FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO JULY 2021 AFN members are committed to advance equitable wealth-building that increases upward mobility and intergenerational wealth transfer among Black, …
FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO JUNE 2021 AFN is the leading membership philanthropy serving organization committed to engaging grantmakers, leading practitioners, and researchers to lift …
FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO MAY 2021 A year has passed since the killing of George Floyd; the justified outrage and protest across the nation calling for …
FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO APRIL 2021 AFN’s mission is to engage philanthropy and financial institutions, to invest in equitable wealth building and foster economic …
FROM THE CEO & PRESIDENT MARCH 2021 Last week in condemning the murders in Atlanta of 8 persons, 6 of whom were Asian American-Pacific Islanders …
Across our nation, our Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) neighbors, places of worship, and businesses have been deliberately targeted by acts of violence related …
FROM THE CEO & PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 2021 As part of building wealth in household balance sheets, the real wage problem in America needs to be …
FROM THE CEO & PRESIDENT JANUARY 2021 “Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which …
Guest Blog by Mercedeh Mortazavi, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase; Sarah Wolff, Associate, Abt Associates The health and economic crises precipitated by COVID-19, and the disproportionate …
FROM THE DIRECTOR DECEMBER 2020 If you look back at 2020, the most frequently used modifiers were “unexpected” and “unprecedented.” Yet, the racial and gender …
