Rodney A. Brooks® is available to speak to groups of any size on a variety of subjects related to financial planning, retirement, 401(k)s, financial literacy and the racial wealth gap.
He has testified before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging. He has also talked to groups about how financial planners can better position themselves to be sources for newspapers, television and financial websites, including The Washington Post. He has spoken at events including:
- Howard University
- The University of Washington Black Graduate Student Association
- The Eighth Annual Society for Financial Education and Professional Development (SFE&PD) Financial Literacy Leadership Conference
- The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
- The University of Puget Sound
- The Washington Association of Black Journalists
For speaking engagements, contact him at rodney@rodneyabrooks.com
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The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.
