The Financial Activist Playbook: 8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth and Collective Well-Being
Description
The Financial Activist Playbook: 8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth and Collective Well‑Being by Jasmine Rashid is a practical guide to moving money in ways that align with community values. Blending clear explanations with real‑world pathways, Rashid shows readers how everyday financial choices can help build a more equitable economy.
Published by Berrett‑Koehler, this trade paperback invites individuals, workplaces, clubs, and congregations to take action—whether supporting cooperative ownership, aligning retirement savings with justice goals, or shifting spending toward community‑rooted institutions.
Key Features
- Eight core strategies: Actionable approaches for values‑aligned banking, investing, giving, and organizing.
- Concrete examples: Explore community wealth building, worker‑run cooperatives, and ways retirement funds can support communities of color.
- Accessible design: Jargon‑light explanations aimed at general readers and first‑time activists.
- Edition details: Trade paperback; ~240 pages
Why Choose This Book
- Doable next steps: Turns big ideas about economic justice into everyday actions.
- Community impact: Great for study groups, investment clubs, and mutual‑aid circles.
- Hopeful & practical: Encourages readers to build wealth while contributing to collective well‑being.
Who It’s For Click or tap to expand
- General readers seeking values‑aligned personal finance.
- Community organizers, book clubs, and congregations planning money‑in‑action campaigns.
- Students of social entrepreneurship, community development, and economic justice.
Key Themes Click or tap to expand
- Economic justice; community wealth building; values‑aligned finance
- Worker cooperatives; retirement‑account alignment; impact investing basics
- Collective action; accountability; anti‑extractive money practices
For Educators Click or tap to expand
- Course fit: Business & Economics, Social Entrepreneurship, Ethnic Studies, Community Development.
- Activities: Map your local financial ecosystem; draft a values‑aligned spending/saving plan; analyze a cooperative case study.
- Assessment ideas: Group proposals for campus or community money‑shifts with measurable goals.
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