Our Theory Of Change

COMMUNITY WEALTH-BUILDING, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE REQUIRE THE CREATIVE FACILITATION OF CAPITAL FLOW TO COMPANIES, PROJECTS, & FUNDS THAT CENTER THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE FROM WHOM WEALTH HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY EXTRACTED.

This theory guides our work as we contend with the realities of the world in which we live. Wealth has been globally extracted and then concentrated into a few hands globally. Structural racial and gender inequities exist in the ownership of wealth, access to capital, and levels of autonomy and self-determination. The short-term focus businesses tend to place on shareholder returns is harmful to communities and encourages theft from future generations. 

Finance has been a tool of pain, oppression, and trauma to poor and working-class people as well as Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities in the US as well as the Global South. Finally, impact investors tend to focus on themes in silos, rather than a holistic, intersectional approach to social issues in their investment consulting. We believe in a new reality where all communities are able to thrive, sustain and innovate — leveraging finance as a tool of empowerment rather than a weapon of extraction.