Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel Jasmine Rashid on Financial Activism and Building Wealth with Purpose
Nov 10, 2025
Jasmine Rashid, an impact investor and author of The Financial Activist Playbook, dives into financial activism and community wealth building. She highlights how fear and cultural taboos shape our attitudes toward money and the importance of shifting from a scarcity mindset to collective empowerment. Exploring alternatives to traditional capitalism, Jasmine advocates for a just economy that values shared wealth and mutual aid. She emphasizes the power of relationships over transactions and encourages everyday people to reclaim their financial agency.
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What A Just Economy Means
- A just economy reallocates who accesses capital and who owns decision-making power.
- It prioritizes shared value and regeneration over extraction and concentrated profit.
Reframing Money As A Tool
- Money is a tool that people emotionally load with fear or shame, which prevents open conversations.
- Reframing money as a neutral tool restores agency over how we use it for good.
Scarcity Lived Despite Upward Mobility
- Jasmine grew up with a stockbroker father yet retained a scarcity mindset despite upward mobility.
- She still coupons with her grandfather, showing how cultural habits persist across economic change.
