals should be aware that State and Federal laws […]
Freedom Is Coming!
by Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello, Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to reach financial freedom and support each other along the way! Thank you so much for joining us this week. We truly appreciate all your support of this weekly column […]
It’s Never Too Early to Start Saving
Study Finds that 1 in 3 Americans have $0 Saved for Retirement by Jacklin Bolduan A recent study by GOBankingRates has found that one in three Americans has saved a total of $0 for their retirement. Kristian Finfrock, founder of Retirement Income Strategies in Madison, knows the realities of the this statistic. He says his […]
What Do I Need To Know About Bankruptcy?
By Matiya Hill Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl, Green Money! Thank you for joining us again this week and of course thank you all for your continuous support. Today I want to talk about bankruptcy. That topic isn’t a favorite for many people but it’s always a great subject to understand. Bankruptcy […]
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