Saweetie is launching a six-week monetary literacy course for the youth. According to VIBE, the “ICY GRL” rapper kicked off the initiative in November at an occasion in Sacramento.
The initiative is available in partnership with Saweetie’s Icy Baby Foundation. According to the muse’s official web site, it’s a “non-profit organization that equips young people with the values and vision to pursue their dreams.”
Our aim is to encourage black, brown, and different underserved college students and members of the family to interrupt by boundaries, take management of their very own futures, and seize alternatives for good by monetary literacy, entrepreneurship, and know-how coaching.
The Course Is Open To Youth Ages 7-17
According to VIBE, the six-week monetary literacy course is open to youth between the ages of seven and seventeen. Once registered, members will obtain a debit card with loaded funds, instructional assets, and extra details about saving, budgeting, and monetary planning. The program will formally launch in January 2023.
In an announcement shared with the outlet, Saweetie expressed her pleasure for the course — which she created alongside her grandmother, Roxane Harper.
I wish to proceed utilizing my basis and assets to financially empower younger kids and college students, particularly in Black and Brown communities.
The long-term aim for the Icy Baby Foundation is to extend monetary literacy amongst children and propel them to brighter futures. My grandmother and I’ve labored on this for a couple of years so it’s thrilling to lastly implement this course and program for younger individuals.
Harper additionally shared an announcement.
Financial illiteracy is a systemic downside impacting the Black and Brown communities, particularly within the decrease financial demographic. It is handed down by generations however could be damaged with training and assets. We are attempting to interrupt that cycle by our Icy Baby Foundation.
Harper continued to elucidate that over 400 college students attended the Sacramento occasion with 100 registering to take part within the six-week course.
Those college students will obtain a debit card with cash and a further fund per every class that they full. We look ahead to assembly the youth this Saturday. We may also have a kickoff occasion later this month in Las Vegas. Our aim is to achieve as many younger individuals as we are able to and educate them about monetary literacy earlier than they attain maturity.
According to VIBE, the muse’s subsequent occasion is scheduled for December tenth in Oakland, California.
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