The racial wealth gap has grown over the last three decades...

 

The median Black family has $24,100 in wealth. This is just 12.7 percent of the $189,100 in wealth owned by the typical White family. The median Latino family, with $36,050, owns just 19.1 percent of the wealth of the median White family. Many families all over the world are one economic setback away from a financial tragedy. 

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Wall Street Juniors is geared towards increasing access to financial literacy education, while improving community standards of social responsibility through the power of equitable engagement with efforts to establish and develop community sustainability and generational wealth.