Race And Wealth And The Baltimore Rebellion- 1 Year Later

04/08/16 • 67 min

Welcome back to the fourth episode of the Race and Wealth Podcast, titled “Race and Wealth and the Baltimore Rebellion: one year later”.First, Dedrick sits down with two long term residents and activists of Baltimore Brother Faraji Muhammad and Brother Andrew Muhammad. They speak on their personal experiences of being on the ground during the rebellion and how they are working to advance the socio-economic conditions of youth and young adults in the aftermath of the uprising.Around the 45 minute mark, Dedrick is joined by Lillian Singh, Associate Director of the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at CFED to speak with Carmen Shorter, Senior Manager for Learning and Field Engagement at CFED. Carmen is also a Baltimore resident and shares her experiences of being in Baltimore during the uprising. Carmen, then discusses her work, and the recently released CFED Baltimore Building Economic Opportunity Data Profile and how these relate to the challenges facing Baltimore.For inquiries, suggestions or about the Race and Wealth Podcast, please email [email protected]. To communicate with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad please reach out to him through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dedrickm1) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/DedrickM). You can also find the picture discussed of the Bloods and Crips standing with the Nation of Islam in Baltimore at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059143/The-Wire-Unimaginable-scenes-Baltimore-s-Crips-Bloods-Black-Guerrilla-Family-Nation-Islam-unite-black-men-stop-violence.html and video of the stopping of the attack on a cell phone store in Baltimore at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d91-rSk3ESI. The intro is "Curiousity" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts.The outro is "Credit Roll" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts.Both tracks can be found at freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rose...c_For_Podcasts Race and Wealth is edited and produced by Kye Hunter with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad as co-producer.

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"Race And Wealth And Los Angeles" Featuring Melany De La Cruz And Lillian Singh

Welcome back to the third episode of the Race and Wealth Podcast. Our host Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, sits down with Melany De La Cruz, Assistant Director at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. They discuss Melany’s work at the Asian American Studies Center and her beginnings in studying Racial Wealth Inequality. The conversation then moves to a discussion of the Color of Wealth series, which just released a report of Los Angeles. Finally, Dedrick and Melany discuss the Asian American Pacific Islander Nexus Journal’s special issue, which deals with Wealth Inequality.Starting at 26:30, Dedrick sits down with Lillian Singh, Associate Director of the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative at CFED, to discuss Lillian’s background growing up in Los Angeles and the circumstances that led Lillian to the asset building field. Lillian also gives personal stories of how she is using her macro view of asset building to help people gain wealth on a micro level.For inquiries, suggestions or about the Race and Wealth Podcast, please email [email protected] find more information on the Asian American Studies Center and the AAPI Nexus Journal, please visit www.aasc.ucla.eduFollow Melany De La Cruz on Twitter: @MelanyDeLaCruz4The intro is "Curiousity" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts.The outro is "Credit Roll" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts.Both tracks can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts Race and Wealth is edited and produced by Kye Hunter with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad as co-producer.

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Race And Wealth and the Color of Entrepreneurship with Algernon Austin

Race and Wealth and The Color of EntrepreneurshipIn this episode of the Race and Wealth podcast, our host Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and new Racial Wealth Divide Initiative senior program manager Kylie Patterson sit down with Algernon Austin of the Center for Global Policy Solutions. The interview starts with a discussion about how the African-American poverty rate has been cut in half over the last 50 years during times of great and growing inequality. The conversation then moves to its central topic, the new report, "The Color of Entrepreneurship: Why the Racial Gap Among Firms Costs the U.S. Billions." Finally, the conversation ends with a discussion of the annual Color of Wealth Summit and a brief reflection on Donald Trump as the Republican nominee as a follow up to our previous podcast, “Race and Wealth in the U.S. Elections.” Here is a link to the graph referenced in this episode- http://bit.ly/1V7t8D7You can contact Dedrick Asante-Muhammad through Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dedrickm1You can find Algernon Austin at http://www.algernonaustin.com/The Center for Global Policy Solutions at http://globalpolicysolutions.com/Algernon Austin's new report at http://globalpolicysolutions.org/report/color-entrepreneurship-racial-gap-among-firms-costs-u-s-billions/For more information on the Color of Wealth Summit, please visit http://globalpolicysolutions.org/2016-color-of-wealth-summit/Please visit SCORE- http://www.score.orgOther articles referenced in the episode:Locked Out of the Market- http://greenlining.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/HMDA-InteriorCover-to-post-spreads.pdfResponsible Banking the Twin Cities- https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2L0_Tafp1oBTVFJMEtZc2M3QzQ&usp=drive_web#Please remember to rate, comment, and subscribe to the Race and Wealth Podcast on Itunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher Radio.The intro is "Curiousity" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts.The outro is "Credit Roll" by Lee Rosevere from the Album- Music for Podcasts.Both tracks can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/label/Happy_Puppy_Records/blog/Music_for_PodcastsRace and Wealth is edited and produced by Kye Hunter and Kylie Patterson with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad as co-producer