This installment in our conversation series will be hosted by Finance Executive and Youth Advocate, Chris Banks alongside Director of the Urban Teaching Residency Program, Dr. Alesha Gayle who will discuss the effects of racism on financial literacy and education.
Chris Banks is Philly raised and educated, Chris Banks attended Northeast High School and Temple University, where he studied Communications and Political Science and recently went back to complete his certification to become a Certified Financial Planning (CFP) professional. Amongst other investments, he currently runs “The BanksGiving Company”, a nonprofit organization based on teaching middle to high school students about different aspects of business and finance. They have free monthly finance[seminars at Temple for young adults.
Dr. Alesha Gayle is interested in the ways in which parents, teachers, and students in urban schools use the World Wide Web to connect, explore, and interact with each other, and specifically how digital literacy informs those interactions. She studies the Internet: how educators use it, how late adopters navigate it, and how race impacts web use, parents and schools, and public memory. An editor, journalist, and curriculum developer, Dr. Gayle has taught in high-needs schools for over 20 years.