Summary: Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Kylie Patterson of the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at CFED talk with Kilolo Kijakazi, currently an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and formerly a Program Officer for the Ford Foundation. We talk with Kilolo about her key role in helping to create the institutions, and even the words to describe and advocate, around the racial wealth divide. Kilolo explains her background and how she became a champion for savings and building assets, and discusses historical savings trends among different communities. The conversation then shifts to Kilolo’s role in creating the Experts of Color Network and how it’s bringing national attention the racial wealth divide. Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Establishing and Sustaining an Initiative http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12552-016-9165-x You can contact the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative of CFED at the Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide Facebook page- www.facebook.com/racialwealthdivide/ The intro is "Curiousity" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts. The outro is "Credit Roll" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts. Both tracks can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts/ Race and Wealth is edited and produced by Kye Hunter and Jessika Lopez with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad as co-producer
