It’s finally here! Today is #Give828, a day to support Black-led and Black-benefitting organizations. Your donation can change lives and strengthen communities. Give now at https://lnkd.in/eraCdvtY. Let’s make today unforgettable! #BPM2024 #BlackPhilanthropy #Donation #CommunityImpact #BlackGiving
Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
Civic and Social Organizations
Atlanta, Georgia 5,087 followers
Leveraging ideas, people and capital to close the racial wealth gap and achieve shared prosperity.
About us
Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative is an intermediary that seeks to achieve shared prosperity by closing the racial wealth gap through community wealth building strategies. We are a community of investors, advocates, and activists working to transform systems and structures of capital to create opportunities for African Americans and people of color in Atlanta and across the South. We promote understanding of community wealth-building strategies to cultivate the engagement, capacity, leadership necessary to shape a new economic narrative in Atlanta. By challenging systemic bias and introducing new systems and structures of capital, AWBI aims to re-engineer and redesign Atlanta’s economic ecosystem such that all sectors, from small businesses to large corporations, to anchor institutions, philanthropy, nonprofits and government, consider day to day how to integrate the economic well-being of our most disenfranchised families and communities into their strategy and operations.
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http://atlantawealthbuilding.org
External link for Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
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- Civic and Social Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
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- Atlanta, Georgia
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- Nonprofit
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504 Fair St SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30313, US
Employees at Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
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Janelle Williams, PhD
CEO | Co-Founder at Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative| Visionary Strategist|Pracademic|Thought Leader
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Kim Addie
Strategist in Racial & Economic Justice | Movement Builder | Philanthropic and Visionary Leader
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Alex Camardelle, Ph.D.
Using people-centered analysis to win racial + economic justice
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Shewaga Gebre-Michael
Project Coordinator at Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
Updates
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Tonight at the Gathering Spot. If you're not already registered to attend, be sure to join the waiting list!
The Village is Gathering tonight! In just a few hours, we’ll come together for a powerful and intentional Family Meeting, co-hosted by The Village Market ® and The Gathering Spot . Our time together is all about supporting each other through challenging times and ensuring no business owner feels alone. While our RSVP list has reached capacity, no worries—there will be a playback available for those who want to catch up on the invaluable insights and discussions from our incredible panelists: Dr. Alex Camardelle, VP Policy and Research, Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative Ray Pennie, Chief of Business Advisory Services, ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Noah Downer, SVP, Economic Development, Invest Atlanta Jasmine Crowe Houston, CEO and Founder, Goodr Pinky Cole , CEO and Founder, Slutty Vegan David Moody, President and CEO, C.D. Moody Construction Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D. , Therapy for BlackGirls We’ll explore market trends, the realities of running a business, and how to safeguard our mental health while scaling up. A special thank you to our partners who graciously supported this meeting. Stay tuned for the playback details—let’s keep our community thriving!
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Save the Date: TOMORROW 8/28 is #Give828! We're excited to join this national day of giving dedicated to Black-led and Black-benefitting nonprofits. Together, we can drive change and support our communities. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eraCdvtY. #BPM2024 #BlackPhilanthropy #CommunitySupport
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Why are Black businesses so important to communities? Jarryd Bethea, MPP Bethea, Senior Policy & Research Associate, offers some insight on the latest episode of #BlackWealthUnlocked. Watch the full episode here - https://lnkd.in/eJ9J9eEd. #podcasts #blackpodcasts #blackbusinessmonth #blackphilanthropymonth #atlawbi
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Atlanta is a hub for so many amazing Black-owned businesses that play a crucial role in their communities, but even the most beloved institutions can fail. In a new #BlackWealthUnlocked episode, AWBI VP, Research & Policy Alex Camardelle, Ph.D. and Jarryd Bethea, MPP, Senior Policy & Research Associate unpack the data that shows a positive link between Black-owned businesses in a neighborhood and increased child well-being but also the challenges that Black-owned businesses are face in today’s business environment. Watch now - https://lnkd.in/dMDwrrDw #economicjustice #communitywealthbuilding #atlawbi #blackbusinessmonth
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We are excited about this partnership and the opportunity to present our latest brief, "Standing on Business" during United Way of Greater Atlanta's informative and engaging InForum event yesterday.
