When you think of revolutionary moments of activism, you picture the national mall filled with marchers, the tents and picket signs of Occupy Wall Street.

Those highly visible moments attract attention and make headlines.

But if joining a protest isn't your thing, you can still do your part. And it starts with how and

where you spend your money. From KERA in Dallas, this is think. I'm Chris Boyd.

Jasmine Rashid is a financial activist, writer, and impact investing professional,

as well as director of impact for the Candide Group. And she says to live out our values,

we have to break down the taboos of talking about money and put our dollars in the places that work to

combat climate change, lift up minority-owned businesses, and build generational wealth.

But that all starts with what we might consider the chump change we hold in our back pockets,

and she has created an easy-to-use guide to make those pennies powerful.

Rashid's book is The Financial Activist Playbook, Eight Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim

Wealth and Coll well-being.

We spoke recently in front of a live audience at Dallas's Paul Quinn College, and today we're

going to hear that conversation.

Jasmine, welcome.

So great to be here with you, Chris.

Really excited.

So first things first, what does it mean to be a financial activist?

Why is this something we might want to think about?

So financial activism is the kind of broad encompassing term for decisions that we make

that are intentional about money with the goal of shifting the flow of power and helping people reclaim

wealth and collective well-being. So these are some pretty high and lofty ideas, but essentially understanding that,

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