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Presenter proposes eight-week financial-literacy program for jail residents and families
Summary
Anthony Walker, author of B is for Black Wealth, proposed an 8-week, family-oriented financial-literacy program for people in local jails and their families. The board discussed potential partnerships and formats; no formal vote was taken.
Anthony Walker, an author and program developer who said he was formerly incarcerated, presented an 8-week financial-literacy program designed for incarcerated people and their families and proposed piloting it in San Francisco jails and community centers.
Walker said his book, B is for Black Wealth, has sold close to 5,000 copies and is used as a text for the program, A Guide to Intergenerational Wealth. "Through this program, a guide to intergenerational wealth, we have served close to a thousand students, both adults and youth," Walker told the board. He described the curriculum as 16 hours…
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