Today's InForum, in partnership with the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative , explored how thriving small businesses positively affect child well-being in our communities. The event spotlighted new research showing that the presence of Black-owned small businesses may improve the well-being of families and children in Greater Atlanta, highlighting how essential these neighborhood businesses are in strengthening local communities. Panelists emphasized the crucial role of supporting local businesses, noting that thriving businesses provide not just jobs but also opportunities for economic mobility within the community. They spoke to the need for access to capital and resources to help these businesses grow and remain resilient, especially in underserved areas. Community collaboration is key to this process. By working together, we can connect businesses with the resources and opportunities they need, ensuring that these local enterprises can thrive. This creates stability for families, offering them the financial security to weather challenges and aim for bigger goals. Ultimately, when businesses succeed, the entire community benefits, paving the way for a brighter future for both current and future generations. #uniteformore
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Today, Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative released its latest brief, “Standing on Business,” data and policy recommendations that seeks to substantiate Black businesses are neighborhood well-being assets that deserve to be shielded from displacement. The brief blends resident and business owner interviews with a rich dataset of Black-owned businesses in the City of Atlanta to examine the relationships between small Black-owned business density and neighborhood well-being. While a few studies have examined the impact of small businesses on neighborhood well-being, very few, if any, have examined the unique impact of Black-owned businesses. Among the report's key findings: · There are seven Black-owned small businesses for every 1,000 Black residents in Atlanta, but these businesses earn only $0.17 for every $1.00 earned by other small businesses. "Standing on Business" was produced with the support of United Way of Greater Atlanta and leverages their Child Well-Being Index data to explore the relationship between small Black-owned businesses and community-wide benefits. Read the full report, which was written by Jarryd Bethea, MPP and Alex Camardelle, Ph.D., here - https://bit.ly/3X76Jfg #economicjustice #communitywealthbuilding #blackbusinessmonth
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Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative reposted this
We’re thrilled to announce that Ja'Net Defell, PMP, LEED Green Associate and Janelle Williams, PhD, will be headlining our 2023 Summit on Community Ownership, a one-day virtual event on November 14. Defell is President and CEO of Community Desk Chicago, which she launched in 2023 to help shift power dynamics and improve the quality of life in under-resourced communities through capacity building, technical coaching, and coordinated resources. Under Ja’Net’s leadership, The Desk launched a $3M Neighborhood Developers Initiative program focused on comprehensive capacity-building for neighborhood-based real estate development in the Englewood, South Shore, and Humboldt Park communities of Chicago. This initial investment is projected to garner an additional $20M in direct investments to these communities. She was also instrumental in helping to formalize a city-wide effort around commercial shared ownership models in communities, now known as Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs). --- Williams is Co-Founder and CEO of Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative , a catalytic nonprofit that seeks to achieve shared prosperity by building Black wealth in Atlanta and across the South through community wealth-building strategies. She previously served as Principal Adviser with the Community Economic Development team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where she worked to apply an equitable and inclusive lens to community economic development approaches. She co-designed the Federal Reserve Bank’s groundbreaking Racism and the Economy series with colleagues across the 12 Reserve Banks which amplified how structural racism constrains the overall competitiveness of our economy, and recently co-authored the Small Businesses of Color Recovery Guide and Navigating a Crisis - An Uneven Recovery for Communities and Organizations in the Southeast. 🎉 Stay tuned for our summit agenda and our speakers' full bio when our registration goes live THIS WEEK!
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We hope you will join Alex Camardelle, Ph.D. and the Urban Institute virtually on 8/26 @ 2 p.m. ET for a #discussion on solutions to address wealth #inequities in the United States. Dr. Camardelle will be participating in a conversation with other government, business, and nonprofit organization leaders on how to help ensure wealth building opportunities for all Americans. Register now. https://lnkd.in/eM_QVNuf #LiveatUrban #economicjustice #communitywealthbuilding
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The AWBI team is passionate about the work we do because we love our community and are wholly invested in building thriving communities with economies that work for all. But, this is also personal for us and we are better for it. Meka Murray, Special Assistant to the CEO/Board Liaison, shares her why. Please consider supporting AWBI at https://lnkd.in/eGNpDPDu. #atlawbi #economicjustice #communitywealthbuilding #nationalblackbusinessmonth #blackphilanthropymonth