Growing BIPOC Generational Community Wealth

In this workshop, you’ll learn about the racial wealth divide in Seattle, barriers to access to capital faced by BIPOC communities, and hopes, dreams and strategies for generating individual and community wealth. We’ll begin with a look at what we get wrong about closing the racial wealth divide. You’ll grow your understanding of barriers to accessing and maintaining BIPOC wealth. You’ll hear from generational and community wealth pilot project leads about specific projects and efforts, for example, utilizing mentorship and apprenticeships to teach youth to be entrepreneurs.

Presenter:

Kelvin Dankwa is a mentoring program coordinator in the Office of African American Male Achievement at Seattle Public Schools. In his role, he and his colleague are developing a plan of action to provide black male high school students with early college and career exposure while creating pathways for them to interact with black professionals and mentors. Dedicating most of his professional experience to youth empowerment, Kelvin is using the City of Seattle's Generational Wealth Initiative funding to develop an entrepreneurial mentorship program that builds capacity for black business owners and teaches black youth how to become entrepreneurs and not just employees