Hello! Yesterday's housing focus set us up for today's exploration of the racial wealth gap , which has been compounded over generations through policy, institutions, and individual actions and biases. The racial wealth disparity can be seen through income inequality, earnings gaps, homeownership rates, retirement savings, student loan debt, lopsided asset-building subsidies, etc. Our challenge activities today take a closer look. If you're just joining us, you can access the previous days' content here .

Explore these nine charts on wealth inequality in America via the Urban Institute, and listen to this quick excerpt from NPR's All Things Considered about how recent protests have placed a spotlight on wealth inequality.

Watch this episode from the Netflix series Explained featuring Cory Booker and others discussing how slavery, housing discrimination and centuries of inequality have compounded to create a racial wealth gap.

Read this article from the Brookings Institution examining the Black-white wealth gap, and read this article from Harvard discussing the financial fallout from the destruction of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

If you haven't already, download your 21-Day Challenge Reflection Journal to process. Join our Private Facebook Group where you can engage with other challenge participants! Share your participation on social media with this special graphic and the hashtag #YWCAEquityChallenge Apply our custom Facebook Frame to your profile, which you can see a mockup of here. If you're a group lead and didn't see your Group Toolkit, check your email. If you've signed up since our last email batch, we'll send the toolkit as soon as possible.

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