Brunch & Budget

It’s ‘easy’ to leave taxes for the end of the year (or the beginning of next year) but as a freelancer it may leave you scrambling for funds you already used. Gina Noy, CPA and founder of Noy Taxes, advises that you pay monthly to avoid end of the year nightmares for yourself and your […]

Welcome to Prosperity Now, a series interviewing non profit organizations who are part of Building High Impact Non-Profits of Color. In this episode we interviewed Carlos Nelson and Norma Sanders about Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corp. where they work to foster and promote revitalization of the low-to-moderate income communities that they serve in the South Side of Chicago, […]

Welcome to the Dead Day Job Army, a monthly Brunch & Budget series where entrepreneurs and freelancers of Color share their stories and talk about the real. It’s not easy to start your own business and it’s even harder when it feels like you have to explain to your family what you do every time […]

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 Law and Social Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Melany de la Cruz-Viesca is the Assistant Director […]

Three Keynotes from the AFCPE share their expertise: Kristen Berman, Common Cents Lab, Irrational Labs, studies behavioral economics and behavioral finance, which is basically how people actually act in the marketplace, as opposed to how they should or would perform if they were completely rational. To a large extent, social cues and our own fears and […]

Summer Red, Rural Dynamics, Inc., Financial Literacy Program Manager, has been teaching financial education for over five years, with a focus on creating innovative and interactive curricula. She spoke about her favorite savings and credit-building strategies (revolving savings account, snowball savings and credit builder loans), as well as how she motivates and keeps students interested […]

Prosperity Now in Gads Hill is a Chicago organization devoted to helping immigrant families establish roots. ​Maricela Garcia and Rosa Julia Garcia Rivera talk about their programs which support working families in fostering their children’s education, as well as their mental health. The recognize that, while all emigrate for a better life, many who are […]

Welcome to the Dead Day Job Army, a monthly Brunch & Budget series where entrepreneurs and freelancers of Color share their stories and talk about the real. It’s not easy to start your own business and it’s even harder when it feels like you have to explain to your family what you do every time […]

This is our fourth annual boycott episode and this year, we want to ask you to spend your energy and money on buying things from places you love instead of convincing everyone to boycott things you “hate.” It’s easy to react negatively to the latest scandal, and just as quickly move on to the next […]

Equifax is one of the three large credit reporting agencies, and in July they had a security breach in which the data of 145 million adult Americans was stolen (they notified the public on September 7th). There are no laws in place to prevent this, and so far no real consequences have been enacted against […]

Today’s topic is Health Insurance. This has been a hot topic for the past eight years, and, so far, it’s not going anywhere. The Trump administration, though failed to repeal the ACA, has managed to change a few details, some of which you may not have noticed. We approached this topic with all of you […]

The annual Prosperity Now scorecard is out now. First introduced in 2002 but annually released since 2012. This is an intricate and detailed scorecard which looks at a whole slew of measures in each state about how households are doing financially, as well as how well states are promoting the financial well-being of their residents. […]

Welcome to the Dead Day Job Army, a monthly Brunch & Budget series where entrepreneurs and freelancers of Color share their stories and talk about the real. It’s not easy to start your own business and it’s even harder when it feels like you have to explain to your family what you do every time […]

Located in the New Orleans area, the Ashé Cultural Center is a non-profit organization, which uses art and culture to serve its community. We spoke with Carol Bebelle (Co-Founder/Exec Director) and Jo Ann Minor (Associate Director of Administration), where we learned the importance of events and engaged in a discussion on the power of an […]

Investing can be tricky. The hopes of investing is that you will receive more than what you put in. What we learned with Ian McLeod is that where you invest is just as important as what you receive. Sounds too good to be true? Listen to the episode to hear for yourself! Music featured in […]

Crowdfunding is super popular nowadays. If you’re not too familiar with it, that’s okay. This is the basic concept: You have an idea for a product or creative project you want to get off the ground and in exchange for prizes at various levels, donors will give you money to launch the project. There are […]

If the racial wealth divide is left unaddressed and is not exacerbated further over the next eight years, median Black household wealth is on a path to hit zero by 2053. What will you do with this information? Listen here: This is a follow-up to the Ever-Growing Gap Report: The Road to Zero Wealth with […]

Hispanics now make up almost 1 in 4 Floridians. The majority of Floridian Hispanics live in Miami-Dade and Broward county. There are 37.6 million people who speak Spanish at home, and more than half of these individuals speak English very well. What Hispanic Unity offers immigrants are the tools necessary to cement their lives in […]

We packed a whole lot of goodies in this hour special. We caught up with Tasty Keish from last year’s #DDJA interview to see where she is now after deciding to work as a full-time freelancer. We also discuss and divulge into a new Investment Appetizer and Poor Tax before our feature topic: The harsh […]

Let’s cut through the bullshit. We were skeptical of people who call themselves motivational speakers. A lot of people who become motivational speakers were in another industry that involved presentation or performing and found they weren’t making enough money or gaining enough traction so they switched to “motivational speaking.” So for this month’s Dead Day […]