Yee & Tisdale’s “Teamwealthwednesdays.com” Makes $10k Donation to HBCU, Edward Waters College
‘Dynamic Money Duo’ Determined To Make A Difference
By: Teamwealthwednesdays.com
On February 24, The Breakfast Club and Wealth Wednesdays co-host Angela Yee, and award-winning financial journalist and Wealth Wednesdays co-host Stacey Tisdale, launched a new platform called teamwealthwednesdays.com to provide resources, programming, and information to help the Black community build wealth.
Now, just three weeks later, the two are already demonstrating their commitment to their mission—with a show of support for HBCUs. They’re making a $10,000 donation to HBCU Edward Waters College. The gift was announced by Yee on The Breakfast Club Wednesday morning.
“We really need this donation,” said Aquanetta Parrot, Director of Student Activities and Leadership at Edward Waters College. “It will really do a lot for our students, their growth, and professional development.”
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“We were moved by the number of students and alumni at the school who took the time to go to the site and take the pledge to take control of their financial lives,” says Yee.
“This is only the beginning of the ways in which we plan to provide support to institutions and individuals as we help our community build wealth through our new platform,” adds Tisdale.
Making a Difference
Prior to Covid, The American Council on Education found the HBCU endowments lag behind public and private sector non-HBCUs by at least 70%.
The murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests that followed did garner support and raise awareness about the financial challenges HBCUs face, as well as their socioeconomic importance.
The 106 HBCUs in the United States make up only 3% of America’s colleges, yet they produce almost 20% of all African American graduates.
“Our mission and our goal is to create global leaders,” says Parrot. “We will utilize the funds from teamwealthwednesdays.com to create more resources for our students, not only focusing on wealth building, but also mental health and connecting to ensure that our students are successful all the way around.”
“Over the past month, we’ve already partnered with almost 20 HBCUs to bring them information, programming, and resources, to ensure their students are financially literate,” says Tisdale, who is also creator of the Winning Play$ financial education program, winner of the U.S. Department of Education’s Excellence in Economic Education award.
“We aim to partner with all of them in our efforts to create economic, entrepreneurial, and career opportunities for multicultural demographics in our nation,” adds Yee.
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Teamwealthwednesdays.com offers educational content, programming, and resources on a range of topics including debt management, entrepreneurship, investing, homeownership, career advancement, and financial stress management for multicultural audiences.
Visitors to the site can also access free, one on one financial and credit counseling, through its partner organizations, as well as other resources that assist in credit building, preparing for homeownership, and the mortgage application process in the financial wellness center.
Visitors are also encouraged to take the Team Wealth Wednesdays Pledge to Learn, Plan, and Act, when it comes to their financial lives, and will receive a free newsletter each Wednesday with actionable advice and information that will help them build healthy relationships with money.
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