Overcoming Financial Trauma
Join us Monday in a Zoom of Our Own!
MONDAY, OCT. 16 | 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET | REGISTER FOR ACCESS
In an economy that only values what money can buy, your personal money-measure can bring you shame and anxiety whether you have lots of money, or no money at all. Being unemployed or undervalued, losing a business, or not reaching personal financial goals can trigger stress, humiliation, and even debilitating trauma — a Greek word that literally means “wound.”
Financial wounds might not bleed, but they can lead to your avoiding the subject, or overspending. Women’s pay gap is growing again, US credit card debt just topped $1 trillion, and people of color face special risk. So are people who have suffered generational trauma, sexual trauma, domestic violence, physical illness, addiction, or injury.
The good news: you are definitely not alone! We’ve got some surprising perspectives and great resources. And when you register, you’ll gain access to our curriculum and have the chance to submit questions in advance.
As some feminist epistemologists (Gilligan, Belenky et al.) have taught us, seeing and seeking connections seems to be women’s ways of knowing. Our economics is lived in real complex communities. Our goal is to model how women can talk together and learn together about traditionally male territory still new to most women.
Our Zoom of Own Series brings women (and men!) together to construct a fuller knowledge and set of values now omitted from the mainstream “free market.” Together, we’re flipping the script on a racist, sexist economy. Registrants will receive a curriculum for further learning on the subjects covered and be able to submit questions to the panelists live and in advance.
This digital event is offered at no cost, but donations are welcome! We value this educational and engaging event with experts at $25. All donations are tax-deductible and will fuel our work to make this information widely accessible and continue offering free and low-cost economic justice resources to the public!
Meet Our Conversationalists
Riane Eisler founded The Center for Partnership Studies. Her work has transformed organizations, policies, and people worldwide, beginning with her book, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, in over 57 US printings and 30 foreign editions.Her latest book Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (co-authored with anthropologist Douglas Fry, Oxford University Press 2019) shows how to construct a more equitable, sustainable, and less violent world based on Partnership Systems rather than Domination Systems.
Shanda Williams organizes Money Matters: Financial Liberation Series for BIPOC families and women, creating accessible programs to learn about racial and generational trauma, financial wellness, budgeting, and building resilience and confidence. She’s organizing and hosting a Money Matters: Eco-Feminism and Radical Love Symposium at Goddard College on Oct. 20th.
Andria Barrett is co-founder of The Banker Ladies Council of Canada, supporting ROSCAs, or mutual financial credit systems. She’s an active investor supporting women entrepreneurs, and serves on the boards of the Culinary Tourism Alliance, Help A Girl Out and PACE (Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education). She’s a member of the Peel Regional Police Anti-Racism Advisory Committee, and for two consecutive years was named as one of the Most Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders. A consultant with The Diversity Agency, she often speaks about the importance of wellness, self-confidence, and unconscious bias.
Jaqueline Strenio is a health and feminist economist currently researching the economic determinants and consequences of intimate partner violence. She is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Norwich University and specializes in the costs of healthcare and domestic violence.
Rickey Gard Diamond — author of Screwnomics: How Our Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change and founder of AEOO — will facilitate the conversation.
