The Race and Wealth Podcast Network

Dedrick & Dyalekt discuss a new huffpo piece by Dedrick & Natalie Gerber about African Immigrants, Rev Dr King's accomplishments vs his legacy, and speak to Monica Mitchell about her new OpEd Racial Wealth Divide Praxis: Taking Economic Empowerment Into Your Own Hands B/W 'One Step' by The Evoloutionaries https://prosperitynow.org/blog/racial-wealth-divide-praxis-taking-economic-empowerment-your-own-hands https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/african-immigrants-immigrating-into-a-racial-wealth_us_5a539aa9e4b0cd114bdb353c ProsperityNow.org @prosperitynow @dedrickm Dyalekt.com @dyalektraps https://louiskling.bandcamp.com/track/one-step @symphonic17

Introducing new guest host Dyalekt as we interview Sabrina Terry, Project Manager of the Wealth Building Initiative at Unidos US. B/W La. Raza by Nate G https://ProsperityNow.org https://UnidosUS.org https://Dyalekt.com https://nategmusic.bandcamp.com/track/la-raza

During this Podcast, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad talks to Su Jin Jez, Ph.D (http://webpages.csus.edu/jezs/) to talk about how she got into studying wealth & race and discuss her more recent research on the relationship between race, ethnicity, wealth, & college access.

Continuing with our monthly series with Pam and Dyalekt from Brunch & Budget, they spend some time with Tuan Nguyen from MQVN CDC in New Orleans. MQVN CDC (http://www.mqvncdc.org/) is another one of our organization from our Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color project. Tuan discusses the work they do in New Orleans and the diverse group of people that they work with.

Continuing our partnership with Brunch & Budget, our friends Pam and Dyalekt spend some time with Gepsie Matellus, Executive Director for Sant La, Haitian Nieghborhood Center (www.santla.org) in North Miami, FL. Sant La is in our Miami cohort for our Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color Project and Gepsie discusses the work she does at Sant La and how they are working to stabilize South Florida’s Haitian Community.

This week we have Michael Fletcher, a Senior Writer at ESPN’s The Undefeated(https://theundefeated.com/contributors/michael-fletcher/) and former economics reporter for the Washington Post. Michael and Dedrick have a more casual conversation this week about Michael’s work at the Undefeated, race & economics as it relates to current racial tensions in the United States and, of course, how it relates to current sport events

Continuing with our partnership with Brunch&Budget (http://brunchandbudget.com/podcast/), this week we highlight another one of our Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color, Partners for Self-Employment (PSE) in Miami, FL. Maria Coto, Executive Director for PSE, talks to us on the phone and discusses the work PSE does in Southern Florida and how they work promote financial well-being to low-to-moderate income individuals and families. Maria goes on to speak on micro lending, small business development, and financial education. Learn more about PSE by going to their website and the amazing work that they do here: http://partnersforselfemployment.org/home-2/.

Continuing with our series with Farajii Muhammad, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad joins WEAA’s Listen Up! (http://weaa.org/programs/listen?page=1) to talk about taxes. Now that tax season is over, Dedrick reflects on the importance of taxes and utilizing tax returns for wealth development.

Continuing with our series with Farajii Muhammad, Dedrick joins WEAA’s Listen Up! (http://weaa.org/programs/listen?page=1) to talk about youth entrepreneurship in Baltimore’s African American community. Take a listen to understand the hardships of being a young, male entrepreneur in Baltimore and hear a discussion on what can be done to strengthen entrepreneurship in the African American community.

Through our continued partnership with Brunch and Budget, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Senior Fellow, Racial Wealth Divide Initiative, sits with our friends from Brunch and Budget (www.brunchandbudget.com) and Spanish Coalition for Housing (SCH) in Chicago (www.sc4housing.org). The gang talks to Gabriela Roman, Executive Director, and Joseph Lopez, Development Manager, of SCH. They discuss their impactful work around comprehensive counseling, education and housing resources necessary for Latinos and other low-to-moderate income families in the Chicagoland area, develop competence and responsibility in meeting their financial and housing needs, and advocate for and proactively promote additional resources for them.

In this episode with Brunch & Budget (www.brunchandbudget.com),Dedrick, Pamela & Dyalekt sit down with the President & CEO of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), Gary Cunningham. Gary sits down and talks about the importance of minority entrepreneurship, the impact it has on the wealth gap, and discusses the amazing work MEDA is doing in Minneapolis. To learn more about MEDA and Gary’s work check out www.meda.net.

During this podcast Dedrick again sits down with Farajii Muhammad of “Listen Up!” on WEAA. This time Dedrick sits down with Dedrick to discuss the Race and Wealth in Baltimore data profile. Dedrick goes in depth on the racial wealth divide in Baltimore and how having less wealth affects African Americans in Baltimore.

In this episode of Race and Wealth we have one of the leading researchers on race and wealth, Darrick Hamilton. Darrick Hamilton is the director of the doctoral program in public and urban policy, and jointly appointed as an associate professor of economics and urban policy at The Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy and the Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research at The New School in New York. Dedrick and Darrick spend some time talking about Darrick’s Jacobin article, “Why we Need a Federal Job Guarantee” and how economic empowerment could help fix many issues around race & wealth. Take a listen! Please check out more of Darrick's work here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/mark-paul-and-william-darity-jr-and-darrick-hamilt/ http://ww1.insightcced.org/uploads/CRWG/Umbrellas-Dont-Make-It-Rain8.pdf http://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/85341/2000986-2-the-color-of-wealth-in-the-nations-capital.pdf The Color of Wealth in the Nation’s Capital - urban.org www.urban.org The Duke Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity is a scholarly collaborative engaged in the study of the causes and consequences of inequality and in the ... Umbrellas Don’t Make it Rain: Why Studying and Working ... ww1.insightcced.org Umbrellas Don’t Make it Rain: Why Studying and Working Hard Isn’t Enough for Black Americans 1 Duke Center for Social Equity . About the Authors Mark Paul, William Darity Jr, & Darrick Hamilton | Jacobin www.jacobinmag.com Mark Paul, William Darity Jr, & Darrick Hamilton. Mark Paul is a postdoctoral associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University and holds ...

In this episode, the Race and Wealth podcast partner with Listen Up! With Farajii Muhammad. Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Director of the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at CFED, goes into the studio to discuss the Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color project and why programs like these are important for communities of color. Also on the show, we have Stephanie Amponsah, Executive Director of Urban Alliance in Baltimore, to discuss her work at Urban Alliance and her participation in the Building High Impact Nonprofits project. Learn more about Urban Alliance https://theurbanalliance.org/ Learn more about CFED’s Racial Wealth Divide Initiative www.cfed.org/rwd To follow Listen Up! with Farajii Muhammad visit here! http://weaa.org/programs/listen

In this episode, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad is featured on the Brunch and Budget (http://brunchandbudget.com/) podcast with Pamela Capalad and Dyalekt over Martin Luther King Jr Day weekend. Brunch and Budget is a podcast out of New York City that focuses on personal finances and issues around finance affecting people of color. In this podcast, Pamela and Dyalekt talk to Dedrick about how he got into racial economic inequality and Dedrick discusses the racial wealth divide itself. If you haven’t heard of Brunch and Budget before, please check them out at the link above! 42 Million Americans Experience Hunger Each Year. I'm One of Them. by Asia Thompson https://talkpoverty.org/2017/01/10/42-million-americans-experience-hunger-each-year-im-one-of-them/ The following is a link to the discussed 1967 freedom budget http://www.prrac.org/pdf/FreedomBudget.pdf