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How Voting and Policy Shifts Aid in Building Black Wealth and Power

How Voting and Policy Shifts Aid in Building Black Wealth and Power

Now through extreme gerrymandering and restrictions on voting rights targeted at Black voters, the political power that was being built is now under threat. If these voters are disenfranchised, it could be detrimental to the goal of building generational Black wealth. What can you do about it?

Lineup

  • Jaime Harrison
    Chair of the Democratic National Committee
  • Nicole Austin-Hillery
    President & CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
  • Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean
    President at Fair Count