The W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Institute Presents:
The Wealth Matters Series
During the 2021 and 2022 Du Bois Online Summer Program, over 300 attendees, including students, parents, alumni, faculty/staff and supporters of the Institute, attended a series of online panel discussions surrounding the issues of wealth in Black and other marginalized communities. Videos of each Wealth Matters panel—moderated by Damon, Jones, Ph.D., series organizer and Chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Institute’s Board of Directors—are available to watch below. Stay tuned for future installments of the series!
Download the Wealth Matters Guide, complete with panelist biographies, video transcripts as well as related reading materials and resources.
Panelists
Trevon Logan, Ph.D.
-Economic Historian Ohio State University
Ellora Derenoncourt, Ph.D.
-Labor Economist Princeton University
The Origins of Wealth: Panel Discussion I
This panel focused on the key determinants of wealth and wealth inequality, with a focus on racial wealth gaps and the Black-White wealth gap. The panelists gave a current accounting of wealth inequality, present-day and over-time, and discussed historical forces that have driven these gaps.Panelists
Charles E. Corpening, M.B.A
-Chairman Joshua Partners
-Chairman Joshua Partners
Lincoln Liburd, M.S.
-Engagement Manager Medallia
-Engagement Manager Medallia
Tanya Van Court, M.S.
-Founder & CEO Goalsetter
Private Wealth Building: Panel Discussion II
This panel focused on common strategies for building wealth, from financial experts. The panelists also discussed what it would take for private-wealth building to translate into broader benefits for the community at large.Panelists
Cecilia Conrad, Ph.D.
-CEO
-Lever for Change
-Managing Director
-MacArthur Foundation
-CEO
-Lever for Change
-Managing Director
-MacArthur Foundation
Andre Perry, Ph.D.
-Senior Fellow
-Brookings Institution
-Metropolitan Policy Program
-Senior Fellow
-Brookings Institution
-Metropolitan Policy Program
William Spriggs, Ph.D.
-Chief Economist
-AFL-CIO
-Professor
-Howard University
-Chief Economist
-AFL-CIO
-Professor
-Howard University
The Role of Wealth Today and the Future: Panel Discussion III
This panel focused on the role that wealth plays in our society, and participants were invited to imagine what role wealth should play in the future, with an eye toward issues of justice.
Panelists
Marcia Chatelain, Ph.D.
-Professor/Author
-Georgetown University
Daryl Fairweather, Ph.D.
-Chief Economist
-Redfin