Wealth Equity

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Our legacy of racism in policy and practice has sustained a distressing gap in wealth. NNIP Partners are collaborating with local stakeholders to understand the wealth gap, its drivers, and use data to inform strategies to build wealth for people and communities of color.
Related Activities:
Follow the Data Podcast: How Can We Reduce the Gaps in Racial Wealth Equity Data?
December 6, 2023
The Data Center   (New Orleans)


Lamar Gardere, executive director of the The Data Center, joined Katherine Oliver, Garnesha Ezediaro, who leads Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, and Darrick Hamilton, the Founding... [read more]

Highlights from the NNIP Partners' Meeting in Oakland
November 8, 2023 to November 10, 2023
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


Collaborating with Young People We heard from partners in Milwaukee,... [read more]

Supporting the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
November 1, 2023
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)


The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative launched "Building a Beloved Economy: A Baseline and Framework for Building Black Wealth in Atlanta" that... [read more]

NNIP Partners Explore Drivers of Black Wealth and Wealth Equity
October 1, 2023 to December 5, 2023
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)
The Data Center   (New Orleans)
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)
Boston Indicators   (Boston)


Over the past few months NNIP Partners have been using data to explore drivers of Black wealth to better understand the dynamics of wealth and inform strategies to build wealth. We highlight a few... [read more]

NNIP Partners Talk with Black Wealth Data Center about Data and Racial Equity
January 2023 - March 2023
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)
The Data Center   (New Orleans)


In the first video, learn about real-world examples of data practices at the federal, state, and... [read more]

Data Center Supports Equitable Wealth Building Collaboration in New Orleans
January 2023
The Data Center   (New Orleans)


Launched by the Urban League of Louisiana in Fall 2022, the SEE CHANGE... [read more]

Boston Indicators Racial Wealth Equity Resource Center
January 1, 2023
Boston Indicators   (Boston)


The Racial Wealth Equity Resource Center is a special initiative of Boston Indicators, the research center at The Boston Foundation. Across our... [read more]

New NNIP Collaboration with Black Wealth Data Center
September 15, 2022
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


NNIP is excited to announce a partnership with the recently launched, Black Wealth Data Center (BWDC). Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative and currently... [read more]

NNIP Explores Using Data to Improve Wealth Equity
September 2022 - December 2024
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)
The Data Center   (New Orleans)


Over the past two years, the NNIP Network has elevated how local data are critical tools for communities to address the racial wealth gap and improve racial ... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
Advancing Black Wealth through Local Data & Engagement
2022 - 2024
Funder: Black Wealth Data Center
Contact: Leah Hendey , [email protected]
Partners: Detroit, New Orleans


Our legacy of racism in US policies and practice – before and through emancipation, reconstruction, and Jim Crow – has sustained a distressing gap in wealth. Specific systemic actions and... [read more]

Related Publications:
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
Charlotte
Supporting Charlotte's Minority-Owned Small Businesses
June 2021
Report - By: Angelique Gaines
Summary; Report

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Related Webinars:
Expanding Use of Local Wealth Data for Local Action
November 13, 2024 - 3:00pm
Speaker: Miranda Santillo; Lamar Gardere; Haleigh Tomlin


Addressing the racial wealth gap and building individual and community wealth is a central component of reaching NNIP’s vision of all neighborhoods becoming places where people can thrive. Local... [read more]