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Financial freedom starts with knowledge—and it’s never too early or too late to learn. This engaging panel explores practical, on-the-ground strategies for building financial literacy in our communities, from understanding credit and budgeting to investing and generational wealth-building. Featuring programs and leaders who are working to empower Black youth and families, we’ll dive into real-world tools, success stories, and culturally relevant education models that are shifting the financial future—one lesson at a time.
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00:00What is actually getting the bag? Like, like, what does that even mean? And I think in this culture
00:08of social media, there is a projection out there that getting to the bag means, you know, the
00:14Chanel and, you know, all of these things or whatever have you, these material things that can
00:19be gone just like that, right? But there isn't preface on getting the bag also means buying some
00:26stock. It also means, you know, investing, taking the money that's in your savings account that is
00:32not earning any interest at all and putting them into something else. You know, it's also, you know,
00:38if you are, you know, working this extra job or you have a gig on a side, like, what does a
00:44traditional Roth look like? Like, where can you start to build money and wealth in those ways as
00:52well? And then also even, you know, for parents, like, how do you set your children up for success,
00:58you know, instead of the birthday parties? And I'm not saying don't have a birthday party,
01:01but what I am saying is that a two-year-old is only going to play with those toys for
01:06however long, right? So exactly. And we'll not remember that, but they will remember if,
01:11hey, like, here's an Apple stock, like, you guys can contribute to this.
01:22And we'll see you next time.
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