Hosted by Tori Horton & Annie Makela

Join us for an evening with Jasmine Rashid, author and advocate for economic justice. Her work explores ethical finance and community wealth-building, showing how capital can serve people over profit.

Drawing from her book, The Financial Activist Playbook, and expertise, Jasmine will share insights on ways financial systems can be more just and sustainable.

Enjoy great food, wine, and good conversation. Please RSVP by *April 16th*—space is limited, so please attend if you commit.

HOSTED BY DENIZEN @ THE PORTAL, MARIN (CA)

This event brings together Jasmine Rashid and Paul Rice, financial activists who recently published books sharing their work with the world. We will discuss the many ways that we can influence the economy through our financial decisions, in addition to exploring interventions beyond our personal finances for financial activism.

Jasmine Rashid is an Oakland, CA-based financial activist, writer, social movement scholar, and impact investing professional who believes deeply in people power. Her first book — "The Financial Activist Playbook: 8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth and Collective Well-Being" — builds on her knowledge base as a Congressman John Lewis fellow, Just Economy Institute alum, Trauma of Money Method certified practitioner, and lived experience as a brown girl in her late 20s… just trying her best to navigate contradictions under capitalism (and help build something better).

Paul Rice is a pioneer in the conscious capitalism movement. He is the author of "Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers are Changing The World." He is also the founder of Fair Trade USA, the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in North America. Paul’s story is a remarkable example of financial activism, showcasing how one can act from a non-governmental role to influence market dynamics.

Jasmine and Paul are very different in some ways: Jasmine is a young woman in her 20s, Paul a seasoned executive in his mid 60s. Yet they are also strikingly similar: they are both financial activists who recently left their full time jobs to pursue where their books will take them next. We’re excited to interweave their stories for this special event. The program will include breakout groups to allow participants to explore ways in which they might step into financial activism in their own lives.

Program:

6:30 to 7pm: arrivals

7pm to 9pm: panel discussion, breakouts, and Q&A

8:30pm to 9:30pm: open time for discussion and connection

Tickets:

Public: $20

Members: free

Please note all event ticket sales are final.

WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING HERE

Participatory budgeting shifts budgets and builds people power. But can we also use it to redesign our relationships to capital, social justice movements, and one another? During this candid and insightful webinar, our guest speaker Jasmine Rashid taught us about financial activism.

Financial activism is how everyday people and organizations radically reimagine money as a tool for widespread well-being, instead of a weapon of absurdly increasing inequality.

During this interactive 90 minute workshop with activist and author Jasmine Rashid, we discussed the core concepts from her book, “The Financial Activist Playbook: 8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth and Collective Well-Being.” She laid out the eight strategies (PB is one!) and led us through her five step method for taking action as a financial activist.

She galvanized us to overcome confusion, fear, awkwardness, or overwhelm around money to step into our power over the resources we control/steward:

“How do we move away from greed to generosity? How do we away from this idea of money as something that we need to grind for, right? To money as something that we get to flow in and out of our lives, with the explicit purpose of collective wellbeing…Financial activism for me is about everyday decisions that we get to make in both really low stakes ways and much bigger ways so that we build the muscle of reclaiming agency around money decisions.”

PBP staff members also gave an explanation of how participatory budgeting works, why budget justice is essential in these times, and shared examples of PB in action across North America. Together, we learned how all forms of capital we have access to can be used to collectively divest from harm and oppression, reclaim wealth, and invest in the economy of care, abundance, and democracy we deserve.

Navigating personal finance and social justice can be uncomfortable. So why don’t we dial up the cozy and nourish ourselves in the process? Join the Trauma of Money community and TOM alumni member Jasmine Rashid, author of The Financial Activist Playbook, for a one-of-a-kind, interactive virtual gathering on September 19th.

Together, we’ll celebrate the book launch and walk through practical strategies for reclaiming wealth and collective well-being from a trauma-informed, community-oriented lens. Join the call from your favorite place, show up in your comfiest ‘fit, bring your favorite snack… we’re ready to tend to ourselves and our movements, exactly where we are.

TICKET TIERS:

• Free: Webinar RSVP - If you choose this ticket, we invite you to order a copy of Jasmine's book from your favourite local bookstore

• $33 USD: Webinar RSVP + receive your copy of The Financial Activist Playbook (for US registrants only)

AGENDA OVERVIEW:

• Grounding

• In conversation: Founder of Trauma of Money, Chantel and Author of Financial Activism Playbook, Jasmine on the power of tending to our own financial well-being to tend to our collective liberation.

• Walk through the eight strategies, interactive prompts throughout

• Connect in break-out rooms

• Book box giveaway, next steps, sign up for free discussion guide zine pdf

• Audience Q&A