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To Celebrate the Keys to Black Wealth 5th Annual Black History Month Experience
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WHEREAS, according to economists, the racial wealth gap is widening as the typical Black family has virtually no wealth, in 2016, the median African American Family had only 10.2 percent of the wealth of the median white family; and
WHEREAS, Keys to Black Wealth (KTBW) was founded in 2019 in response to the expanding racial wealth gap and the lack of generational wealth transferred by Black and Brown families across the diaspora; and
WHEREAS, by infusing education, entertainment, multimedia, and technology KTBW delivers events, education, mentorship, and resources, designed to help individuals build, sustain, and transfer generational wealth; and
WHEREAS, KTBW empowers the community with tangible resources to achieve and sustain generational wealth, through education, mentorship and programming; and
WHEREAS, this year marks the 5th Annual Keys to Black Wealth Black History Experience; and
WHEREAS, the experience is an interactive and impactful evening focused on Improving Black Health & Increasing Black Wealth with live interviews coupled with content creation, edutainment, and premium networking; and
WHEREAS, the goal of this is to learn more about each other’s mission, and to discuss our vision to collaborate to achieve and sustain generational wealth; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council celebrates the Keys to Black Wealth 5th Annual Black History Month Experience.