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Make Money Work

By Jess Bellville

"Make Money Work" draws insight from various cultural communities to deepen financial literacy. Through two short documentaries, the project ultimately serves as a springboard for exploring the barriers many individuals and groups face when dealing with financial issues and institutions.

Interested in learning more? We've assembled a broad range of additional resources that shed light on topics such as community development, how to build wealth, support for new Americans, home ownership and financial education programs. Check out our collection of resources.

MAKE MONEY WORK | FINANCIAL FREEDOM

Improving the African-American community’s historic and contemporary interactions with the financial system involves education, empowerment, empathy, and understanding around money and banking. In following this story about working out of foreclosure to financial stability, we learn the how’s of financial literacy, who is there to help in the journey and what to avoid in the future.

MAKE MONEY WORK | NEW AMERICAN DREAMS

Many New Americans arrive in the U.S. without a comprehensive understanding of the U.S. banking system. Often, bilingual children have to navigate the complex world of banking for their parents as they move from disorientation to understanding. Working together with helpful resources, families can learn about banking and open doors to owning their own homes, starting businesses and more.

The documentaries stimulate ongoing learning and dialogue for individuals, families, friends and communities. These discussion guides created from the films are a great starting point to opening up dialogue on the topics. Feel free to make them your own!

Guide to starting conversations
Discussion Guide for Community Educators I Financial Freedom
Discussion Guide for Community Educators | New American Dreams

CULTURAL AGILITY TOOLS
We encourage you to continue engaging in dialogue between representatives of the banking community, and culturally and linguistically diverse communities to discuss concrete steps that both communities can take to continue the conversation and to build trust.

Financial Freedom Discussion Guide
New American Dreams Discussion Guide
Cultural Agility Master Guide
The Know/ Don’t Know Model
Define Diversity
Connecting and The 6 “C” Model
Understanding Unconscious Bias
“The Danger of a Single Story”
Workplace Attitudes Scale
Thinking About Culture Differences and BARANGA Exercise
BARANGA Instructions
Key Cultural Variables
Examples of Work-Based Cultural Conflicts
What is Cultural Agility
Behavior Awareness Model
Become a Change Agent
Evaluations

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