![]() ![]() So Advancing Black Pathways is giving people understanding. I got to a point in my life where I was around people who gave information that I never knew existed. Kevin: As a person that came up with nothing, um, and there was a bunch of people just like me that didn't ask, didn't know, didn't care. So there are these wealth gaps that exist that ultimately lead to less economic prosperity for the black community. For every $100 that a white American has in wealth, African-Americans have five dollars. Mellody: The numbers are very, very clear. Richelieu: Part of those pillars is the Advisory Board, right, of people that come from different walks of life and that have figured out ways to break through in each of those ways, now getting together to collectively think through how to bring this breakthrough. If you can solve the problem, and it is a problem, about the lack of black wealth, you can move the needle on a lot of issues in not just the black community, but in America as a whole. They have to be considered simultaneously. Soledad: Wealth,education and careers are actually intertwined. We put together a council to really focus on three areas of concern for black people in this country. Maverick: Advancing Black Pathways has been started by JPMorgan Chase. James: This country's the land of opportunity, there's just a group of people in this country who have not been afforded the opportunity yet. ![]()
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