A financial empowerment workshop for people of color, with special focus on new professionals of color.
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Session Description:
As People of Color (POC), we face the inescapable realities of race and racism every day. Directly intersecting with our racial experiences is a long hxstory of systemic class oppression that still exists. In our collective journeys toward healing, liberation, and justice, personal finance is often left out of the conversation.
From societal stigmatization to feelings of shame or guilt to simply not knowing where to start, there are many challenges to having the open conversations we need on personal finance as a part of our overall healing and liberation. This workshop will offer a brave space for new professionals to support each other as POC and get clear on what we need to be financially well and ultimately thrive as a part of a larger social justice agenda. We will each self-assess where we are with our own financial life and map the short-term actions needed that make us feel good, prepared, and values-aligned with our approach to money! This workshop will be geared towards new professionals, though all who find value in this topic are welcome to join.
About the Presenter:
rita zhang (she/her/hers) is a financial empowerment educator, facilitator, and coach. She brings 10+ years of social justice experience from movement-building, direct service, and higher education settings to her financial empowerment work. rita is the founder of Community Roots Financials, a financial education service focused on supporting first-generation and immigrant communities of color on financial empowerment topics. Additionally, rita is a financial coach at Oakland Promise for low-income parents. As a Cal alum and former staff person, rita is looking forward to holdig space for the Cal staff community at NOW Conference this year!