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Installment 6: Dismantling Systemic Barriers for Black Asset Managers
By: Rachel J. Robasciotti, Founder & CEO This article is part six of a series about race and racism in financial services. The full series can be read here. *** When you Google my name, do you know what autofills? “Rachel Robasciotti Net Worth.” Do people think that being a Black, queer, woman Asset Manager… -
Installment 5: How to Advance Racial & Economic Justice with Municipal Bonds
An Interview with Rachel J. Robasciotti, Founder & CEO of Adasina Social Capital and Ryan Bowers, Co-Founder of Activest This article is part five of a series about race and racism in financial services. The full series can be read here. *** Today, I’m chatting with Ryan Bowers of Activest, our research partner for muni… -
Installment 4: Is Your Financial Advisor Working Against Systemic Racism?
At Adasina, all of our work is done in community, including with communities inside of the investment and financial world. Today, I’m happy to showcase the work of two of our finance community members, Kamila McDonnough, MBA, CFP®, and Keith Beverly MBA, CFP®, CFA. Their firm, GRID 202 Partners, recently published a guide to selecting a… -
Installment 3: Looking Outside of Finance for Answers on Race
By: Rachel J. Robasciotti, Founder, Robasciotti & Philipson This article is part three of a series about race and racism in financial services. The full series can be read here. Impact investors focused on racial justice have a desire for real impact. There are finally sufficient dollars, collective will, and commitment to make much… -
Installment 2: Do our investment defaults fund systemic racism?
By: Rachel J. Robasciotti, Robasciotti & Philipson and Sonya Dreizler, Consultant This article is part two of a series about race and racism in financial services. The full series can be read here. The last two months of protests and political action as a result of George Floyd’s murder are a referendum on… -
Installment 1: Reckoning With Our History
Written by Renee Morgan, Social Justice Strategist This article is part one of a series about race and racism in financial services. The full series can be read here. The United States is reckoning with our long history of racism, and specifically how anti-Blackness still shows up today. The financial services industry has a… -
Stop Funding Systemic Racism. This List Can Help.
Want to work for racial justice? Organize, protest, vote, and spend with intention. And stop giving your investment dollars to companies that exacerbate racial inequities. When publicly traded companies employ these practices, the repercussions extend throughout the financial system. Robasciotti & Philipson, a Black-owned investment firm, has created a bold and comprehensive racial justice screen… -
How To Support Impacted Communities During COVID-19
In this heartbreaking moment, we are seeing the COVID-19 crisis amplifying many of the wealth and health disparities that we know exist within our communities. Across the country, Black, Indigenous and Latino populations are contracting COVID-19 in higher percentages than white people.1 In Ohio, when all inmates in one prison facility were tested, 70% of… -
The Enormous Opportunity of This Moment
The health, social and financial effects of the coronavirus have been devastating to individuals and communities, particularly Black and brown communities, around the globe. We’ve seen hundreds of thousands of deaths, closed businesses, and US unemployment at historically high rates. This is a watershed moment with devastation so deep and wide that words cannot do… -
Investing at the Intersection of Racial Justice & Climate Change
Over the prior nine months, we initiated multiple convenings of the Adasina Community to learn how best to invest at the intersection of racial justice and climate change. We lifted up the voices of leaders in progressive movements for racial and climate justice and found a compelling connection between the two – the devastating impact…
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