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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… -
I Spoke Out to Expose an Abuse of Power: A Note from our Founder, Rachel J. Robasciotti
Last week I was invited to speak at a conference for CEOs and executives in the financial services industry. At the conference, Ken Fisher, founder of the second-largest firm in our industry and manager of over $112 Billion (that’s more than the entire Venezuelan economy) was on stage during a “fireside chat” to answer questions… -
Force the Issue Leads on Ending Sexual Harassment at Work
We’re happy to share an update on a project that Robasciotti & Philipson has been working on: the Force the Issue campaign and database documenting sexual harassment policies at major publicly traded companies. Background For those of you not familiar with the policy of forced arbitration for sexual harassment, our one-minute animated explainer video is… -
Sustainability Stories
Maya and Rachel aren’t just business partners, they’re best friends. Hear how their connection has not only allowed them to nurture their business, but also change and strengthen one another. You can listen to the audio or you can also read it here.
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