Black Wealth Comm Edu Series: Financial Wellbeing, Exploring Trauma and Triumphs around Money Habits

Open Road Fund's event "Financial Wellbeing: Exploring Trauma and Triumphs around Money Habits" was on January 11, 2024, 6 - 7:30 pm CST.

Host: Katherine Lankford, Finance and Affirmations
Guest panel: Kenya McKnight Ahad, Black Women's Wealth Alliance and David McGee, Build Wealth MN

Guiding questions
- What was the atmosphere surrounding money in your family?
- What were the specific financial struggles and/or success in your family?
- How did your family discuss or avoid discussions around money?
- Where did that belief come from?
- Where do I want to see myself financially in the next six months, one year, and five years from now?

The guiding questions can be used to reflect and set goals around your own individual/family financial goals. The questions are meant to serve as a guide and to help you begin identifying emotions and beliefs around money, and to begin unpacking the traumas that may affect your financial well being. We understand and acknowledge that not everyone shares the same experiences when it comes to finances and not everyone experiences trauma as it is related to money. These questions can still be helpful to help identify where money beliefs start and how we pass them down generationally. As Kenya McKnight- Ahad said during the session, "money is a tool to building wealth, it is not the full scope of how we measure wealth."

We also want to emphasize that there are oppressive systems that were created and some that still exist today that hinders Black folks from building wealth and obtaining financial freedom. As you reflect on these questions, please be aware of how certain feelings and emotions may show up in your body and allow yourself grace to feel them when doing so. Lastly, we ask that you begin having these conversations with your children, family, and community in a way that feels comfortable and safe for you.

About the Black Wealth Community Education Series
The Open Road Fund at Nexus Community Partners is hosting a Black Wealth Community Education Series from January to May 2024. The series is free, virtual, and live and is available as a resource for all while centering Black people and Black experiences. Topics include economic justice, housing, health and healing, and more. This is a Black-centered space where the Open Road Fund prioritizes uplifting Black voices and safety.

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