Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase. The second installment of MSR’s Youth Financial Education Series explores the difference between needs and wants through the experience of 25-year-old Alexis Harmon, who is using the 50/30/20 rule to build toward homeownership and financial stability.
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Posted inBlack Business Spotlight
Black-led Arise Community Credit Union works to expand financial access for all
Black Business Spotlight: Arise Community Credit Union, founded through the Association for Black Economic Power in response to George Floyd’s murder, is building a community-rooted financial institution designed to serve residents historically excluded from traditional banking.
Posted inTracey’s Keepin' It Real
Tracey’s Keepin’ It Real: Building Black Economic Power One Dollar at a Time
On this episode of Tracey’s Keepin’ It Real, MSR Publisher Tracey Williams-Dillard sits down with leaders from the Association for Black Economic Power to discuss financial literacy, economic ownership and building generational wealth in Black Twin Cities communities.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Village Trust credit union planned for North Minneapolis
Founders court investors in Northside revitalization Near the end of 2018, the Association for Black Economic Power (ABEP) plans to offer North Minneapolis the opportunity to come together as a community and pool its financial resources. Village Trust Financial Cooperative received its name by consulting members of the community, where the words “village” and “trust” […]
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Black credit union proposed
Anger over the killing of Philando Castile by St. Anthony police only months after the death of Jamar Clark at the hands of the Minneapolis police, motivated the formation of BLEXIT, “A Strategic Movement towards Black Independence through economic boycotting, civil disobedience and organized investment into the Black economy,” according to the website. Community members also […]