Release date: 4/12/2023

Contact: 
Lindsay Moore, NeighborWorks America Media 
202-760-4097 
[email protected] 

Symposium pinpoints strategies to build wealth for Black households and communities

On May 3, a symposium “It takes a village: Achieving Black wealth and economic prosperity” will highlight solutions to create generational wealth for Black families. The symposium is the second in a year-long series on advancing equity for people of color and is part of the San Francisco NeighborWorks Training Institute (May 1-5), a weeklong event that provides comprehensive professional education and training for housing and community development professionals.
 
WHO: NeighborWorks America
 
Confirmed speakers at the symposium include:
 

• Emilio Dorcely, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Edge, on empowerment Black families receive from owning real estate

• Shekinah Mitchell, Executive Director of the Piedmont Community Land Trust, Piedmont Housing, examines the relationship with wealth and asset building among Black people from predominantly black communities

• Jeremie Greer, Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director, Liberation in a Generation, on strategies and programs Black communities are using to build wealth

 
WHAT:  NeighborWorks America Symposium,  “It takes a village: Achieving Black wealth and economic prosperity”
 
WHEN:  Wednesday, May 3, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. PST
 
Full Agenda
 
Symposium highlights:
 
9 – 10:15 a.m. Welcome/Overview of what the black wealth gap is and its history, system policies, and why the housing industry and partners need to find solutions
 
10:15 – 11 a.m.  A panel discussion with community partners who have implemented strategies and programs in their communities to build wealth. These partners are doing “the work”.
 
WHERE: Please RSVP to [email protected] to receive information regarding check in. Press credentials must be shown upon arrival. Hilton Union Square (333 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, Grand Ballroom B.)
 
Attention Media: The symposium will include solutions housing and community development professionals are applying to build wealth for Black households and communities. Interviews with symposium speakers to help get a better understanding of challenges to Black wealth and how people are addressing them can be scheduled in advance, during, or post-event; as well as interviews about the year-long symposium series regarding advancing equity for people of color.
 

About NeighborWorks America 
For more than 40 years, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., a national, nonpartisan nonprofit known as NeighborWorks America, has strived to make every community a place of opportunity. Our network of excellence includes nearly 250 members in every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. NeighborWorks America offers grant funding, peer exchange, technical assistance, evaluation tools, and access to training as the nation's leading trainer of housing and community development professionals. NeighborWorks network organizations provide residents in their communities with affordable homes, owned and rented; financial counseling and coaching; community building through resident engagement; and collaboration in the areas of health, employment, and education.