Gabriela Tejedor, a founder and Heads of School of Brooklyn Independent Middle School. 2 of 2 Miguel Martinez-Saenz Miguel Martinez-Saenz, President of St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York.
From early childhood education through the university experience, the educational inequities experienced by Black and Latinx students (in contrast to their white counterparts) has been and remains profound.
In this episode we’ll discuss why instilling the joy of learning, the opportunity to dream big, and critical thinking are so important to creating success and access to wealth for Black and Latinx students. We’ll also touch on the value of integrated classrooms; whether Federal, State and local governments have a responsibility to provide equal educational access including facilities; and much more.
2 of 3 Kenneth Ebie 3 of 3 Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz
On the second episode of The Great Wealth Divide, we discuss how inadequate access to investment capital, financial education, mentorship, banking, and credit have all contributed to creating a significant disadvantage for Black and Latinx families.
The episode will present programs and solutions which are being applied to reverse these historic disadvantages. Host Dale Favors will be discussing these issues and solutions with the following subject experts:
Jill Johnson: CEO, Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL)
Kenneth Ebie: Executive Director & Chief Development Officer, Black Entrepreneurs, NYC (BE NYC)
Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz: Executive Director- Capital Area Asset Builders (CAAB)
Dale Favors is an inspirational sales coach and strategic business leader. He spent 26-years as a financial professional working in sales and sales management for firms such as Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, Royal Bank of Canada, Piper Jaffray and Thomson Reuters, where he built relationships with some of the world’s largest hedge funds, asset managers, corporations, and public pension plans.
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